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Saturday, September 6, 2025
TopicAuto industry slump

Topic: Auto industry slump

Never been a better time to buy a car—even models that never gave discounts seeing price cuts

Car manufacturers are now realigning production, with a possible decline in the coming months across the board as they and dealers clear excess inventory.

Bosch India plans to cut thousands of jobs in next 4 years as auto sales shrink

Bosch India MD, Soumitra Bhattacharya said the German company will cut about 10% of 3,700 white-collar jobs and a slightly higher percentage of 6,300 blue-collar jobs.

Maruti Suzuki, hit by automobile sector slowdown, reports lowest profits in 4 years

The festive season sales may not be enough to overcome the 39% slump in profit Maruti Suzuki India has suffered since last year.

Is sinking Indian economy beginning to chip away Modi’s larger-than-life image?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi heads to the US this week to meet Donald Trump and global business leaders amid growing worries over economic slowdown.

Maruti contradicts Sitharaman’s millennial remark, says cabs not a factor in auto slowdown

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has attributed the auto industry slowdown to millennials preferring use of Ola and Uber cabs over owning cars.

Nirmala Sitharaman right to point at millennials’ Uber-Ola use and EMI fear for auto slump?

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that the automobile sector, facing its worst slowdown, has been ‘affected by the mindset of millennials’ who don’t want to pay EMIs for a vehicle and prefer Ola and Uber rides.

Truck drivers to contract engineers, lakhs are jobless in Gurgaon-Manesar auto hub

At Maruti, Hero, Honda facilities in the Gurugram-Manesar belt, young employees are being let go, others are worried they’ll follow.

On Camera

Kolkata’s silencing of Javed Akhtar exposes India’s secular vacuum

Even those parties that wear the label of secular and progressive often bow to the pressures of fundamentalist groups within the Muslim community.

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

Dassault Aviation takes majority control of joint venture with Anil Ambani’s Reliance

Following the transaction which is expected to be completed by November, Dassault Reliance Aerospace Ltd will become an associate company, with Reliance retaining a 49% stake.

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?