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After enduring its worst festive season in half a decade, the domestic passenger vehicle industry is bracing for a bleak winter.

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\"When you compare, you can select the best policy which not only gives you the widest coverage benefits, but also comes at the lowest cost.\"

Commercial vehicles posted a turnaround and motorcycles were back in vogue but PV industry struggled.

\"India has one of the lowest insurance penetration rates among the big countries. The government is trying to change this through schemes such as Ayushman Bharat.\"

\"India is taking the first steps to 5G, which offers data speeds that are 20 times faster and allows 100 times more devices to be connected compared to 4G.\"

What is important is these companies often keep changing the incentives and terms of work. There are enough stories of frustrated drivers who bought cars when the incentives at Ola and Uber were high but now are struggling to make ends meet.

Maruti also contested whether subsidies alone was required to spur sales of electric cars in the country.

A tepid festive season that spanned over two months from October to November due to a variety of factors like liquidity crunch, increase in cost of insurance, high fuel and interest rates, left the company staring at a protracted slowdown.

Citing historical instances of sales being lower in a pre-election year and picking up substantially again in the election year, the company said it is hopeful of better sales in the next fiscal.

Overexposure to realty will affect the Parashar family's liquidity, says Lovaii Navlakhi, Founder-CEO of International Money Matters.

According to FADA, total registrations during the 42-day festive period, which fell between October 10 and November 20 this year, stood at 20,49,391 units.