India must counter China’s complaint against its incentive scheme for EV passenger cars and production linked incentive (PLI) schemes for new-generation batteries and automobiles, experts have said. China officially submitted its complaint on Monday arguing that these schemes discriminate against foreign producers.

However, the overwhelming view in India is that that the idea behind these schemes is not to discriminate against foreign players but to develop domestic manufacturing in new technology areas.

“Domestic incentive continues to be a grey-area at the WTO and New Delhi must not give in to pressure from China. Developing countries must have the policy space to develop their manufacturing, especially in new technology areas,” a Delhi-based representative of an international non-prof

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