India Extends Tax Benefits on Bunker Fuel for Domestic Shipping
NEW DELHI, Oct 7 (Reuters) – India has prolonged the good thing about nil customized and manufacturing tax on bunker fuels to home coastal motion of containers, in a transfer to decongest its roads and cut back carbon emissions, a authorities assertion stated on Wednesday.
Earlier exemptions kind the customs and manufacturing tax on bunkering gas – 180 and 380 centistoke grade gas oil – was obtainable to Indian flag vessels carrying export-import cargoes and empty containers.
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India, the world’s third largest polluter, final week introduced a plan to sluggish the speed at which it emits greenhouse gases as its financial system grows, together with selling the usage of renewable vitality, investing in clear coal expertise and planting extra timber.
Unlike different massive economies, India has dominated committing to absolute cuts in emissions, arguing its per capita emissions are far lower than the worldwide common. (Reporting by Nidhi Verma; Editing by Anand Basu)
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