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Bike and scooter sales could see 11-13% decline in FY2021: ICRA

By Shahkar Abidi calendar07 Apr 2020

Challenges likely to get aggravated as consumer spending will be severely impacted by Covid-19 outbreak; operating mar...

Praj Industries offers its know-how to boost production of sanitisers

By Shahkar Abidi calendar02 Apr 2020

Sanitisers can be produced from value added processing of alcohol made in distilleries and bottling plants.

India experiments with alternate fuels in its drive towards green mobility 

By Shahkar Abidi calendar02 Apr 2020

For India, which imports about 84 percent of its energy needs in the form of fossil fuels, it is is becoming imperativ...

Dealer profitability to hit five-year low in FY2020 and worsen in FY2021: ICRA

By Shahkar Abidi calendar01 Apr 2020

  FADA has indicated unsold BS4 inventory worth Rs 7,000 crore lying with the dealerships. Supreme Court has allowed 1...

RBI rate cuts and loan repayment deferment brings relief to auto industry

By Shahkar Abidi calendar27 Mar 2020

Massive liquidity boosting measures including cuts in repo rate, reverse repo rate and CRR should give a leg up to the...

Weak economic activity and Covid-19 to weigh on asset quality of new M&HCV financiers: ICRA

By Shahkar Abidi calendar26 Mar 2020

The monthly disbursements of key originators, at an aggregate level fell by almost 60% to Rs. 1,260 crore in December ...

Chakan auto belt stops humming as OEMs suspend operations

By Shahkar Abidi & Autocar Pro News Desk calendar24 Mar 2020

With the Maharashtra government stopping all production activity in the state due to coronavirus, the state's automoti...

Higher fuel taxes to dent motorists’ savings from lower oil prices globally

By Shahkar Abidi calendar19 Mar 2020

Covid-19 outbreak worries led to a 50 percent decline in crude price internationally but increased taxes on petrol and...

Weiss inaugurates new campus in Pune

By Shahkar Abidi calendar16 Mar 2020

New campus in Chakan houses Weiss Asia Pacific regional HQ, India Sales Office, the Engineering Knowledge Centre, Weis...

As global crude oil prices plunge, India hikes excise duty on petrol, diesel by Rs 3 a litre

By Shahkar Abidi calendar14 Mar 2020

The  benefits arising out of  plummeting  crude prices  are unlikely to be passed on in entirety to motorists.