Toyota pushes for lower GST on hybrid cars
Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) is lobbying for a merit-based taxation on technologies such as hybrids.
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Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) is lobbying for a merit-based taxation on technologies such as hybrids.
The government may not discuss tax concessions for hybrid cars in the next GST Council meeting, according to ET Now. This is seen as a significant setback for companies like Maruti Suzuki, which is producing hybrid cars for India. However, it is viewed as a considerable boost for electric car manufacturers like Mahindra and Mahindra and Tata Motors because a tax cut for hybrid cars would have diverted many potential EV buyers towards hybrids.
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has said that it is ‘one hundred per cent’ possible for the country to get rid of petrol and diesel cars altogether to make India a green economy.
Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has urged the finance minister to reduce the goods and service tax on hybrid vehicles to 12 percent, as per media reports. Recently there have been reports that the government is considering…