IESA wrote a letter to Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Hon’ble Finance Minister, Government of India on September 13th, 2022. IESA team requested Hon’ble Ministry to consider extending exemptions on the lithium-ion cell used in the manufacture of Battery/ Battery Pack related to EV and storage appli... Read more

On 7th June '22, IESA wrote a letter to MoF highlighting the importance of reducing and bringing the GST of energy storage and its equipment under 5% Margin. According to the current GST regime, the tax rates on lithium-ion batteries and EV supply equipment are 18% and 5%, respectively. GST for adv... Read more

On 5th June '22, IESA sent a letter to Niti Aayog giving recommendations on Draft Battery Swapping Policy. IESA formulated a focussed group committee with its member companies and held in depth discussions in April & May of 2022. Read more

IESA wrote a letter to Central Electricity Authority on 4th April '22 for providing the HS code and the Read more

IESA wrote a letter to Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change on 21st March '22 stating concerns/recommendations (Annexure-1) on the Draft Battery waste Management Rules, 2022. This letter also included consolidated suggestions/recommendations received from our member companies. Read more

On 15th Feb  '22, IESA submitted a letter to MoP on detailed inputs/suggestions on different aspects of Storage policy and technology to the committee for their consideration.  Read more

On 20th Jan '22, IESA submitted a letter to Smt Nirmala Sitharaman, Hon’ble Finance Minister highlighting the industry expectations and key suggestions. Read more

The Union Ministry of Power has promulgated the revised consolidated Guidelines & Standards for Charging Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles (EV) on 14th January,2022. The objective is to enable a faster adoption of electric vehicles in India by ensuring safe, reliable, accessible and affordabl... Read more

On behalf of industry stakeholders, IESA wrote a letter to DHI for to extend the last date for submission of the bids National Programme for Advance Chemistry Cell Battery Manufacturing by four more weeks. Read more