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Passenger car sales in India plunged by 41 percent in their worst monthly fall on record, data showed Monday, as the weakening economy hit demand and manufacturers called for government relief.
It was the tenth straight month of falls in car sales amid soft consumer demand in Asia's third-largest economy, where growth slowed for the fifth straight quarter in the April-to-June period to 5.0 percent.
Figures from the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers showed that domestic sales tumbled to 115,957 in August from 196,847 a year ago, the sharpest fall since the organisation started recording data in 1997-98, a spokesman told AFP.
Sales of commercial vehicles tumbled by 39 percent, while motorcycles and scooters dropped by 22 percent, the data showed.
Indian auto manufacturing giants Tata Motors, Ashok Leyland and Mahindra & Mahindra have slashed production amid the slowdown.
Thousands of jobs have also been lost across the sector.
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in August lifted a ban on purchasing new vehicles by government departments, but carmakers are calling for further support from New Delhi.

Copyright Agence France-Presse, 2019

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