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Friday, August 15, 2025
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Topic: Auto Sector

Auto sector expects vrooming festive sales, but high interest rates & poor monsoon could be dampeners

According to experts, fresh demand & healthy stocks at dealerships now driving up sales. This year, industry expects to sell over one million units — its highest in festival season.

Budget 2023: Green push for auto sector — funds for scrapping old govt vehicles, cheaper EVs

No import duty on machinery required to manufacture lithium-ion cells for batteries used in EVs, specific budgetary allocation for scrapping & replacing old govt vehicles.

After double digit growth in ‘best year ever’, Mercedes Benz to launch 10 models in India in 2023

The top-end vehicles segment of the German carmaker saw the highest growth of 69% in 2022 when the company sold over 3,500 cars priced above Rs 1 crore.

Why carmakers are shying away from Auto Expo 2023

There has been a gradual disinterest in large auto shows by carmakers across the world as the industry goes through a fundamental change.

Ukraine crisis gave auto sector a crude shock. See how India is responding

The PLI scheme as well as other sops for manufacturing, show that despite some public missteps, government is trying to coax manufacturing into India.

On Camera

How Saba Azad became the accidental voice of Bengal’s language protests

Bengalis are hurt over a statement by the Delhi police calling Bangla a ‘Bangladeshi language’ and the lines Azad sang have unwittingly become protest music in Kolkata now.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

President awards 1st set of Sarvottam Yudh Seva medals since Kargil, 7 honoured for leading Op Sindoor

This year, the Indian Air Force received four of the seven awards, followed by the Indian Army with two medals, and the Indian Navy with one. 

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.