India’s newly appointed finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, has unveiled the country’s full-year budget that discussed support for lithium battery and electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing, as well as a focus on solar charging infrastructure for EVs. The budget runs up to 31 March 2020, following prime minister Narendra Modi’s recent thumping victory in the world’s largest […]
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s maiden Budget provides tax incentives and GST cuts for electric vehicles. ‘The future is electric,’ reiterates the Union Budget 2019-20. In her maiden Budget speech on Friday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced an income tax deduction of ₹1.5 lakh on loans for electric vehicles to incentivise their purchase. The loan is […]