The Automobile Industry In India: a Comparative Study on Issues and Its Impact on Global Environment and Market Structure In Its Changing Environment: A Study on the Economic Performance and Capacity Utilization in the Indian Automobile Industry

Abstract

Indian automobileindustry embarked on a new journey in 1991 with delicensing of the sector andsubsequent opening up for 100 percent FDI through automatic route. In view ofthis, the study attempts to estimate the economic performance of Indianautomobile industry in terms of capacity utilization at an aggregate level. Itestimates econometrically rate of capacity utilization in the industry ataggregate level and analyses its trend during the post liberalization period,1991-92 to2005-06.The study also tries to assess the impact of various factorsinfluencing capacity utilization.