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    With India's Economy Growing at About 7%, Why The Auto Industry Is Hurting So Badly?

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    The auto industry in India is facing significant challenges despite the economy growing at over 7%. Several factors are contributing to the decline in auto sales, including the transition to stricter BS6 emission standards in 2020 which will significantly increase vehicle prices. Weak rural income, a difficult job market, and the upcoming national elections have also hurt consumer demand. Additionally, changes to insurance requirements, a liquidity crisis in non-banking financial institutions, and a push toward electric vehicles have added pressure on automakers. Most analysts believe sales will remain weak in the next two quarters.

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    The auto industry in India is facing significant challenges despite the economy growing at over 7%. Several factors are contributing to the decline in auto sales, including the transition to stricter BS6 emission standards in 2020 which will significantly increase vehicle prices. Weak rural income, a difficult job market, and the upcoming national elections have also hurt consumer demand. Additionally, changes to insurance requirements, a liquidity crisis in non-banking financial institutions, and a push toward electric vehicles have added pressure on automakers. Most analysts believe sales will remain weak in the next two quarters.

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    The auto industry in India is facing significant challenges despite the economy growing at over 7%. Several factors are contributing to the decline in auto sales, including the transition to stricter BS6 emission standards in 2020 which will significantly increase vehicle prices. Weak rural income, a difficult job market, and the upcoming national elections have also hurt consumer demand. Additionally, changes to insurance requirements, a liquidity crisis in non-banking financial institutions, and a push toward electric vehicles have added pressure on automakers. Most analysts believe sales will remain weak in the next two quarters.

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    With India’s economy growing at about 7%, why the auto industry is

    hurting so badly?
    April 28, 2019, 09:11 IST
    The new emission norms will push up prices across the board, especially the
    diesel vehicles .

    He managed to steer clear of the headwinds currently battering India’s auto


    industry and clock impressive March numbers for Honda Cars India (HCIL),
    where he is director for sales and marketing.

    Honda’s sales grew well in 2018-19 on the back of the new Amaze that
    contributed 46% of its total sales.
    Two of the four quarters of 2019-20 is widely expected to be difficult -- Q1 due to
    the ongoing elections and Q4 because of the transition to BS-VI. Hence,
    companies must plan their inventory well.

    India’s Rs 4.8 lakh crore automobile industry, employs 37 million people (direct
    and indirect), contributes 7.5% to the country’s GDP and 49% to the
    manufacturing GDP, is staring at a multi-layered crisis.
    While the annual industry sales growth has been positive at 2.70%, 10 out of the
    17 car companies posted negative sales growth

    Two-wheeler sales followed a similar trend. Sales of five leading players plunged
    by an average 24% in March.
    However, Bajaj Auto has been an outlier, clocking 29% annual domestic sales
    growth.
    When India’s economy is growing at more than 7%, just how is the auto industry
    hurting so much? The answer lies in something of a perfect storm that has hit the
    industry’s horizons.

    Auto firms pulled their brakes in Q3; analysts say Q4, too,
    holds little hope
    Speed bumps
    Let’s first look at the short-term factors. Last year, the bad news kicked off with
    Kerala floods. Then, in October, insurance regulator IRDAI changed its policy on
    insurance cover. For instance, third-party insurance cover on motorcycles now
    needs to be paid upfront for five years instead of one year previously. “For two-
    wheelers, insurance cost rose by 14%, which had an adverse impact on sales,”

    Tightening liquidity in the NBFC sector made things more difficult in an industry
    where financing plays a critical role — 80% of new cars being sold are financed.
    Urban India, reeling from a difficult job market, took a pause. Rural India, hurting
    from farm distress (over 60% of farm produce has reportedly been sold below the
    minimum support price), wasn’t buying, either. As a result, inventory piled up,
    hurting everyone. Lok Sabha elections, known to make consumers postpone
    bigticket purchases (the industry saw it happen in 2014 and 2009), have further
    dented March sales.

    Some like demonetisation and GST affected India Inc at large. In 2016,
    government decided to leapfrog from BS-IV to BS-VI by April 1, 2020.

    The industry is now investing upwards of Rs 70,000 crore to comply.

    Just then, in 2017, aligning with the global wave, the government announced that
    India will go 100% EV by 2030, sending shivers through the auto industry.

    The Supreme Court ban on diesel vehicles was another instance.

    Two other factors — growth of shared mobility trend (Uber and Ola) and market
    structure (Maruti and Hyundai together have nearly 70% market share) — have
    amplified the pain for Motown. Not surprisingly, some, like Ford and General
    Motors, are re-evaluating or exiting the Indian market.

    The road ahead looks bleak. But it is also true that consumer sentiment — the
    biggest catalyst for consumption — is so much more a matter of the heart than
    the hard reality of purchasing power. And that really is the best hope for Motown
    India — that a stable government and rising economic sentiment could just
    reverse the tide for the industry.

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