Challenge for us is supply chain rather than demand: Maruti's R C Bhargava

Bhargava said Maruti was only an assembler of cars and depended on each of the 370-380 vendors and tier 2 and tier 3 suppliers to provide components

Maruti Suzuki, the country’s largest carmaker, expects demand for its passenger cars to outstrip supply in the months of June and July as it faces challenges in ramping up production amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

“We will not be able to assemble more than 30-40 per cent of what is normal production in June. So we will have no problem in selling what we make,” R C Bhargava, chairman of Maruti Suzuki, told Business Standard.

Bhargava said Maruti was only an assembler of cars and