India Transport Portal Newsletter - September 2013

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A month in the India Transport Sector (No 28) September, 2013

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MORE INTERNATIONAL AUTO COMPANIES APPOINTING

INDIANS TO TOP POSTS

The trend of hiring staff locally is seen in global

automobile companies venturing into India. Fiat

and Chrysler are managed in India by Nagesh

Basavanhalli. Fiat is following in the footsteps of Ford

India, which took the decision to replace Michael Boneham,

an Australian, with Joginder Singh. Other automobile

companies have followed suit in the hope of taking

advantage of the expected upswing in the markets.

More information on ITP

RENAULTS PLANS FOR INDIA

The success of the Renault Duster on Indian roads

has given a boost to Renault India, a company

which struggled to find a foothold on Indian

markets when it first arrived. In 2007 Renault

entered into a partnership with the Indian carmaker

Mahindra and Mahindra. The partnership broke two years

later, having launched three cars, the Koleos, the Fluence,

and the Pulse, none of which made a substantial impact.More information on ITP

FORD: INDIA BEING THEIR ASIA PACIFIC HUB

This American auto manufacturer has already

established two plants in India, and regards the

country as its potential hub for the Asia Pacific

region. The Indian automobile market gives a fairly

good idea of the kind of vehicles which would be well

received globally.


GENERAL MOTORS VIEWS NORTH-EAST INDIA AS NEXT

POTENTIAL MARKET

Long isolated, the region is now emerging as a

bright spot in an otherwise struggling sector. While

overall, the auto sector is experiencing a drop of

over 12%, sales in the North East have grown by 4%

and are expected to grow further.


In September 2012, the National Highways

Authority of India (NHAI) and the operator

of the e-way, Delhi Gurgaon Super

Connectivity Limited (DGSCL) signed a

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in

the Delhi High Court.

In March 2013, this issue was still ongoing:

the Punjab and Haryana High Court had

asked NHAI officials to appear before courton May because of measures taken in order

to ease the e-way and toll plaza traffic.

Meanwhile, NHAI had issued a termination

letter to DGSCL for its failure to upgrade

facilities and renovate roads.

One year after the MoU being signed, the

Road Transport and Highways Ministry

asked the National Highways Authority of

Indian to file a First Information Report

(FIR) against DGSCL. This move came after

the NHAI found underreporting of traffic at

the toll plazza that caused the agency a Rs

20 crore loss, between August 2012 and

July 2013.

Details have been forwarded to the Central

Vigilance Commission to consider the

opportunity to hand over the case over the

Central Bureau of Investigation. At this

time, the contentious is going through the

legal process instead of involving the

government. But DGSCL has refuted the

KPMG study that lead to such issue. Well,

it seems that this issue still have several

tremendous

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CARS IMPORTED FROM THE EU TO BECOME CHEAPER

It may be dark days ahead for Indian vehicle

manufacturers following the Free Trade Agreement

(FTA) between India and the European Union

allowing the latter to export lower-price cars to the

Indian market.


LUXURY CARS THRIVING AMID INDIAS SLUMPING CAR

MARKET

Surprisingly, in spite of the downturn in the industry,

the luxury car sector, which constitutes only 1% of

the sales, is showing an upswing.


INDIAN GOVERNMENT APPROVES QUADRICYCLES

These four-door low-speed vehicles weigh just 450

kilograms, provide a mileage of 35 km/litre, and are

priced at 1.5 lakhs (approx. 2,500 USD).


NISSAN INDIA: MORE THAN 22,000 SUNNY AND MICRA CAR

MODELS RECALLED

The defect is understood to be due to a potential

flaw in the master brake cylinder. In India, thesemodels are produced at the Oragadam plant in

Chennai.


MERCEDES-BENZ A-CLASS CONFIRMS RECEIVING MORE

THAN 400 ORDERS

The company showed sales growth of 5.3% in the

first quarter of 2013. We are satisfied with the

company performance in this quarter given the

overall strain in the Indian economy said Eberhard

Kern, managing director and CEO of Mercedes-Benz India.


CHEVROLET: TO INCREASE PRICES ACROSS THE BOARD

P. Baledran, Vice President of General Motors

India recently declared, "We have decided to

increase the prices of all our vehicles up to

Rs.10,000 (approx. 165 USD) depending upon the

model.


AN IN-HOUSE ALGORITHM

CALCULATES THE ESTIMATED TIME OF

ARRIVAL OF BUSES, BASED ON GPS

LOCATION AND CURRENT TRAFFIC

ON ROAD MANICA AGGARWAL,

DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER- DATAANALYTICS AT DIMTS

Manica Aggarwal is

Deputy General

Manager- Data Analytics,

at Delhi Integrated Multi

Modal Transit Company Limited. She

has more than 15 years of experience

in Market Research, Data Analytics

across various Industry verticals.

More information in ITP

NEW BUSES ON THE ROAD

Haryana aims to enhance

its public transport by

increasing its fleet to 350

buses by the end of the

year. It is proposed that at

least ten of these buses will be low-

floored luxury buses. They will be

either Mercedes Benz or Volvo, and

will cost INR 10 crore (approx. 2 million

USD). The Haryana government is also

purchasing 50 air-conditioned buses

which run on the environmentally-

viable compressed natural gas

(CNG). These buses will be of the

Marcopolo brand of Tata motors, and

will cost INR 32 crores (approx. 6

million USD). Ten of these will join the

fleet in July and ten more areexpected to be on the roads by

August. The inclusion of luxury buses

will be accompanied by the

construction of new bus stops, with

one air conditioned bus stop planned

for sector 29 of Gurgaon.


CAR MARKET BUSES
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INDIAN RAILWAYS: PRIVATE PLAYERS BROUGHT ON BOARD

TO INCREASE ITS SCOPE

Since manufacturers incur extra cost to transport

their products, they prefer to use road transport. To

address this issue, the railway government plans to

introduce PPPs in the sector, whereby a company

may build and own private railway lines, and run government

trains on them.


NORTH EAST RAILWAY PROJECTS TO BE DELAYED BY A YEAR

DUE TO INSUFFICIENT FUNDS

The north-eastern states of India, which are the

responsibility of the Northeast Frontier Railway have

a long way to go before they acquire a sufficientamount of network. At present only Guwahati and

Agartala, two of the seven state capitals in the Northeast are

connected by railways.


INDIAN RAILWAYS TO INCREASE ELECTRICITY-BASED POWER

USE BY 25%

Indian Railways has made the decision to focus on

switching over from petrolium-based energy to

electric traction. This form of energy affordsadvantages such as being able to transport heavy

loads at better speeds.


BANGALORE SEES DELAYS IN ITS LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM

In the Indias Silicon Valley, Bangalore, the State

government cant seem to decide whether to opt

for light rail transit (LRT) or monorail. Capital

Symonds Ltd and Consulting Engineering have

been called in as the consultant to decide on the feasibility

of the two choices.


RAILWAYS: TO EXPERIMENT WITH SMS TICKETING SYSTEM

The latest idea is to use the widespread mobile

network for buying tickets. Making use of Interbank

Mobile Payment Service (IMPS), a passenger may

buy a ticket from a basic mobile phone, using an

SMS.


INDIA ROAD PROJECT IN BURMA:

OPPORTUNITIES AND CONCERNS

INCREASE

In the modern world, it isnot possible for a country

to grow or progress in

isolation. Development is

helped when a country is

at peace with its neighbours and has

a symbiotic relationship with them.

India is currently involved in

continuing efforts to further the cause

of peace and stability in the Indian

region and establishing trade

relations and peace treaties withbordering nations. The Look East

Policy adopted by the government is

an attempt to forge links with South-

East Asia. As part of this policy, India

has invested $214 million in a highway

project in Burma. Named the

Kaladan Project, most of the roads

will be laid in Burmese territory, linking

the Indian state of Mizoram with the

poorly connected western states of

Burma through the Chin state, ending

at a deep sea port at Rakhine.


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MAHINDRA: TO BUYS OUT NAVISTARS STAKE

Troy Clarke, President and Chief Operating

Officer, Navistar, said, "Mahindra has been a

valuable partner these last seven years and theyare well equipped to move the MNAL and MNEPL

businesses forward as the Indian market continues

to develop." The joint venture did not fit in with their strategy

aimed at building its core businesses in the North American

continenttheir Drive to Deliver strategy.


IRIGC: KAMAZ PRODUCTION CAPACITY TO BE STEPPED UP

Kamaz's Indian base to step up productionRussian

truck manufacturer, Kamaz entered into a joint

venture with Tatra Vectra in 2009-10. Vectra holds

a 49% stake and Kamaz owns the majority share

of 51%. Czech Republic-based Tatra (previously

Tatra Trucks India Ltd) and the Vectra group, based in the UK

entered into a 90:10 joint venture to form Tatra Vectra Motors

Ltd.


TATA MOTORS: NEW COMMERCIAL VEHICLE DRIVING SCHOOL

LAUNCHED IN SINGRAULI

In a move to increase driving safety standards in

India, Tata Motors has teamed up with Urjanchal

School of driving to launch a joint initiative in

Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh. The initiative involves

setting up a commercial vehicle or CV driving

centre in Singrauli. The centre was inaugurated by the MP

Chief Minister-Shivraj Singh Chauhan. Senior officials from

Tata Motors were also present at the event .



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