July 11, 2019 07:50 pm | Updated July 12, 2019 07:06 pm IST
Budget 2019 introduced an additional income tax deduction of ₹1.5 lakh for purchases of electric vehicles, besides lower GST of 5%. As a fast-motorising country can India make a smooth shift to electric vehicles? What will lead this transition? We discussed these questions with Ashok Jhunjhunwala (Institute Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras) and Tarun Mehta (Co-founder & CEO of EV firm Ather Energy).
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