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Thursday, April 25, 2024
TopicAuto Industry

Topic: Auto Industry

Auto industry says slowdown will cause more job losses, calls for reducing GST on vehicles

The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers said the high tax rate on automobiles has social consequences, and wants the govt to consider reducing GST to 18% from 28%.

Maruti Suzuki to shut down Gurugram and Manesar production plants for 2 days

Car manufacturer Maruti Suzuki's decision to shut production for 2 days comes at a time the company, along with the auto industry, has taken a big hit.

Car sales in India drop to record low as economic slowdown worsens

Weak sales are forcing manufacturers to cut production or shut factories, leading to at least 15,000 job losses in the industry so far.

This is how transporters are hitting back at Modi govt for not listening to their demands

The transporters' grievances range from categorisation of trucks & tyres under 28% GST slab to 2% TDS on cash withdrawals of over Rs 1 cr.

Caught in a slowdown, India’s auto sector sees no hope for growth until festival season

Lack of easy credit to consumers from banks and crisis-hit NBFCs has led to weaker vehicle sales. Below normal monsoon could make it worse.

Consumption has long propped up India’s economy, so its decline is cause for alarm

The macroeconomy appears sombre because of old difficulties like financing and investment, and new ones like consumption demand.

Auto stocks have lost $42 billion in 16 months & suddenly become India’s worst sector

Slowdown in consumption amid cash crunch has left carmakers with a pile of unsold vehicles in one of world’s fastest-growing auto market.

Growing slump in India’s $70 billion auto industry should worry the govt

With unemployment sky-rocketing and expenses growing, people in India don't have the purchasing power for vehicles anymore.

Car industry could be the next victim of US-China tech cold war

Dilemma of US automakers over technology illustrates how any serious US effort to block high-tech exports to contain China would be both delusional & self-destructive. 

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.