‘Motown continues to accelerate push and tax breaks in rural areas’: SIAM president

New Delhi: The auto industry expects demand to grow across all segments, including entry-level, by 2026, driven by better rural incomes and the recent rationalization of goods and services tax that has eased pressure on affordability. “The rollout of the GST 2.0 reform in September 2025 has markedly increased demand for passenger cars, commercial vehicles […]

Motilal Oswal sees Maruti Suzuki and Endurance Technologies as top bets in the post-GST auto rebound

The Indian auto sector has entered a phase of cautious optimism following the Goods and Services Tax (GST) rate cuts, which revived demand across segments. Investor sentiment, especially among foreign institutional investors (FIIs), has turned constructive as volume growth rebounds on the back of festive momentum, price reductions and improving rural sentiment. The most visible […]

Center Printing Guidelines to allow private two-wheelers for Fietstaxi services

The Ministry of Road Transport and motorways has issued the guidelines of the aggregator of the motor vehicle and explains that the government governments can allow the use of non-transport motorcycles (ie private two-wheelers) for transporting passengers via aggregator platforms if they choose to allow it. According to Clausule 23 of the updated guidelines, states […]