6 articles on policy.
The Commission proposed replacing the 100 per cent CO₂ cut with 90 per cent plus clean steel or renewable fuels. Ten points sounds marginal; it converts a deadline into a quota — and quotas are things you plan around rather than reallocate capital for.
The e-rickshaw got no meaningful subsidy, no charging programme and no manufacturing incentive. It got an exemption from Section 66(1) of the Motor Vehicles Act — and that landed very differently in states where auto permits are scarce and valuable.
The state layer is often worth more than the central one and is the most commonly missed. What every state policy contains, the four questions that decide whether it is real, and where to find the binding version.
Battery lending is neither vehicle finance nor unsecured consumer credit. Priority sector treatment, digital lending obligations, an unusual collateral profile and thin-file borrowers — the four things that make it its own product.
Central incentive, state benefits and tax treatment are three different things, and the quiet one is usually worth the most. What applies, what does not, and how to avoid a promised discount that never arrives.
Support for battery manufacturers sits in four separate layers, and the one that matters to you depends on whether you make cells or assemble packs. How each works, and where to check current terms.