According to a study by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), a Delhi-based nonprofit research organization, the goods and services tax (GST) has slowed the growth of the renewable energy industry in 2018-2019. The research discovered a similar impact from the 25 per cent safeguard duty — theContinue Reading
The Ministry of Finance has now announced that the government will, for the time being, not insist on the payment of safeguard duty on solar imports after the recent stay order put in force by the Orissa High Court on the safeguard duty notification. After the sudden imposition of the duty,Continue Reading
After concluding the investigations, Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) said that the increased imports of ‘solar cells whether or not assembled in modules or panels’ in India have caused “serious injury” and “threaten to cause serious injury” to the domestic producers of the product. Taking a cue from thisContinue Reading
Indian Solar Manufacturers Association (ISMA) has demanded imposition of 95 per cent safeguard duty on imports of solar cells and modules to protect domestic players from cheap inbound shipments. According to the ISMA data submitted to the Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR), the injury from solar imports is to theContinue Reading
The Directorate General of Safeguards, Customs and Central Excise has recommended a 70 percent safeguard duty on solar cells imported from China and Malaysia for a period of 200 days. The recommendation comes in the heels of a petition filed by the Indian Solar Manufacturers Association (ISMA). A public hearingContinue Reading
The safeguard duty India imposed on solar cells and modules coming from China and Malaysia, which enjoyed 85-90% market share in the country, is just a few months away from completing its two-year course, and the government may have a tough time deciding whether to extend it or not. TheContinue Reading
Four petitioners – ReNew Solar Power, Phelan Energy India RJ Pvt. Limited, Clean Sustainable Energy Pvt Ltd, and Mahoba Solar (UP) Pvt Limited. These companies had filed the petition against SECI, BSES Yamuna Power Limited, Jaipur Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd, and Ajmer Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd, and Jodhpur Vidyut VitranContinue Reading
On Monday, the Supreme Court vacated the Orissa High Court’s interim stay on the duty imposed by the Center. Following the Supreme Court’s interim order nullifying the relief from the duty provided by Orissa High Court, the developers now will have to pay for modules that have been imported duringContinue Reading
