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Weak September and H1 point to tough FY2020. Where's the scrappage policy?

autherAutocar Professional Bureau     calendar12 Oct 2019

With overall sales down 22% in September and 17% in the first six months of the fiscal, India Auto Inc stares at continuing difficult times and desperately needs a scrappage policy to revive demand.

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