Puny benefits to scrap vs. options to drive at a cost: why old trucks won’t go to the junkyard
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Puny benefits to scrap vs. options to drive at a cost: why old trucks won’t go to the junkyard

By Eduardo Saverin

Union Minister for Road, Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari at a press conference related to the vehicle scrappage policy in New Delhi, India.

Synopsis

The new vehicle-scrappage policy will increase the cost and hassle of owning old vehicles, but 300,000-400,000 medium and heavy trucks could still be plying. While scrapping is not mandatory and incentives offered are hazy, the truck owners will be happy to go for small repairs and maintenance needed to clear the fitness test.

Motor cars, handlebars……says the junk in the yard.When Paul McCartney wrote Junk in 1968 even as the Beatles were studying transcendental meditation in India, cars were only meant for the elite in the country and Shaktiman trucks were still trying to make a mark. Tata Motors (then known as Telco) and Ashok Motors (later Ashok Leyland) were the talk of the town. Thereafter, as the Indian auto industry continued to unleash its true growth

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