Telangana minister KT Rama Rao offers help to Elon Musk to set up shop in India

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Telangana industry and commerce minister KT Rama Rao has offered to partner Elon Musk in setting up shop in the country after the Tesla CEO tweeted that the company was facing "challenges with the government". Musk was responding to a question about his company's plan to bring electric cars to India.

KT Rama Rao offered his help to "work through the challenges" and also plugged the southern as a top business destination of the country.

Hey Elon, I am the Industry & Commerce Minister of Telangana state in India

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Will be happy to partner Tesla in working through the challenges to set shop in India/Telangana

Our state is a champion in sustainability initiatives & a top notch business destination in India https://t.co/hVpMZyjEIr

— KTR (@KTRTRS) January 14, 2022

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Still working through a lot of challenges with the government

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 12, 2022

Tesla has complained that high import duties on completely build units of foreign automobiles would restrict the sales of its vehicles as well as that of electric vehicles in general. High duties would also make it tougher to commit to an investment in India, the company has said.

Karnataka, Gujrat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu have all invited Tesla to set up a plant and the company has also received formal approval for seven of its cars to begin production.

Also Read: Officials rule out company specific incentives for Tesla

In the past, Union government officials have said that Tesla can take advantage of the production-linked incentive schemes for the sector, including the one for advanced chemistry cells for electric vehicles.