Farmers income surge boosts automobile industry in Chhattisgarh: Chief Minister Sai
Team News Riveting
Raipur, January 16
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Thursday inaugurated Auto Expo 2025 with the state government offering an attractive discount on road tax on the vehicles purchased from the exhibition.
The Expo, under the aegis of Raipur Automobile Dealers Association (RADA), is organized at the science college ground in the Chhattisgarh capital. It will continue till February 15.
Chhattisgarh Assembly Speaker Dr Raman Singh, Raipur MP Brijmohan Agrawal, MLAs Rajesh Munat, Motilal Sahu, former MLA Rajkamal Singhania, Transport Secretary S Prakash, Additional Transport Commissioner D Ravishankar, Chhattisgarh Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Amar Parwani, RADA President Ravindra Bhasin were present on the occasion.
Praising and congratulating the organisers of Auto Expo 2025, Sai said that more than 10,000 vehicles were sold in the Auto Expo last year. “This year also, the state government has decided to give a one-time discount of 50 per cent on the lifetime road tax of vehicles,” he said, adding that he thinks the figure of vehicle sales in the Auto Expo will now reach 20,000. He said vehicles of different categories of every kind of need can be purchased at one place.
The Chief Minister launched Honda SP 125 and Audi Q 7 vehicles at the Auto Expo and also honored the people doing remarkable work in the field of road safety. Sai released the road safety poster at the Auto Expo on this occasion. The Raipur Automobile Dealers Association handed over a cheque of Rs 5 lakh under CSR for road safety. The Chief Minister also handed over the keys of the vehicle to the first customer of the Auto Expo.
“I got the opportunity to be an MLA twice in undivided Madhya Pradesh, during which I did 8 years of my work on a motorcycle. Meeting people, listening to their problems, visiting my assembly constituency, everything was done on a motorcycle. A lot has changed since then,” Sai recalled while addressing the gathering.
The entire economy including the automobile industry is benefiting from the increase in the income of farmers in Chhattisgarh, Sai said. He said that the farmers in the state are getting the highest price for paddy. Its effect is visible in every sector. The auto sector is also growing rapidly in the state. He said that last year 24 lakh 72 thousand farmers had sold 145 lakh metric tonnes of paddy. This year this figure will also cross the record. This year, procurement of about 160 lakh metric tonnes of paddy is expected from more than 27 lakh registered farmers.
