Jairam Ramesh Recalls Contribution of Indira, Rajiv as Maruti 800 Launch Marks 40 Years

Senior Congress chief Jairam Ramesh on Thursday recalled the launch of “people’s car” Maruti 800 40 years in the past, and stated Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi performed a quiet however massively efficient function within the background.

Former atmosphere minister Ramesh additionally stated that whereas celebrating Maruti-Suzuki and its a number of impacts, allow us to additionally pause and fear a bit from the inequality and local weather change level of view that greater than 50 per cent of automobile gross sales are actually of SUVs.

In a publish on X, Ramesh stated, “Today 40 years ago, the consumer revolution overtook India and its engineering industry got transformed. The Maruti 800, the people’s car was launched and the nation recalls Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, who played a quiet but hugely effective role in the background.”

It can also be vital to recall O Suzuki and V Krishnamurthy who made the landmark Suzuki-Maruti three way partnership doable, he famous.

Krishnamurthy had earlier constructed BHEL and was to later flip round SAIL, Ramesh identified.

“One of the greatest public sector managers India has produced. He (Krishnamurthy) offered me a job on three different occasions but my sights, rightly or wrongly, were elsewhere. He was a most compelling personality,” Ramesh stated.

“Forty years later, while we celebrate Maruti-Suzuki (that is now only Suzuki) and its multiple impacts, let us also pause and worry a bit from the inequality and climate change point of view that more than 50 per cent of car sales are now of SUVs,” he stated.

December 14, 1983 marked the start of the long-lasting Maruti 800 that has remained one of probably the most profitable vehicles India has ever seen.

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