(a) whether the Union Government proposes to set up a specialized body for promoting sustainable
development of the Indian auto sector;
(b) the salient features of such a body; and
(c) the time by which the said body is likely to be set up?
(a) whether the Union Government proposes to set up a specialized body for promoting sustainable
development of the Indian auto sector;
(b) the salient features of such a body; and
(c) the time by which the said body is likely to be set up?
MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES (SHRI PRAFUL PATEL)
(a): The Union Government proposes to set up National Automotive Board (NAB), under the Department of Heavy Industry
(DHI), as an autonomous society comprising of technical & domain experts to take up and synergize the ongoing and new initiatives of the Government for the growth of the automotive sector.
(b): The key functions envisaged to be performed by NAB are:-
(i) Administer, regulate and synergize the functioning of the testing centers.
(ii) Issue of testing & homologation certificates based on test reports submitted to NAB by the testing centers.
(iii) Facilitate collaborative R&D activities.
(iv) Function as a repository of technical data, domain knowledge and expertise for providing advice and technical
inputs for auto policy related issues.
(c): NAB needs to be in position before the NATRiP centres are commissioned and NATRiP Implementation Society
(NATIS) is wound up.