The Indian government is pushing Tesla to commit to manufacturing locally before it will lower tariffs, which can run as high as 100% on imported vehicles.

The probe looked into fire incidents involving three companies, including Ola Electric, which is backed by Japan's SoftBank Group, and was the country's top-selling e-scooter maker in April.

Boeing will compete with Sweden's Gripen and France's Rafale among others for the Indian Air Force's plan to buy 114 multi-role aircraft to replace its Soviet-era fleet.

Tesla Motors India and Energy Private Limited was incorporated on January 8 with its registered office in Bengaluru.

If a seat between two passengers is occupied, the DGCA said, the person in that seat must be provided with additional safety gear.

A cocktail of higher taxes under a new goods and services tax regime, flip-flop over electric-vehicle policy, and a boom of ride-sharing firms have all plagued global automakers in India.

Passenger vehicle sales plunged 31.57% year-on-year to 196,524 units in August, falling for the tenth straight month.

Tens of thousands of jobs have been cut citing slumping sales, with many companies forced to shut down factories for days.

Saddled with a debt of more than $1 billion, Jet is struggling to stay aloft. The government has now asked state-run banks to rescue the privately-held airline.

India has the highest proportion of female commercial pilots in the world at 12%, which is twice as high as in most Western countries, including the United States and Australia.

"India, it has been an important market for us, but again there is this opportunity cost of the deals that we are not able to do that don't get discussed," Trump Jr. said.

After cancelling investment treaties with 50 foreign governments in 2017, India is struggling to convince some to accept new terms which make seeking international arbitration for disputes harder.

In a legal notice sent to Prime Minister Narendra Modi last year, Nissan sought payment of incentives due from the Tamil Nadu government as part of a 2008 agreement.

India this month blindsided the auto industry by almost doubling the maximum levy on luxury cars and sport-utility vehicles – just weeks after first setting the rate as part of a major tax change.