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Luxury carmaker BMW calls for green tax to boost net zero efforts

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October 05, 2024

AMID talks about increasing GST on electric vehicles - all EVs including luxe ones currently attract a flat 5% - the country's largest luxury EV car-maker BMW has called for a green tax/GST, which typically levies lesser tax on a product that's greener than others.

- BENN KOCHUVEEDAN

Luxury carmaker BMW calls for green tax to boost net zero efforts

BMW India on Friday announced their highest-ever sales in 17 years for the nine months of the year at 10,556 units, which includes the parent BMW cars and Mini labelled car), clocking a 10% growth over same period in 2023. Of the 10,556 cars it sold, as many as 750 are EVS-BMW has seven all-electric cars (5 BMWs and 2 Minis; all imported) and two Motorrad bikes which are imported.

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NDA promises 1 cr jobs to Bihar youth

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Don't engage in cheap politics by targeting Tamils: Stalin

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Anika & Aryaveer among toppers in squash c❜ships

JUNIOR Worlds medallists Anika Dubey (Girls U19) and Aryaveer Dewan (Boys U17) won their respective finals in the sub junior and junior national squash championships at the Indian Squash Academy on Friday.

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Hunger in US shutdown enters second month

THE US government shutdown barreled towards its second month on Friday and the pain is spreading fast-with federal workers broke, food aid vanishing and millions of Americans caught in the crossfire.

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Ford to resume operation in TN with ₹3.3K-cr engine unit

IN a major boost to Tamil Nadu's industrial landscape, Ford Motor Company on Friday announced that it would restart manufacturing operations at its shuttered Chennai plant to produce a new line of next-generation engines.

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Prof's punishment set aside, HC orders fresh ICC probe

THE Madurai Bench of Madras High Court has set aside the punishment of compulsory retirement imposed by the Bharathidasan University on an associate professor on charges of sexually harassing a female student in November last year.

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Two Nigerian nationals held with meth

THE Tiruvallur police on Thursday arrested Michael (40), a Nigerian national, in Chennai on charges of possessing methamphetamine worth ₹75,000.

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Slight dip in TN's RTE admissions this year

THE number of schools and students admitted under the Right to Education (RTE) Act in Tamil Nadu saw a marginal dip this year, as the state began the admission process much later than usual.

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