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Six-airbag rule not mandatory for car: Nitin Gadkari
The Morning Standard
|September 14, 2023
Positive development for carmakers as price rise due to airbag additions would have impacted demand
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THE Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, on Wednesday, said the government will not make installation of six airbags in cars mandatory.
Gadkari's fresh statement is in sheer contrast to his last September 2022 comment when he said that the government had decided to implement a proposal mandating six airbags in all passenger vehicles with effect from October 1, 2023.
This story is from the September 14, 2023 edition of The Morning Standard.
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