Jairam's Red Light May Send SUVs Off Track

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First published in Sanctuary Asia, Vol. 30 No. 11, November 2010

 

“I think we seriously need to give thought to a fiscal policy regime that discourages the use of heavy cars and SUVs particularly. It's criminal in India with the type of society we are in. The type of challenges we face, you know, the luxurious growth of large-sized vehicles and SUVs in our country is really a cause for great concern," the minister said at a workshop on promoting low-carbon transport. Read the full report here.

 

Source: Economic Times, New Delhi.

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