Mobile phone handset companies seek rationalisation of GST on batteries

Indian handset makers have asked the government to rationalise taxes levied on batteries and issue a clarification that the goods and services tax (GST) on lithium-ion batteries used in smartphones and feature phones should be levied at 12%, on par with the rate on parts used to make mobile phones. “… it may be clarified that 12% GST on parts for mobile manufacture covers batteries, which are to b…