NGOs must not set policy: Tata

Tata Motors said on Wednesday that policy changes in automobile sector cannot be driven by only a group of NGOs and activists.

“There is nothing wrong in change of policies and even nothing wrong if the policies are changed in the very challenging period of times. But I think we need to be a part of the policy making process because the policies cannot only be driven by a group of NGOs and activists,” said Tata Motors CEO and MD Guenter Butschek.

He pointed out that industry should be made a stakeholder while dealing with the policies as it has the right expertise and technical knowledge about the industry.

“The policies are needed to be based on the knowledge and on the expertise,” said Mr Butschek.

He indicated that automakers are trapped in this and might loose their competitiveness in the global market.

“We get trapped somewhere in the middle and we might loose the ability to take the next level of the competitiveness as far as the global map is concerned,” he said while addressing SIAM annual convention.

Mr Butschek’s remarks has come in the ongoing debate in the backdrop of the diesel fuel policy. He said auto industry would remain one of the major drivers of the GDP, however, he also added there are plenty of challenges in future.

“These challenges would give us positive aspirations and open new horizons. We have to identify the opportunities for the industries to grow,” he said, adding that we have to do it with positive mindsets.

According to him, some polices as vehicle scarping would have huge contribution to the environment and safety.