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1.3 COMPOSITION OF VEHICULAR four-fifth of the motor vehicle population in
POPULATION IN INDIA India compared to their share of little over
Automotive industry in India is one of three-fifths in 1951 (Figure 1.7). The total
the largest industry and is one of the key number of registered motor vehicles on Indian
drivers of the economy. Automotive industry roads increased from 0.3 million in 1951, to
comprises of automotive manufacturing units 115 million in 2008-09, to 182 million in 2013.
encompassing commercial vehicles, passenger This has also led to an increase in the number
cars, two-wheelers, three-wheelers, tractors of registered vehicles from ~25 in 2007-08 to
etc., and auto-component manufacturing units. ~33 in 2011-12 per km of road, further adding
Personalized vehicles (mainly two wheelers to congestion.
and passenger cars) account for more than

FIG 1.7 NUMBER OF REGISTERED VEHICLES IN INDIA (2013)[10] IN 1,000

1951 1971 1981 1991 2001 2010 2011 2012

TOTAL VEHICLES 306 1,865 5,391 21,374 54,991 117,023 141,866 159,491

27 576 2,618 14,200 38,556 87,452 101,865 115,419

159 682 1,160 2,954 7,058 18,745 19,231 21,568

34 94 162 331 634 1,754 1,604 1,677

82 343 554 1,356 2,948 8,425 7,064 7,658

OTHERS 4 170 897 2,533 5,795 11,024 12,102 13,169

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