Yukta Mudgal

India's tractor industry accelerates toward historic one-million sales milestone, powered by GST cuts, record monsoon, and surging farm prosperity. By Yukta Mudgal 29 Dec 2025 45 Views India's tractor industry is racing toward domestic sales likely to cross the one-million mark for the first time in 2026. A mix of strong rural sentiment, a favourable monsoon, and policy surprises such as the recent GST cut on tractors has put the sector firmly on an upward trajectory.

Components like inverters and controllers rely heavily on semiconductor chips, and India's semiconductor policy must align with its EV goals to boost domestic production of semiconductors. By Yukta Mudgal & Shruti Shiraguppi 11 Nov 2025 17 Views Semiconductor availability and resilience have emerged as the primary pain point for India's EV component manufacturers, overshadowing concerns about battery packs and motors, according to industry leaders speaking at the India EV Conclave.

Gulf Oil is working on reducing the cost of its Indra brand of electric four-wheeler chargers, aiming to halve costs to drive adoption. By Yukta Mudgal & Shruti Shiraguppi 11 Nov 2025 24 Views Gulf Oil Lubricants India is aggressively pursuing localization in the EV charging segment, having already achieved approximately 55% localization and targeting further increases, according to MD and CEO Ravi Chawla at the India EV Conclave.