Auto industry body SIAM has been urging the government to reduce the GST rate on vehicles from 28 to 18 per cent, and to introduce an incentive-based scrappage policy
Company says the new model would allow it faster turnaround along with better market coverage.
No M&HCV buses were sold in May; company resumed operations recently after the government relaxed the lockdown norms
The company commenced operations across its facilities
Comment comes at a time when Centre and various State governments are aiming to attract companies looking at shifting their operations out of China
Balance-sheet squeeze makes purchase of trucks impractical, they say
Ashok Leyland has reported zero sales of M&HCV in the month of April as against 8,918 units, in the same month a year ago
M&HCV truck sales in April 2019 was 7,517, bus sales was 1,401, while LCV sales stood at 4,224 units
A good scrappage policy could help improve efficiency of our transport fleet, reduce pollution and also help boost demand, said Vipin Sondhi
The acquisition is part of the 6.99% acquisition approved by the board of directors at a meeting held on March 21
The acquisition is part of the 6.99 per cent acquisition approved by the Board at the meeting held on March 21, 2020.
Company will restart production in line with demand after preparing supply chain.
Towards the end of last week, at least three such tie-ups were announced
At the index level, the Nifty Auto index was down 1.4 per cent as compared to 1.3 per cent decline in the Nifty50 index
Eicher's commercial vehicle (CV) sales dropped by 81 per cent to 1,409 units during the month from 7,329 units, a year ago
It may be noted that Ashok Leyland decided to acquire 9% stake in HLFL as against its original plan to acquire 19%
The AL board continues to believe that the proposal to raise the shareholding in HLFL was consistent with the philosophy to prevent any future dilution based on HLFL's growth plans
Ashok Leyland on Wednesday announced that it would acquire around 7 per cent stake from the existing private equity investor Everstone and around 12 per cent from promoter owned entity
A month later, now, the company announced that it would invest Rs 1,200 crore to buy stake in HFL
The cost of acquisition will be not be exceeding Rs 1,200 crore, on cash consideration