Is the Indian automobile sector as environmentally conscious as best in the world?
NO! Automobile sector has fared badly. Under the project rating scale, we were to award five leaves award to the best company. But sadly no auto company deserved this honour. The best company got less than 45 per cent marks getting a mere three leaves award. But the sector as a whole got even lesser, scoring 31.4 per cent, deserving only two leaves award. The passenger car segment led the way among the entire automobile segment and was the only segment to get three leaves. Mass transport vehicle segment came in second, which performed better due to introduction of CNG fuelled vehicles. The two and three wheeler segment, with two leaves, lagged behind. THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE UGLY In terms of overall performance, the three companies, which topped the environmental rating, were Daewoo Motor India Ltd., Hyundai Motors India Ltd. and General Motors India. All these three companies performed well in product usage phase. The companies, at the bottom of the pile, were the three non-participati
