Author name: Ananta Kar

On February 5, 2026, India’s Ministry of Heavy Industries delivered a jolt to the electric vehicle charging sector with sweeping benchmark price reductions ranging from 13% to 28% across different charger capacities. A 60-kilowatt charger’s benchmark price plummeted 28% to £3,040, down from £6,520 for the previous 50-kilowatt equivalent, whilst 100-kilowatt units dropped from approximately […]

India’s electric two-wheeler market just received its most significant premium entrant: Yamaha’s EC-06, arriving on February 3, 2026, at ₹1,67,600 ex-showroom Delhi, into a segment where Ola and Ather have been slugging it out for market dominance whilst consumers remained largely confined to existing options. The world’s largest scooter market, accounting for 95% of India’s

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Union Budget 2026-27, tabled on February 1, contains no headline-grabbing direct subsidies for automobile purchasers—yet beneath the surface lies a structural transformation that could shave ₹1-2 lakh off electric vehicle prices whilst insulating India’s automotive supply chains from Chinese dominance. Against the backdrop of GST 2.0‘s September 2025 recalibration that established

On January 27, 2026, India delivered an unambiguous message to Beijing at the World Trade Organisation’s Dispute Settlement Body: “not today.” New Delhi blocked China’s inaugural panel request challenging India’s Production-Linked Incentive schemes for automobiles, Advanced Chemistry Cell batteries, and electric passenger cars—a strategic veto that buys time whilst fortifying the nation’s self-reliance ambitions against