Commerce Ministry recommends imposition of safeguard duty for 2 years on solar cells
The duty recommended by the directorate is 25 per cent in the first year, to gradually come down to 20 per cent in the six months of second year and then 15 per cent in the remaining six months. However, the finance ministry will take the final call to impose the duty.
India has produced 842 MW solar cells in 2017-18. The period of investigation was 2014-15 to 2017-18. Image source: Reuters