4 insights to kick-start your day, featuring Gadkari’s tax shocker

Diesel distress This just happened. Road transport minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday asked the automobile industry to shift away from diesel to cleaner alternatives. Hidden in plain sight. Speaking at the annual conclave of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), Gadkari said that the government will be forced to levy a ‘pollution tax’ of 10% if the industry doesn’t reduce the production of diesel vehicles. The minister even