The Government is not considering putting any cap on the number of vehicles including passenger cars registered every year. This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises G.M. Siddeshwara in a written reply in Lok Sabha on December 8, 2015.
Meanwhile, the years 2013-14 and 2014-15 have only seen a negative growth when it comes with domestic sales of diesel vehicles that include passenger cars, utility vehicles and vans.
The number of Diesel passenger vehicles along with Year-on-Year growth of last three years is given below:
Domestic Sales (in Nos)
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
Diesel Passenger Cars
894,529
741,588
701,744
Diesel Utility Vehicles
538,599
494,666
498,559
Diesel Vans
126,573
88,696
42,270
Total
1,559,701
1,324,950
1,242,573
% Growth
23.23
(-)15.05
(-)6.22
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