India suffering more because of these fake economist rather than Chinese import.
Crying for each and every issue is something become perpetual for these fake economist.
Import is China is inevitable because lots of raw materials needed to build a product and china has monopoly in some raw products.
According to fake economist Indian airlines should not buy Jets until Boeing/Airbus transfer assembly line.
Similarly, We should wait and loss trillions of dollars revenue until become 100% self-sufficient.
Basically Fake economist want India to remain poor forever. These people should be out cast from our social at every level.
These "Mare muh ke MC" buy their iPhone from Dubai and UK.
IIT Chennai campus introduced battery powered buses back in the late 90's and eventually phased out the diesel buses.
Haven't been there in ages but I reckon the electric buses continue to carry the bulk of the in-campus transport.
Afair, they were recharged through a small solar panel station within the campus on sunny days and from the electric grid on cloudy days.
This whole nonsense being peddled that we lack this ability and that to make simple transport buses in India and need to import everything is a load of BS.
I remember TATA-MarcoPolo buses were thrust down upon state transport corporations under JnURM and kickbacks worth crores were made. Speculation was rife that Marco-Polo was sourcing tons of components from China which were substandard at best. The quality of these buses was so bad, they earned a reputation of sorts for themselves.. many catching fire while operating, cost of operation was steep, maintenance was high.
To stanch further losses from operating the Tata Marcopolo air-conditioned buses, the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has decided to scrap 98 such buses inducted under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM)
bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com
Loss-making Marcopolo Bus Service to be Scrapped
www.newindianexpress.com
Mind you, this was a flagship urban transport mission under UPA which landed on its ass but no judicial probe, no corruption charges, no investigation... just a simple 'hua toh hua'.