NEW DELHI : Maruti Suzuki India Ltd and Hyundai Motor India Ltd plan to resume production from May, said three people directly aware of the development, more than a month after a covid-19-induced lockdown forced the country’s top two automakers to suspend operations.
Maruti and Hyundai would follow MG Motor India Ltd, which recently reopened its factory in Gujarat, said two of the three people aware of the developments.
To be sure, Maruti and Hyundai are likely to start with just 20-30% of their manufacturing capacities depending on government permissions, and slowly scale up as lockdown measures are eased and consumer demand recovers.