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in India are either grey market or
fake or spurious, or a combination
of all the three.
The Indian automotive market,
both OEMs and components to-
gether, was worth 27 billion euro in
2006, accounting for five per cent of
the country’s GDP. By 2016, it is es-
timated to grow to 110 billion euro,
forming 10 per cent of GDP.
Use of
Naqli
parts has grave im-
plications, including revenue loss
to the Government estimated at
Rs. 2,500 to 3,000 crores annually.
Safety standard not being met is an-
other cause for concern. The number
of fatal accidents officially recorded
during the last fiscal was 1.33 lakh,
of which around 20 per cent could
be attributed to failure of parts either
not being safe or from the grey mar-
ket or spurious.
ACMA had formed a core com-
mittee comprising veterans from
the auto component industry, which
released a book titled ‘Indian Au-
tomotive Aftermarket - The Future
Ahead’ in 2010. The book explains
in detail the current state of the af-
termarket, safety standards, emis-
sion norms and the future ahead.
Continuing the good work, the com-
mittee released another book titled
‘Indian Automotive Aftermarket’,
at Auto Expo this year.
While the first book contained data
and statistics from 44 RTOs across
the country, the second covered 100
RTOs, in 150 cities, accounting for
nearly 60 per cent of the total vehi-
cle park of India.
The
Asli-Naqli
pavilion also had
an IPR Cell, which was the first ini-
tiative of its kind to offer advisory
to an exhibiting company against
display of its counterfeits by any
infringing company. An aggrieved
party can approach the IPR Cell to
safeguard the Intellectual Property
Rights of the exhibiting companies
against display of their counterfeits
or limitations.
There are also plans to hold a semi-
nar on Brand Protection to showcase
ACMA’s campaign against counter-
feit products. By demonstrating the
fake parts and original parts, the
show also attempted to direct the
consumers towards the OEMs.
In the past, over 500 raids have
been conducted by ACMA in or-
der to prevent the sale of counter-
feit products. ACMA’s campaign
against counterfeit components is
not limited to the
Asli-Naqli
initia-
tive alone; it has also launched a na-
tionwide drive for usage of genuine
parts through roadshows and SMS
campaigns.
A White Paper on ‘Legislative
improvements to combat counterfeit
for auto components’ was submitted
to the Government in 2010, giving a
comprehensive set of proposals in-
cluding data and history as to why
tackling counterfeit is important in
India. ACMA has also requested the
Government to make counterfeit-
ing a non-bailable and cognizable
offence as is the case for the Indi-
an Drugs Act, which would send a
clear message to people about the
serious consequences if they go for
Naqli
products.
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The Asli-Naqli pavilion also had
an IPR Cell, which was the first
initiative of its kind