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Will unload 1-2% cost hike burden to consumers: Bajaj Auto

The managing director of Bajaj Auto Rajiv Bajaj, in an interview on CNBC-TV18, expects 4-5% of the DEPB benefits to be partly covered by the drawback scheme. "While we hope the distributors will bear 2% of the additional costs, we will pass on 2% of the cost hike to the market place," says Bajaj.

June 13, 2011 / 16:48 IST
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Auto stocks are in focus right now with all the newsflow emerging from the standoff between Maruti and its workers at their Manesar plant in Haryana. Meanwhile, auto companies are breathing a sigh of relief after the government decided to extend a tax break for exporters beyond the June 30 deadline.

The managing director of Bajaj Auto Rajiv Bajaj says the export incentive scheme which has been extended till September is a welcome move. Post that, exporters will have to move to the duty drawback scheme. In an interview on CNBC-TV18, he expects 4-5% of the DEPB benefits to be partly covered by the drawback scheme.
first published: Jun 13, 2011 02:56 pm

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