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I love how a group of Uncles sitting in New Delhi, in 2008, decided that all Indians can have a car, as long is it is less than 4 Mtrs in length and has an engine, that is less than 1200/1500 cc.
The single policy ensured, India got absolutely shortchanged by all global Majors.

We got badly designed, horribly built cars which had no power and no features. Which were cut, because they had to stick to the ridiculous 4 Mtr stipulation.
While the uncles who made the decision in Delhi, got to move about in Ambassadors, Corollas and Innovas.

If the policy was to spur the auto industry, it failed miserably.

If the policy was to ensure we never had good cars, then it is roaring success.
Maybe another policy should have been made, where the uncles who wrote that policy, got to drive only those sub 4 Mtr cars.

Then we would have got a better policy.

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