Sir,
This has reference to the news item, ‘Solar panel equipment to attract 5% GST : Adhia’ DE May 30. It is indeed a good decision to impose the lowest tax rate of 5 percent under the GST regime on solar panel equipments as against the initially proposed 18 per cent. Solar is a clean and safe energy and in this point it scores over thermal and nuclear variety. India is blessed with abundant solar grace. So, we need to use this renewable energy as far as practicable. All schools, colleges, offices, buildings should be encouraged to use their rooftops to tap solar energy to generate power to meet their demands. Switching over to solar energy in a phased manner will go a long way to check power cut, power theft, thermal power plant pollution, nuclear power plant hazards, centralization of power generation, depletion of fossil fuels, expenditure in electricity and gloabl warming. India must make hay while the sun shines, so to speak, to get a place in the sun.
Yours etc…
Sujit De,
Kolkata
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