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Auto Sales Vrooms 57% During Navratri Period

By LokMarg 10th October 2022

Overall auto retail sales saw a massive jump of 57 percent during the recently concluded Navratri period as compared to that of the last year, data released by the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA) on Monday revealed.

All categories also showed high growth with two-wheelers, three-wheelers, commercial vehicles (CV), passenger vehicles (PV), and tractors increasing by 52 percent, 115 percent, 48 percent, 70 percent, and 58 percent, respectively.

“For the first time, FADA is releasing Navratri auto retail figures. When compared to Navratri 2019 (which was prior to Covid), total retails increased by 16 percent. Here too, all categories showed positive momentum with 2W, 3W, CV, PV, and tractors growing by 4 percent, 31 percent, 37 percent, 59 percent, and 90 percent, respectively,” said Manish Raj Singhania, President, of FADA.

Navratri was celebrated between September 26 and October 5 this year.

“Navratri retails clearly shows that customers were back in showrooms with all guns blazing after a gap of three years. In fact, the 2W category which was continuously showing weakness when compared to pre-Covid months also registered a single-digit growth,” Singhania added.

Industry insiders feel the trend is likely to continue in the ongoing festive period.

“We now hope that this trend continues till Deepawali so that apart from PV dealers who will see a decade-high during this festive, the 2W dealers also have a good season and hence helps them liquidate their stock which they have built in anticipation of a good festive,” Singhania opined.

The data does not have figures from Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Lakshadeep, and Telangana.

Vehicle retail data has been collated as on October 2022 in collaboration with the ministry of road transport & highways and has been gathered from 1,339 out of 1,411 RTOs.

A total of 5,39,227 units were sold during Navratri as against 3,42,459 units sold during the auspicious nights period last year.

A total of 3,69,020 two-wheelers were sold in this year’s Navratri as against 2,42,213 units sold in Navratri 2021.

A little more than while 1,10,500 passenger vehicles were sold during this time as compared to its 64,850 in Navratri 2021. (ANI)

Yogi Performs Kanya Pujan In Gorakhpur

By LokMarg 4th October 2022

On the occasion of ‘Navami’, the ninth day of Navratri in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, performed ‘Kanya Pujan’ and offered prayers to ‘Matri Shakti’ (mother power) by washing the feet of maidens in Gorakhpur on Tuesday.

“The CM also performed ‘Aarti’, served food to the girls and gave them ‘Dakshina’ (donations) and gifts while seeking their blessings. Following the tradition, the Chief Minister also performed Batuk Puja,” read a statement by CMO.
Batuk Puja (young boys) were also included in the prayers as per tradition on the occasion of Navmi and the boys received donations from the CM.

On occasion, the Chief Minister also interacted with the children while performing the Puja.

At the same time, the children also expressed their happiness and enthusiasm at being greeted by the Chief Minister himself.

The grand Vijayadashami procession will be taken out at 4 pm onward with CM Yogi seated on the chariot with the blessings of Guru Gorakshanath.

“The procession of Gorakshpeethadhishwar will reach Mansarovar temple amidst the sounds of trumpets, drums and bands where he will worship Devadhidev Mahadev and other deities at the Mansarovar temple attached to the Gorakshpeeth,” it added.

Later, the CM’s procession will reach Mansarovar Ramlila Maidan where he will perform the coronation of Lord Ram at the ongoing Ramlila here. Aarti will also be performed after offering prayers to Lord Ram, Mata Janaki, Lakshman and Hanumanji.

Subsequently, the procession will return to Gorakhnath temple where from 7 pm onward, distribution of traditional prasad will be organized in front of Digvijaynath Smriti Bhavan.

“CM Yogi will also settle disputes of saints at Gorkashpeeth. According to the tradition of Nathpanth, every year on the occasion of Vijayadashami, the disputes of saints are settled by the Peethadheeshwar in Gorakhnath temple,” the statement added. (ANI)

Amit Shah Reaches Jammu, Meets People From Several Communities

By LokMarg 3rd October 2022

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who is on a three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, on Monday met people from different communities including Gujjar-Bakarwal, Rajput, Pahari and Jammu Sikh Community.

During his visit to the Union Territory, the Home Minister will review the security situation, attend public meetings and lay the foundations of various development projects.

Shah will hold a couple of meetings with the leaders of the J&K unit of the BJP today.

However, he will make a special visit by offering prayers in the Mata Vaishnodevi Temple on October 4 morning, which will be his first visit to the holy shrine after being appointed as the Union Home Minister.

This visit will be on the 9th day of the ongoing Navratri festival.

He will later address a public meeting at Rajouri around one-and-a-half hours after visiting the Vaishno Devi temple.

The Minister will further launch development projects and also lay foundation stones for various projects at Convention Centre in Jammu.

Shah will then hold a public meeting in Rajouri and offer prayers at the Raghunath Temple in Jammu.

He will also inspect various developmental projects in Jammu before proceeding to the Kashmir valley. Later in the evening, the Home Minister will hold a number of crucial meetings including the ones regarding the security situation in the region.

On the second day of his visit on Wednesday (October 5), Shah will review the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir at a meeting that is slated to be held at Raj Bhavan in Srinagar.

The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha, top officials from the Army, paramilitary forces, state police and civil administration will take part in this high-level meeting expected to begin at 10 am.

The Minister will later address a public meeting here at Baramulla around 11.30 am and will address the gathering.

Before concluding his visit to the Union Territory, Shah will also launch and lay foundation stones for various development projects in Srinagar at around 3.30 pm.

Various programmes have been scheduled to take place during his visit to the valley including the ones which will be held by communities like Bakarwal and Gujjars to honour Shah on behalf of the Modi government for working for the welfare of these communities.

In a surprising move, the Modi government recently nominated Ghulam Ali to the Rajya Sabha. Ali joined BJP in 2008 and hails from the Gujjar tribe.

Several organisational meetings are on the cards too, including the state core group meeting and a meeting with party MPs and MLAs.

This is the second visit by Amit Shah to Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370 by the Modi government in August 2019. (ANI)