Dhaka, June 13 -- The government focuses on green mobility in its proposed tax measures for next fiscal year including a bunch of tax incentives to popularize and facilitate solar power.

While placing the national budget on Thursday, Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury set a target of generating 20 per cent of total electricity demand from renewable energy sources by 2030.

He also unveiled plans to generate between 30 and 50 per cent of electricity from renewable sources by 2050.

"To encourage solar power generation that is environmentally friendly, affordable, and sustainable, I propose a zero percent tax rate on the solar power sector until 2035," the FM said in his budget speech.

He also proposed granting consumers a 5.0 ...