Without specifying a timeline, the Road Transport and Highways Minister said the proposal would be submitted to the finance ministry for approval
Wheels India has manufacturing plants in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. It has a combined overall annual capacity of 10.3 million wheels.
According to the ratings agency, volume would decline on-year this fiscal, especially since public spending will be diverted towards healthcare and public welfare.
The Indian tractor industry could clock strong double-digit volume growth this year provided monsoons pan out as well as expected, said Bharat Madan, CFO of Escorts in an interview to CNBC-TV18.
The company, which makes premium trucks for specialised sectors like mining, buses and construction equipment, also aims to cut logistics cost by achieving greater efficiency and minimising wastage.
Delinquencies from the commercial vehicle (CV) space have fallen even as stress in the construction equipment industry and tractor loans remained elevated, India Ratings has said.
SREI Infrastructure witnessed a rise in net profit in the second quarter of current fiscal to Rs 61.9 crore from Rs 51.6 crore in the first quarter. This was on the back of a rise in construction equipment finance in the quarter.
Earthmoving and construction equipment (ECE) maker JCB India is eyeing at a sales revenue growth of 20 percent during the current calendar year, a top company official said on June 29
Engineering and farm equipment major Escorts on Tuesday reported a 42.57 percent dip in its standalone net profit at Rs 20.49 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, 2015.
Gold loan demand has been constrained due to regulatory policies of having lower loan to value ratios for a better part of the fiscal, which has now been raised.
Non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) are likely to witness a slow growth at 17 per cent in retail credit in the ongoing financial year due to a significant slowdown in the key segments they operate in, says a report by credit ratings agency Icra.
Defence PSU Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) was producing small end construction equipment or Dealer Model Equipment (DME) without valid orders and without considering market realities, a CAG report said today.