Export of auto parts must hit $100 bn by 2030: SCALE chairman Pawan Goenka

Speaking to Sohini Das, Goenka said that start-ups are playing a huge role in electric vehicle transition

There is a need to have a task force solely for automotive exports in order to boost the export of components to $100 billion by 2030 from $20 billion now. Also, by then 25 per cent of the automobiles made here should be exported, said Pawan Goenka, chairman, Steering Committee for Advancing Local Value-Add and Exports (SCALE), which comes under the Ministry of Commerce and Industries, at the 63rd SIAM Convention. Speaking to Sohini Das, Goenka said startups were playing a huge role in the transition to electric vehicles. Edited excerpts.

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