ensure that it is as par the global standards it is good that indian automobile industry is taking up this challenge despite shocks in the past year we had disruptions due to demonetisation last year we have the gst now we had transition to bs iv emission norms in an unplanned manner owing to which we suffered losses we need a clear firm policy guidelines concerning fuel new technologies and clean transport this would ensure that the industry doesnt suffer jerks and losses dr firodia stated dr firodia further pointed out that there is lot of confusion on many aspects relating to gst we need to have a comprehensive automobile policy and we need a favourable policy environment safety on roads is a concern for all of us as over 15 lakh people died in the past year we also urge for the need of more cooperation from the ministry of road transport highways for having a robust policy and infrastructure mr kenichi ayukawa treasurer siam and managing director ceo maruti suzuki india limited called india as a unique country where the auto industry offers a large scale employment he however pointed out that there are some concerns like issues related to co2 emissions growing traffic and accidents he said some of the bottlenecks concerning vehicles can be mitigated while working on appropriate designing of the vehicle also read siam ready to take on global challenges mr t mookiah associate director rd at vikram sarabhai space centre vssc department of space government of india said the geopolitical situation has made india develop technology through rd and today they have developed technologies and on board computer for real time guidance of the launch vehicles these technologies can be used by the automotive sector and take a lead in high powered batteries for taking india on emobility path etauto published on sep 7 2017 at 0539 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app siam maruti suzuki gdp nitin gadkari sankalp se siddhi zero emission homenewsindustrynitin gadkari urges auto sector to gear up to meet global challenges