Maharashtra Day Special: The State is preparing to Tax the Sun

On April 21, the Maharashtra government quietly issued a Government Resolution forming a seven-member committee to look into an electricity duty on rooftop solar power. The reason is purely financial Maharashtra’s discom, MSEDCL, is losing high-paying customers as they shift to solar. To stop the bleed, the state wants to tax the sun. The contradicts the Centres policy, through the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana, is right now subsidising the very News Source: Money Life rooftop panels Maharashtra is preparing to tax. On Maharashtra Day, this is the cleanest example of how India’s policy stack quietly contradicts itself. The family that listened to the Centre, took the subsidy, and put up panels last year is about to be taxed by the State this year. And the next family weighing whether to put up panels is now reading both signals — the brochure and the bill — and trying to guess which system to trust.

And the next family weighing whether to put up panels is now reading both signals — the brochure and the bill — and trying to guess which system to trust.