LAHORE: The Pakistan Solar Association (PSA) on Thursday urged the government to ensure zero duty on import of solar equipment to overcome electricity load-shedding.
PSA Chairman Engineer Faiz Bhutta said here that in its proposals for the next federal budget 2015-16, the association recommended that all solar equipment, including solar panels, batteries, charge controllers (off-grid, on-grid and hybrid) should be exempted from all kinds of taxes and duties.
This step, he claimed, would help end power load-shedding completely within next two to three years. He said, the association also called for including the control unit and solar energy monitoring devices in duty-free schedule and excluding these from the tax and duties tariff list, besides making the standard certification mandatory for import of quality solar equipment. And new customs tariff codes, wherever necessary, be formed, while removing all complexities in this regard, he added.
