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Testing body hits the gas on EV approvals, flex fuel trials

New Delhi, Sept. 26 -- India's oldest vehicle testing agency, the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI), is stepping up its role in India's clean mobility push. In fiscal year 2025 (FY25), i... Read More


Clean mobility push: India's car testing body fast-tracks green vehicle approvals and flex fuel trials

New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- India's oldest vehicle testing agency, the Automotive Research Association of India (Arai), is stepping up its role in India's clean mobility push. In FY25, it approved 80 loca... Read More


MSME payment fights: Centre eyes powers to empanel dispute resolution firms

New Delhi, Sept. 23 -- The micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) ministry is exploring a plan for the Centre to have powers to empanel private online dispute resolution (ODR) firms to address del... Read More


MSME payment delays? Centre plans to empanel dispute resolution firms

New Delhi, Sept. 23 -- The micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) ministry is exploring a plan for the Centre to have powers to empanel private online dispute resolution (ODR) firms to address del... Read More


Mint Explainer: How India's high bank guarantees became speed bumps for foreign EV makers

New Delhi, Sept. 22 -- India's policy for making and adopting electric vehicles (EVs) is packed with incentives for manufacturers and consumers. Yet, the government's scheme to attract foreign automak... Read More


Tata, Eka, Volvo selected for e-bus production sops

New Delhi, Sept. 20 -- Only three automakers out of 18 have qualified for subsidies for electric buses under the government's production-linked incentive scheme for automobiles and auto parts (PLI-Aut... Read More


Only three of 18 automakers qualify for government's electric bus manufacturing sops

New Delhi, Sept. 19 -- Only three automakers out of 18 have qualified for subsidies for electric buses under the government's production-linked incentive scheme for automobiles and auto parts (PLI-Aut... Read More


Centre looks to states to crack e-ambulance subsidy math

New Delhi, Sept. 16 -- It's been a year since the launch of the government's flagship e-mobility scheme, PM E-drive, that included purchase incentives for green ambulances. Yet, the subsidy math for a... Read More


Consumers show growing preference for automated vehicle testing

New Delhi, Sept. 16 -- Consumers are showing a marked preference for stringent automated vehicle testing over testing at regional transport offices (RTOs). In 2025, one in four vehicle testing appoin... Read More


Unemployment rate dips for second consecutive month in August to 5.1%

New Delhi, Sept. 15 -- The unemployment rate in India declined marginally in August to 5.1%, according to the statistics ministry's data. The rate fell for the second month in a row from 5.2% in July ... Read More