Under GST or not, petrol, diesel prices won’t fall. Stop dreaming

Over the last few weeks, WhatsApp forwards going around were suggesting that petrol and diesel were likely to be brought under GST, and once that happens, fuel prices would fall. Petroleum products like petrol, diesel, natural gas and aviation turbine fuel, are constitutionally included under the GST, but the date on which GST shall be levied on such goods depends on the decision of the GST Counci…