Tata Motors, the country's top automobile firm, expects to sell over 3,000 Fiat branded cars in India during the current fiscal.
"In the last fiscal, we sold 1,500 Fiat branded cars and this year we hope to sell more than 3,000 cars through our distribution network," Tata Motors, senior manager (passenger car unit), Mudit Gupta said.
Gupta was speaking to reporters after launching the Fiat Palio Stile in Ludhiana.
Tata Motors distributes Fiat cars in India and also has a joint venture with the Italian company for manufacturing passenger cars and engines for Indian and overseas markets.
When asked about any adverse impact on sale of cars due to rising lending rates in view of RBI's monetary measures for containing inflation, he said the company had not observed any impact on sales volume so far.
Courtesy : Expressindia.com.
Tata to double Fiat sales this yr
April 9, 2007, 9:48 amAdopt Gujarat model of double-shift courts
April 9, 2007, 9:45 am
Praising the double-shift system introduced in Gujarat courts to clear the pending cases, Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan on Sunday hoped that other states too will adopt this model.
Speaking to reporters after a conference of state chief ministers and chief justices on ‘Administration of Justice on Fast Track’, Balakrishnan observed that the evening courts in Gujarat have helped clear a large backlog.
“Gujarat is paying additional 25 per cent of the basic salary for those doing the evening shift. May be other states cannot afford it,” Balakrishnan said.
Though centrally-sponsored schemes required 50 per cent sharing by state on judicial infrastructure building, but it can be flexible, as in the case of Mizoram, the Centre plans to waive it off, he added.
Balakrishnan said he was satisfied with the outcome of the meet as the chief ministers of all states took the subject seriously and promised to allocate additional funds to raise infrastructure and create more posts for judges.
Union Law and Justice Minister H R Bhardwaj said the success of the conference, held every year, is borne out of the fact that infrastructure is expanding at good pace. “A few years ago, we were able to appoint only about 50 judges a year in the state high courts. This year we have made about 200 appointments,” Bhardwaj said.
The Chief Justice, however, refused to take any question on growing criticism of judiciary, use and abuse of PILs, reforms in contempt laws, saying they were “outside the preview of the conference.”
Courtesy : Expressindia.com
Speaking to reporters after a conference of state chief ministers and chief justices on ‘Administration of Justice on Fast Track’, Balakrishnan observed that the evening courts in Gujarat have helped clear a large backlog.
“Gujarat is paying additional 25 per cent of the basic salary for those doing the evening shift. May be other states cannot afford it,” Balakrishnan said.
Though centrally-sponsored schemes required 50 per cent sharing by state on judicial infrastructure building, but it can be flexible, as in the case of Mizoram, the Centre plans to waive it off, he added.
Balakrishnan said he was satisfied with the outcome of the meet as the chief ministers of all states took the subject seriously and promised to allocate additional funds to raise infrastructure and create more posts for judges.
Union Law and Justice Minister H R Bhardwaj said the success of the conference, held every year, is borne out of the fact that infrastructure is expanding at good pace. “A few years ago, we were able to appoint only about 50 judges a year in the state high courts. This year we have made about 200 appointments,” Bhardwaj said.
The Chief Justice, however, refused to take any question on growing criticism of judiciary, use and abuse of PILs, reforms in contempt laws, saying they were “outside the preview of the conference.”
Courtesy : Expressindia.com
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