I just came across an article in the Economic Times about Mr. Jagdish Khattar, ex-MD for Maruti Suzuki, expressing his opinions about the anticompetitive practices prevalent in the Indian automotive aftermarket.
A short background — in India it is very expensive to buy automotive spare parts, because OEMs and dealers run a monopoly business in which OEM-approved spares are only available through dealers at a price premium and not freely available in the open market.
Hopefully, the voice raised by Mr. Khattar will have an impact and open up the Indian aftersales market, or at least start a drive at doing away with unhealthy trade practices. It is time that such anticompetitive practices are done away with because it is not only about the price premium, but also the unhealthy practices such as refusal of service / sharing of technology that need to go for the market to become a truly global competitive market.
A short background — in India it is very expensive to buy automotive spare parts, because OEMs and dealers run a monopoly business in which OEM-approved spares are only available through dealers at a price premium and not freely available in the open market.
Hopefully, the voice raised by Mr. Khattar will have an impact and open up the Indian aftersales market, or at least start a drive at doing away with unhealthy trade practices. It is time that such anticompetitive practices are done away with because it is not only about the price premium, but also the unhealthy practices such as refusal of service / sharing of technology that need to go for the market to become a truly global competitive market.
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