The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) reported 17.8 per cent increase in sales in December at 1,46,480 units as against 1,24,375 units in December 2019

GST collections in December 2020 showed an unexpected year-on-year growth of 11.6 per cent to Rs 1.15 lakh crore, the highest monthly GST collection so far

Domestic passenger vehicle (PV) sales stood at 23,545 units last month as against 12,785 units in December 2019, up 84 per cent, Tata Motors said in a regulatory filing

In the domestic market, passenger vehicle sales were up 3 per cent to 16,182 units last month, compared to 15,691 units in December 2019

Near Delhi, places such as Kasauli, Manali, Mussoorie, Dehradun are attracting travelers and it is Mahabaleshwar, Lonavala, Nashik, Alibag, Karjat near Mumbai. Goa, of course, remains an evergreen travel destination

Unlike previous years, where consumers would visit stores to make purchases, there has been a significant shift towards online purchases on account of coronavirus pandemic

With gradual opening of colleges and universities expected from next year, the two-wheeler industry is also banking on student buying to add to the sales momentum

Indian PC market (desktops, notebooks, and workstations) saw 9.2 per cent year-on-year growth in the July-September 2020 quarter and managed to ship 3.4 million units as the demand for e-learning and remote working sky-rocketed

About 60 per cent of the respondents who adopted digital selling said it helped them weather the pandemic-induced stress, while the rest said it boosted sales

While the going has generally been tough in India's domestic passenger vehicle industry, even before the pandemic hit the economy, Honda's struggle for growth has predated that

It is estimated that during the prolonged lockdown, the auto industry suffered losses of more than Rs 2,300 crore in turnover for every single day of closure

As per DGCA data, 63.54 lakh domestic passengers travelled by air in November, which was 20.54 per cent higher than the air passenger traffic recorded last month

ICRA says with a steady performance of agricultural sector and a lagged recovery in contact-intensive parts of services sector, it estimates a small contraction of 1 per cent in GDP in Q3

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The auto industry recorded a turnover of $15.9 billion during the during the first half of 2020-21 against $26.2 billion in 2019-20, which itself was lower than $29 billion in the same period of 2018-19

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Maruti Suzuki India has initiated the process to upgrade its Manesar-based powertrain plant so that it can start rolling out BS-VI diesel engines starting middle or festive season next year

The auto major had discontinued diesel models from its portfolio with the onset of stricter BS-VI emission norms from April this year

SIAM on Friday released inaccurate industry sales data for November with inflated numbers for Maruti Suzuki and later revised it

In financial year so far (April-November), total production of all categories of vehicles stands at 13,160,377 units against 18,356,431 units sold during same period last year, recording a decline of 28.31%