SIAM Calls For Voluntary Emission Regime

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<h1>SIAM Calls For Voluntary Emission Regime</h1><strong> Author: <a href='http://www.articleseen.com/profile_cardekho.aspx'>cardekho</a></strong><br /><p>The 50th Annual Convention of SIAM (Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers), India’s apex body representing automobile industry, was inaugurated by Dr Pawan Goenka, SIAM president and President – Automotive and Farm Equipment, Mahindra and Mahindra, at Taj Palace Hotel in New Delhi. Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh was the Guest of Honour while Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises was the Chief Guest at the annual auto meet. The theme of this year’s Annual Convention was “Dynamics of Managing Growth: The Next Phase of the Auto Industry”. The convention saw participation from Senior Government officials, Global and Indian Industry leaders. Dr Pawan Goenka, SIAM president and President – Automotive and Farm Equipment, Mahindra and Mahindra, in his welcome remarks said that the convention was a milestone event in that it was golden Jubilee year of SIAM. Lauding the auto industry for a robust growth after last year’s economic recession, Dr Goenka said, “Last year the auto industry just started to recover from the impact of global economic recession, using government’s stimulus package as a springboard, the industry displayed an exemplary resolve in charting a trail blazing performance.” Dr Goenka also thanked the government for its support to the industry and attributed the good showing of the auto industry to the efforts made by component manufacturers, the strong fundamentals of the Indian economy and the highly calibrated government policy steps in support of the industry. He emphasized that the real challenge for the auto industry is the future and India is set to play a major role in the global auto industry. The SIAM President also reminded the industry’s responsibility towards environment and said that the auto industry was cautious towards the environmental concerns and called for uniform emission norms. Dr Goenka announced SIAM’s new initiative of Voluntary Fuel Efficiency Regime which will promote lower fuel consumption. Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh congratulated the auto industry for its most impressive growth and he called upon the industry to go for growth with ecological sustainability. Mr Ramesh welcomed SIAM’s initiative on fuel efficiency but called for enforcement of Mandatory Fuel Efficiency Standards. The Environment Minister urged the captains of the industry not to see environment as an impediment but consider it as an issue of public health.</p><strong>About the Author:</strong><br />Keep yourself updated for Mahindra, <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.cardekho.com/carmodels/Mahindra/Mahindra_Xylo" title="Mahindra Xylo">Mahindra Xylo</a> and all other <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.cardekho.com/" title="new cars"><b>new cars</b></a> at CarDekho.com<p> Article Source: <a href='http://www.articleseen.com/Article_SIAM-Calls-For-Voluntary-Emission-Regime_30878.aspx'> http://www.articleseen.com/Article_SIAM Calls For Voluntary Emission Regime_30878.aspx</a></p>

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