Auto Crisis: Maruti Suzuki's Market Share Down By 2%; Huge Jump For Hyundai

The automobile sector has been a witness to the biggest drop in sales ever since 1998 and there are several factors that have contributed to this. Right from new emission norms kicking in to raw materials and fuel prices soaring, to GST rates and finally, low buying sentiment. The drop in sales have of course affected even the market share of companies in the country ...

The GST Council, headed by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and comprising representatives of all states and Union Territories (UTs), is scheduled to meet on September 20 in Goa amidst a clamour for a cut in tax rates from various industries to beat the slowdown in the economy.

The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested a superintendent in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Department from Uttar Pradesh's Meerut for allegedly taking Rs 3-lakh bribe to clear a pending case, officials said on Friday.

the country's automobile industry, which has been heavily dented by the consumption slowdown, has been demanding a reduction in GST from 28 to 18 per cent.

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles MD and CEO, Satyakam Arya, says that GST cut will not be enough to help the auto industry recover from the current slowdown. Instead, Arya says that the government needs to come out with an effective scrappage policy to help the industry.

Late last week, the GST Fitment Committee, a panel of GST officials from the GST Council, came together to discuss the repercussions of GST rate cut on automobiles.

JioFiber plan price, internet speed and other features: In six JioFiber plans priced from Rs 699 to Rs 8,499, Reliance Jio Infocomm offers internet speeds to the tune of 100 Mbps-1 Gbps. The monthly tariffs exclude Goods and Services Tax (GST) as applicable, said Reliance Jio Infocomm, which completed three years of commercial service this month.

At present, the entire auto sector suffers from a sales downturn due to several factors like high GST rates, farm distress, stagnant wages and liquidity constraints.

Speaking at the ongoing ACMA Convention, Ram Venkataramani - President, ACMA & Director, Amalgamations Component Group, today requested the GST council for standardised rate for all components.

Seeking urgent stimulus from the government in the form of GST reduction, the auto industry on Thursday cautioned that if the current slowdown in the sector continued, there would be further job losses that could have societal and social consequences.

Prior to GST, hybrid vehicles were taxed 30.3 percent (12.5 percent excise duty, 12.5 percent value-added tax, 2 percent central sales tax and 1 percent national calamity contingent duty). Under GST, it attracts 28 percent tax and 15 percent cess like big petrol and diesel luxury cars.

Kerala would oppose any proposal by the Centre to cut GST rate on cars and bikes in the next meeting of GST Council scheduled later in September.

SIAM and several automakers have asked for GST rates to be reduced on passenger vehicles and peg them under 18 per cent tax slab instead of 28 per cent.

The gross revenue collections from the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in July stood at Rs 1.02 lakh crore.