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September 3, 2021
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Auto retail picking up pace…

Daily vehicle registration trend

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                        1,08,000   Daily Vahan registrations have averaged at ~63,200 units i.e. 79% of pre-Covid levels in August 2021
                         99,000
                         90,000                                  85,197 84,723
                         81,000                                                     73,665              76,219
                                                                                              69,185                                            71,091                        Daily Vahan registrations in August 2021 have averaged
(average daily units)

                         72,000                        65,850                                                                                             63,202 60400        at ~63,200 units i.e. 79% of pre-Covid levels and is
                                             62,624
                         63,000    55,285                                                                         54,207              55,599                                  down ~11% on an MoM basis. The start to September
                         54,000                                                                                                                                               2021 is soft with average reading at ~60,400 units,
                         45,000                                                                                                                                               broadly in line with the sluggish start to the month. With
                         36,000                                                                                                                                               Covid abating pan-India, registrations are expected to
                                                                                                                            24,428
                         27,000                                                                                                                                               pick up pace but will be constrained by lower vehicle
                         18,000                                                                                                                                               production given the global chip shortage, especially in
                          9,000                                                                                                                                               th e PV space.
                              0                                                                                                                                               (Note– Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana
                                                                                                                                                                              are non Vahan states. They combined form ~15% of

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                                                                                                                                                                              auto volumes and ~20% of tractor volumes)

                                                                                                                                                            E- Way bill generation
                         E-Way bill generation for August 2021 began on a strong note, reaching 4.6
                         crore. If we compare this to the average bill generation in the months prior to
                         Covid-19 (October 2019-February 2020), it has reached ~115% levels of the
                         average 5.5 crore bills. E-Way bill generation for January, February, March,
                         April, May, June and July hovered at 114%, 116%, 129%, 107%, 73%, 100%
                         an d 117% levels, respectively.

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All-round improvement in core sector demand…

FA STag volume                                                                                          Monthly average peak power demand in 2019 & 2020

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  NPCI data reveals that FASTag driven monthly vehicle volumes for                                      Average peak power demand for August grew sharply by 16.18% to 184.4

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  August, 2021 at various toll plazas (201.2 million) were up ~4.6% MoM                                 GW vs. 158.7 GW in the same period last year. There has been a marginal
  an d up ~4% from pre-second wave level attained in March, 2021.                                       increase of 3% on an MoM basis. Peak power demand during the period was
                                                                                                        registered on August 13 at 196.5 GW.
 P etrol & LPG demand                                                                                   Diesel demand

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                                                                                                                       Diesel demand fell 9.3% MoM in August for PSU OMCs .
             Petrol demand increased 2.5% MoM in August whereas LPG demand de-grew 1.7%
             MoM in the same period for PSU OMCs.                                                                  0
     0                                                                                                             May-19   Aug-19   Nov-19    Feb-20    May-20     Aug-20    Nov-20   Feb-21   May-21   Aug-21
     May-19      Aug-19   Nov-19   Feb-20   May-20        Aug-20    Nov-20   Feb-21   May-21   Aug-21
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                                                 Petrol            LPG

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GST collections make strong comeback in July

GST collections                                                                                                                                 IIP Trend

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                                                                GST collections
140000

120000
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100000
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 80000
                                              92849

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                113865

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          32172 141384

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 60000
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                            100289

                                         99939

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                                        90917

                                                      87422

                                                                    86449

 40000
                         62151

 20000

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                                                                FY19         FY20       FY21

GST collections made a strong comeback in July and came in at | 1.16                                                                            During May 2021, IIP data saw a jump of 28.6%, led by 33.5% & 23.3% jump
lakh crore. GST collections grew 33% YoY but the base was low                                                                                   in manufacturing & mining, respectively. However, electricity data declined to
                                                                                                                                                7.5%. The exceptional rise was largely due to a lower base in the previous
                                                                                                                                                year led by nationwide lockdown (in April 2021, no data is available on
                                                                                                                                                account of Covid-19).

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