Excise duty for small cars, scooters, motorcycles and commercial vehicles will come down to 8% from 12% while SUVs will attract excise duty of 24% as against 30% earlier
Prices of automobiles, including cars, sports utility vehicles (SUVs) and two-wheelers, are set to come down with Finance Minister P Chidambaram announcing a reduction in excise duty in the Interim Budget 2014.
“To give relief to the automobile industry, which is registering unprecedented negative growth, I propose to reduce excise duty,” Chidambaram said.
Excise duty for small cars, scooters, motorcycles and commercial vehicles will come down to 8% from 12% earlier. SUVs will attract excise duty of 24% as against 30% earlier.
Excise duty on large cars will now be 24% compared with 27% earlier, while the duty on mid-sized cars will go down to 20% from 24% previously.
The excise duty cut will be applicable up to 20 June 2014.
Annual car sales in India declined for the first time in 11 years in 2013, posting a 9.59% dip, as the auto industry reeled under a prolonged demand slump due to the economic slowdown.
According to the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), domestic car sales last year fell to 18.07 lakh units from 19.98 lakh units in the previous year.
The slump in sales continued in January as car sales fell for the fourth straight month with a decline of 7.59% to 1.60 lakh units from a year earlier.
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