印度汽车市场价格竞争激烈
印度汽车市场的竞争正日益激化。1月17日，中国长城汽车决定收购美国通用汽车（GM）在印度的出口用工厂，进军印度市场。有分析认为，印度市场到2030年前后将从2019年的381万辆增至1000万辆左右，但目前市场正在缩小。消费者也对价格很敏感，培育为盈利来源并不容易。各家车企不得不“比拼忍耐力”。
在印度，仅乘用车的主要企业就有13家展开激烈竞争。具备稳固销售网和品牌号召力的铃木子公司玛鲁蒂铃木掌握5成份额，但第3位以下则是当地的塔塔汽车和马辛德拉公司（Mahindra & Mahindra）等，差距很小。即使是塔塔汽车，最近也在亏损，排在后面的企业被认为业绩严峻。
印度汽车市场的竞争并未缓和。通用汽车2017年停止在印度销售，但上海汽车集团通过收购通用的工厂而进军印度，2019推出了旗下的英国老字号品牌“MG”的汽车。
A specially equipped Air India flight has arrived back home with 324 Indians previously stranded in the Chinese city of Wuhan – the epicenter of a fast-moving viral outbreak – but six were barred from boarding due to high fevers.
“Indian citizens return safely to our motherland. We are extremely grateful to [the Chinese Foreign Ministry] and the local authorities in #Hubei for their help and support,” the Indian Embassy in China said in a tweet.
According to one passenger who spoke to the ANI news agency, however, six Indians meant to board the flight were prevented from doing so “as they had high temperatures” – fever is one of the symptoms of the lethal coronavirus which has killed at least 259 people and infected nearly 12,000 in China.
All 324 evacuees were brought to a special quarantine facility in Manesar near India’s capital of Delhi and are now under observation for signs of the illness, the Indian Army said. The observation period will last for two weeks, supervised by a team of doctors and other healthcare workers. The group was divided into three categories: “suspected cases,” “close contacts” and “non-contacts,” and each will be allowed to return home if no symptoms are noted.
India, the second-largest gold consumer globally, is expected to see growing demand for the precious metal this year in the range of 700-800 tons, up from 690 tons in 2019.
According to a World Gold Council (WGC) report, growth could come as a result of the Indian government’s attempts to bolster consumer confidence and spending power in order to revive the economy.
“We believe reforms that are going to be announced in the budget are likely to put more money in the hands of people. It will drive up consumption,” said Somasundaram PR, the managing director of WGC’s Indian operations.