New momentum of auto industry's innovation for greener alternatives need of the hour: PM Modi
The Hindu
“Amrit Kaal is an opportunity to achieve self-sufficiency in every sector and the automobile sector is no exception,” PM Modi said in a written address to the annual session of the SIAM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 15 stressed on the need for automobile industry’s innovation for green alternatives to ensure protection and conservation of environment as well as help in making India self-reliant.
In a written address to the annual session of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), Mr. Modi said, “Amrit Kaal is an opportunity to achieve self-sufficiency in every sector and the automobile sector is no exception.”
The automobile sector has contributed to all-round development and growth of the economy through new avenues for employment generation, the Prime Minister said in his message read out by SIAM President Kenichi Ayukawa.
“It is a need of the hour that the automobile industry’s innovation for greener alternatives attains a new momentum, to ensure the protection and conservation of environment, as well as help in making India self-reliant,” Mr. Modi said.
He also expressed hope that the various stakeholders gathered at the convention that include industry experts, manufacturers and policy makers, will hold vibrant deliberations to develop a futuristic blueprint for the automobile sector.
The Prime Minister also congratulated the Indian auto industry on becoming the fourth largest in terms of vehicle manufacturing and lauded its achievement of record exports.
“These accomplishments that came despite the pandemic have played a key role in India’s economic resurgence,” he added. Mr. Modi also said the automobile sector has contributed to the all-round development and growth of the economy through new avenues for employment generation.
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