Indian carmakers clock robust volumes in March to close FY2021 on a high note

When FY2021 opened on April 1, 2020 few would have imagined what a stressful year it would be for corporates, countries and citizens. It was not long into the fiscal year that captains of industry managing automobile manufacturing companies in India were looking for means to solve what would be remembered as one of the most-critical challenges of their careers – the nationwide lockdown – announced by the government as a preventive measure to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.

While no business or marketing pundit could hazard a guess as to what the future would bring, nobody would have also imagined ...