Over-congested roads of big cities should be checked by discouraging Car-Sales
Bureau,Odishabarta
DELHI:Post-lockdown period is witnessing roads of Delhi more congested and crowded even more than the period before lockdown. Same must be the situation in other cities as well. But unfortunately influential lobby of car-manufacturers is capable of making central government all steps to boost manufacture and sale of cars.
Rather central government should take steps to discourage manufacture and sale of cars especially big and costly ones. Cars costing net ex-showroom-price of rupees ten lakhs should attract highest GST slab further added by cess. Higher GST slab and cess on cars should be on basis of price-tag rather than engine-capacity or length. Cars with ex-showroom-price of less than rupees ten lakhs should have GST slab of 28-percent rather than 18-percent. Cars with ex-showroom price of rupees ten lakhs or more should have additional cess of 28-percent over highest GST slab of 28-percent. Moreover costlier cars may not be allowed to be financed. Such a step will effectively check production of big and costlier cars making car-manufacturers concentrating on giving extra facilities in economical cars out of competition. Discouraging sale of big cars will provide extra space on roads and parking-sites in the city.
Middle-income group of people in Delhi having cars use their cars very sparingly, and are forced to abandon their cars after ten and fifteen years respectively for diesel and petrol driven cars under present rules even though their cars might not have been much used.
System of forced abandoning of cars done in name of environment-saving, with actual reason for encouraging sale of cars. System should be for compulsory complete check-up of cars after the stipulated period by workshops authorised by car-manufacturers followed by renewal of fitness-certificate. Production of diesel-driven cars should be completely banned firstly for environment and secondly to use of cheaper fuel only by commercial public-transport and carriers rather than by affording users of cars.
Input;Mr Subash
