India Maintains High Tax on Hybrids, Boosts EVs
G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant announced that India will maintain large duty differentials between Electric Vehicles (5%) and Hybrids (48%) to promote zero-mission technologies and green mobility. Despite lobbying from Japanese firms for lower GST on hybrids, Kant emphasized a focus on clean technologies and battery manufacturing. He also outlined future large tenders for electric buses to reduce costs.
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