GST rate change to boost real estate sector in offing, but will it benefit customers?

There are news reports that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman held two separate meetings—one with realtors’ associations and other with homebuyers’ groups, to discuss how to strengthen the realty sector. The government is deliberating on offering a Goods and Services Tax (GST) boost to the real estate sector. News reports state that “homebuyers who met the minister proposed that GST on premium h…