♦ Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Bharat Mobility Global Expo 2025 at the Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi on January 17. It has become the second largest automotive expo in the world. 

♦ The Expo held from January 17-22 across three separate venues - Bharat Mandapam and Yashobhoomi in Delhi, and India Expo Center and Mart in Greater Noida will host over nine concurrent shows, over 20 conferences and pavilions. 

♦ The automobile sales in the country surged by a robust 11.6 percent in 2024 to scale the highest-ever mark of 2.5 crore units compared to the corresponding figure of 2.3 crore units in the previous year (2023), according to wholesale data by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM). With this, India remained the world’s third-largest car market last year (2024).

♦ The growth has been primarily driven by the two-wheeler segment which grew by 14.5 percent in 2024 as compared to the previous year, posting sales of 1.95 crore units.