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Index - 2021-01-12T120328.727 PDF
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> Sadbhav Engineering
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Completes entire 74%
IN THE NEWS offer for 372 million crore in Q3FY21; ~1,024 crore across acceptance from GMRC stake sale in Parbati
shares at ~160 apiece up 16 per cent YoY various segments for Metro Rail project Koldam Transmission
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IN BRIEF
Bombay High Court restrains
Sebamed ads across media
Doubtful of sustainability once Over 71,700
tractors
sold in Dec;
The Bombay High Court (HC) on Monday
granted an ad-interim ex-parte injunction
to Hindustan Unilever (HUL) in a suit filed by
the company against the advertisements of
Sebamed India that claimed its cleansing
pent-up demand fizzles: Maruti
ARINDAM MAJUMDER 2020 has been 3.6 per cent. Clearly the
up 41% YoY
OVERALL SALES*
bar had the perfect pH value for sensitive New Delhi, 11 January growth rate has slowed over the past (in units)
skin. The order restrains Sebamed and its decade, more so over the past five years. 2019 2020
I
affiliates from broadcasting and ndia’s largest carmaker Maruti Though car sales are closely related to 71,740 160,000
communicating to the public the Suzuki India (MSIL) has expressed gross domestic product (GDP) growth
57,488 89,530
commercials, newspaper advertisements, doubt over long-term sustainability rate numbers, industry insiders say PV 120,000
hoardings, and digital ads in any language. The next hearing in once pent-up demand fizzles, leading sales have suffered despite a decent 59,367 80,000
the matter will be held on January 14. When contacted, Sebamed to uncertainty over the future course of GDP growth rate.
India’s country head Shashi Ranjan said that it had not received the automobile industry. December marked the best growth 40,000
the court order yet. "Once we receive the court order, we will Having cornered 50 per cent share in retail sales of PVs, as new launches, 60,352 50,803
0
comply with it as a responsible organisation. We will also file our of India’s car market, MSIL is one of the cheaper finance, and pre-buying to Jan ‘20 Dec ‘20
response in the matter, " Ranjan said. BS REPORTER biggest employers in the country. escape the January price increases
Record growth in monthly sales may helped boost demand. The segment 9.46 41.21
not be an actual barometer of industry also recorded the second-best monthly Total sales Dec ‘20
UK court denies Domestic air traffic health, given long-term sustenance of total this financial year. % YoY growth
*Including exports
release of funds for down 45% to 7.1 mn this growth remains questionable, cau-
tioned the carmaker.
PVs comprise cars, sport utility
vehicles, and vans. PV sales grew 24 per
Source: Tractor Manufacturers
Association
Mallya’s legal fee in December: ICRA Fearing demand may evaporate, the cent in December to 271,249 units,
A UK court hearing an urgent India's domestic traffic industry has requested the government GROWTH OF CAR SALES HAS WORD OF CAUTION against 218,775 units recorded in the T E NARASIMHAN
application on Monday refused declined around 45 per cent to to defer the implementation of fuel effi- same month last year, according to the
to sanction the release of about 7.1 million passengers in ciency norms and the second stage of
BEEN SLOWING DOWN | Record growth in monthly sales
data sourced from 86 per cent of the
Chennai, 11 January
substantial sums held with the December last year over emission norms to April 2024, in a bid
Period considered is April-December may not be an actual barometer of regional transport offices, shared by the Tractor sales rose by around
Court Funds Office as part of December 2019, even as to keep the cost of acquisition stable.
industry health, cautioned the Federation of Automobile Dealers 41 per cent in December
bankruptcy proceedings being passenger traffic was up 12 per “The month-on-month growth carmaker Association. The auto industry has now 2020 to 71,740 units, as com-
pursued against liquor tycoon cent sequentially over numbers are good, but there is a high | Pent-up demand is giving a made a representation to the govern- pared to 50,803 in
Vijay Mallya by a consortium of November 2020, ratings agency element of pent-up demand in that. It misleading picture of the overall ment to defer the implementation of December 2019. However,
Indian banks. Judge Sebastian Icra said in a release. The is giving a misleading picture of the demand, firm says CAFE-2 regulations and Bharat Stage month-on-month, the sales
Prentis, who presided over a capacity deployment in overall demand,” said Shashank | High acquisition costs in terms of (BS)-VI stage II norms to April 2024. As dropped for the second
remote hearing at the December 2020 at around 67 Srivastava, executive director, MSIL. high vehicle pricing due to high of now, the CAFE-2 norms that aim to month in a row, after report-
Insolvency and Companies per cent (vis-à-vis December On the reasons behind the fall in make cars more fuel efficient are set to ing continued growth since
taxes, higher costs of raw material,
Court of the HC in London, 2019) is a significant increase compound annual growth rate (CAGR), come into effect in 2022, and BS-VI stage April. The demand was driv-
higher production costs, etc led to
concluded that Mallya had over the 52 per cent capacity said Srivastava, was the high acquisition II norms are set to come into force en by reasons such as higher
In million Source: Siam fall in CAGR, says company
failed to provide the “basic deployed in October 2020 and costs in terms of high vehicle pricing beginning April 2023. rabi acreage, government's
information” required for such 59 per cent in November, Icra due to high taxes, higher costs of raw Srivastava said this is because the support in procurement,
a validation order. PTI said in a release. PTI material, higher production costs, and rate average fuel efficiency (CAFE) 1.3 per cent for the five-year period norms will result in price hike, leading and rural development
insurance and registration costs. norms with the officials concerned. between 2014-15 (FY15) and 2019-20. to increase in acquisition cost. The cost schemes, said industry
He told Business Standard that the The industry data shows that while Between 2009-10 and FY15, sales rose of acquisition going up impacts more players.
manufacturers have represented these the CAGR of passenger vehicle (PV) 5.9 per cent. this year, as the worsening economic According to Tractor
to suspend review
units (including 10,491 via
exports) in December 2020,