Interview: Safeguard Duty Does Not Seem to Safeguard Interests of Solar Project Developers
DT Barki, technical director of Photon Energy Systems Limited comments safeguard duty makes domestic manufacturers happy, but not others in the value chain
August 14, 2018
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India’s solar sector is currently dealing with a plethora of issues from all sides, while trying to keep pace to meet the 2022 goal of 100 GW it has set for itself. Now, there is another heated debate that has embroiled the industry: the imposition of 25 percent safeguard duty on solar imports. Amid these uncertain times, Mercom’s news team got in touch with DT Barki, the technical director of Photon Energy Systems Limited to discuss the implications of the current spate of activities in the sector and the prospects the sector is looking at in the future.