Automobile companies in India will not find it difficult to completely stop producing diesel-run vehicles as most have alternative technologies available with them, Maruti Suzuki India Chairman R C Bhargava said on Tuesday.
On September 12, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said the automobile industry must reduce the production of high carbon-emitting diesel vehicles, or else the government may consider imposing an additional 10 per cent goods and services tax (GST).
As major auto stocks tumbled in reaction, he clarified that no such proposal was under the government’s consideration.
