In the pre-GST era, all ambulances enjoyed concession in excise duty rate but after GST implementation, the finance ministry has exempted compensation cess only on ambulances that can carry up to nine persons.
Senior Congress leaders, including Ahmed Patel, Rajeev Shukla, Motilal Vora and Anand Sharma, will meet Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh at 4 pm in New Delhi to discuss the threat letter.
According to Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), domestic car sales stood at 20,25,479 units in 2015-16 as compared with 18,77,706 units in the 2014-15.
According to data released by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), domestic passenger car sales in June this year stood at 1,62,677 units against 1,60,232 in the year-ago month.
Bus segment has been in negative territory since last 30 months but with economic activity expected to do well now we really expect the segment to do well," Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) deputy director general Sugato Sen said.
Leading global consultancy firm Booz & Company has been roped in to chart out a roadmap for promoting electric vehicles in India as part of a joint initiative by the Department of Heavy Industry and industry body SIAM under the national mission for electric mobility.
Car sales rose 7% in May from a year earlier, their slowest pace of growth in two years, as higher fuel prices, interest rates and vehicle costs crimped demand in the world's second-fastest growing auto market.
India has emerged as the fastest-growing car market in 2010-11, beating its Asian counterpart China, said The Hindustan Times. Due to the relentless spurt in demand in the domestic market and an unprecedented slowdown in growth in China, the Indian car market grew by over 29%.