Met coke shortages hit India's steel mills in first half of 2025Indian steel mills are struggling to meet their metallurgical coke needs. Domestic production is falling short of demand, leading to signif...
15 Oct, 2025, 02.41 PM IST
Gadkari sets five-year target to make India No. 1 in automobile industryIndia is set to become the world's top automobile industry in five years. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari says India has the manpower and glob...
10 Sep, 2025, 04.39 PM IST
FADA urges Maharashtra government to allow opening of vehicle showrooms with 50% manpower“The festivals of Gudi Padwa, Ram Navmi and Navratri are traditionally when people take delivery of their new vehicles. We request to be al...
06 Apr, 2021, 03.03 PM IST
Subsidies will never get us ahead: Piyush Goyal"Why can't we aim for USD 1 trillion exports from India. We certainly can. I see no reason, (why) we cannot. For that we need to be clear o...
03 Oct, 2020, 06.51 PM IST
Automotive industry lobbies with the home secretary for a comprehensive restart, requests for essential services tagThe automotive industry in India was going through a severe demand downturn for over 15 months preceding the lockdown. With the outbreak of...
01 May, 2020, 08.24 PM IST
Automobile retailers' lobby group seeks relief measures from PMThe suggested support measures include complete waiver of interest on all categories of loans taken by dealers, 4% interest subsidy for nin...
13 Apr, 2020, 02.18 PM IST
Auto industry's lobby bodies approaches SC seeking extension of sale, registration of BS-IV vehicles till May endhe Federation of Automobile Dealers’ Associations (FADA) argued that the footfall at dealerships has dwindled due to the Covid-19 pandemic,...
17 Mar, 2020, 03.26 PM IST
November automobile retail marginally improves over last yearThe number of registrations of vehicles at regional transport offices (RTOs), which is a proxy for retail sales, improved 2% over last year...
11 Dec, 2019, 08.15 PM IST
Festive October a quirk amid auto slumpAuto sales picked up pace in October as more and more headed out to purchase vehicles amid the festive season. Vehicle registrations at RTO...
20 Nov, 2019, 07.06 AM IST
Passenger vehicle retail sales jump 11% in October on festive demand: FADAAccording to Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA), passenger vehicles (PV) sales stood at 2,23,498 units in October 2018. T...
19 Nov, 2019, 04.52 PM IST
GST rate cut on auto, other products to be political callThe officials doubt whether tax cut will really address the real reasons behind the slowdown in auto sector.
09 Sep, 2019, 11.09 AM IST
No GST cut on cars even as the FM brings in measure to boost demandThe govt announced a slew of measures to kick start the auto sector, which has been going through a slump.
24 Aug, 2019, 09.06 AM IST
India-focussed US entities' lobby bill reach $212 million in 2012Together, 17 entities, which include companies as well as industry bodies, paid a total amount of USD 212 million (about Rs 1,100 cr) to th...
10 Feb, 2013, 12.42 PM IST
CPI-M for statement from PM on lobbying by US firmsLobbying by Walmart has generated much political heat, but 50 other larger US companies have spent millions of dollars in 2012 itself to en...
17 Dec, 2012, 04.41 PM IST
Over 15 US firms spent millions in 2012 for lobbyingGiants like Boeing, AT&T, Starbucks, Lockheed Martin, Eli Lilly and GE have also lobbied earlier with US lawmakers on "specific issues".
17 Dec, 2012, 11.09 AM IST
Wal-Mart, others seek US government help on India plansUS-based cos like Wal-Mart, Prudential Fin are lobbying hard with their own lawmakers to garner support for their Indian biz expansion plan...
29 Jul, 2012, 02.29 PM IST
Reliance Industries pauses on US lobbying; Govt spends Rs 3.7 cr in 2011-12As per the lobbying disclosure reports, leading lobbyist BGR did not indulge in any lobbying for its client, RIL, during the two quarters.
23 Apr, 2012, 12.57 PM IST