The growth in production of passenger vehicles in the last two years has been erratic due to economic slowdown in the global and domestic market. In FY14, the production of passenger vehicles witnessed 4% de-growth, while in FY15 the production grew by 4%.
The details of passenger vehicles produced in the past three financial years is provided below
Category | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 |
Passenger Cars | 2,423,086 | 2,322,578 | 2,416,862 |
Utility Vehicles | 568,538 | 568,692 | 629,255 |
MPVs | 239,434 | 196,703 | 174,055 |
Total Passenger Vehicles | 3,231,058 | 3,087,973 | 3,220,172 |
There is no such proposal to ban sale of cars in the metro cities.
This information was given by Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, Shri G.M. Siddeshwara in a written reply in Lok Sabha.