India stood at 29,66,637 units in 2016 as against 27,72,270 units in 2015
Increase in auto sales would also strengthen India's GDP growth, touted at 6.9% at FY16 and 7.7% in FY17
This will be the third consecutive month of a double digit volume growth
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Most segments of auto industry report growth in May
Siam revises projections due to infrastructure cess, concerns around diesel cars