Three-fourths of fuel cars sold in India in 2016-17 were of petrol whereas sales of diesel cars plummeted to 27 per cent, from 47 per cent in 2012-13, the Government said on Wednesday. According to data on fuel-wise sales percentage in domestic sales placed in Parliament on Wednesday, the percentage of diesel cars sold in India has been consistently declining since 2012-13.
Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers has intimated that the recent ban by the NGT on diesel cars of more than 10 years old is one of the reasons for the sales drop versus gasoline (petrol) cars, Minister of State for Heavy Industries Babul Supriyo said in a written reply in the lok Sabha. While the percentage of diesel cars sold in 2012-13 was 47 per cent, it came down to 42 per cent in 2013-14, 37 per cent in 2014-15, 34 per cent in 2015-16 and subsequently to 27 per cent in 2016-17.