Can India become a leader in EV technology and manufacturing?
In this episode of The Climate Economy from The Hindu, host Kunal Shankar explores India's push for transport electrification. On June 2, India announced a concessional 15% import duty on fully built electric passenger cars—if manufacturers invest ₹4,150 crore locally.
With localization targets and capped imports, the policy aims to boost domestic EV production. But does it go far enough to scale up EV adoption and, more critically, battery manufacturing?
Kunal discusses these questions with Prof. Shouvik Chakraborty of UMass Amherst's Political Economy Research Institute.
Presentation: Kunal Shankar
Editing: Aniket Singh Chauhan
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