unfit vehicles.
The BSE Auto Index surged nearly 950 points after FM Nirmala Sitharaman announced the voluntary vehicle scrappage policy to phase out old automobiles.
The policy will retire cars older than 20 years and commercial vehicles older than 15 years.
The policy promises to help infuse fresh investments worth ₹10,000 crore and add 50,000 new job opportunities.At the Union Budget 2021 today, the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the much-awaited vehicle scrappage policy to phase out 6.8 million old and unfit vehicles.
The policy promises to help infuse fresh investments worth ₹10,000 crore and add 50,000 new job opportunities. While addressing the parliament, Sitharaman said that the Road Transport and Highways Ministry would share the details soon.