Contribution of Car Industry to the Country’s Exchequer

The Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises,  Praful Patel informed the upper house of Indian Parliament  Rajya  Sabha today that,  according to the reports of Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), the fuel-wise data (diesel, petrol, gas) of car production in the country is not centrally maintained, however, it is estimated that the diesel cars account for 20% of the market.  The details of production of cars during the last three years is as under:

(In number) Category 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 Passenger Cars 15,16,967 19,32,620 24,53,113 The number of cars sold in India and exported during the same period is as under:- (In number) Year 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 Domestic Sales 12,20,475 15,28,337 19,82,702 Export 3,31,535 4,41,709 4,47,403 Department of Revenue has informed that the contribution of car manufacturing industry to the exchequer in the form of excise duty during the last three years is as under:                                                                         (Amount Rs. in crore) 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2417 3958 5001 Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCI&S), Kolkata, under the Department of Commerce has intimated that the net foreign exchange earned through export of cars and its share in the total foreign exchange earned during the last three years is as under:          (Amount Rs. In Crore) Year 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 Export of cars 10,103,02 14,481.86 15,276.17 Total export 8,40,755.05 8,45,533.64 7,81,175.32 %age share     1.20      1.71        1.95  (PIB)