Solar Industry Reacts: PLI Program Good for Large Manufacturers; MSMEs Left Out
India has launched a performance-linked incentive (PLI) program to support vertically integrated, gigawatt-scale manufacturing of high-efficiency solar modules. The implementing agency – the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA), has ...
No Basic Customs Duty on Imported Solar Cells and Modules for Now
The basic customs duty on the import of solar cells and modules into the country will remain 'zero', for now, an official of the Ministry of Finance confirmed to Mercom ...
Uncertainty Around Proposed Basic Customs Duty of 20% on Imported Solar Cells and Modules
In a surprising development, the government in an amendment has split the earlier tariff item 8541 40 11 (solar cells whether or not assembled in modules or panels) into two; ...
Solar Manufacturers Ramp Up Expansion Plans by 4 GW in Anticipation of Import Tariffs in India
The ongoing solar anti-dumping case and the 70 percent preliminary safeguard duty proposal are prompting various domestic and international players to announce plans to expand their solar manufacturing capacity in ...
NTPC May Procure Domestic Solar Power Components for Captive Consumption Solar Projects
The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) is planning to meet its entire auxiliary power requirement through domestically manufactured solar equipment. Auxiliary power is used by NTPC to run its thermal ...