Gurugram (Haryana), Feb. 4 -- : Union Minister for Heavy Industries, Mahendra Nath Pandey on Saturday said that scraping custom duty for car testing in India will put the country in the global business of car testing.

The Minister inaugurated "Towards Panchamrit" - Conference & Exposition focused on MHI schemes for the promotion and development of the automotive industry in India, at International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT), Manesar, Haryana.

Earlier if any foreign car company want to send its car to India for safety testing of International standards there used to be 252 per cent customs duty, but in the Union Budget 2023 Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman scrapped this custom duty to zero that will make India compete in c...