The new policy will also benefit local automakers since they will no longer have to ship their samples abroad for testing and star grading, which is an expensive process - Overdrive
The government is planning a new car assessment programme (NCAP) in India, to be called the Bharat NCAP or BNCAP. This will rate cars on the basis of how they perform in a series of crash tests. Mint explains why India needs its own crash test rating.