The Union Cabinet chaired by the
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the
revised cost estimate for Rs. 3727.30 crore for the National Automotive Testing
and R&D Infrastructure Project (NATRIP). This approval ensures completion
of the projects under NATRIP which is an important Initiative by the Government
of India for the establishment of the global test centres in India. This will
address the R&D requirements of the automotive industry, full-fledged
testing and homologation centres. The places are within the Northern
auto-cluster at ICAT-Manesar, Haryana and Southern auto-cluster at
GARC-Oragadam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu and up-gradation of existing centers at
ARAI- Pune and VRDE-Ahmednagar in Maharashtra for Western auto-cluster.
The NATRIP project is required:
·
To adopt global best practices to ensure
road safety, environmental protection etc. in design, manufacture, testing and
operation of motor vehicles in India since India is signatory to UN Regulation
on Harmonisation of Vehicle Specifications under WP-29 of 1998.
·
To support Automotive Mission Plan
2016-26 sets the Indian automotive & component manufacturers for becoming
globally competitive for export with aim to scale up exports to the extent of
35-40% of its overall output over the next 10 years
·
To make Indian vehicles comply with
global standard of safety (in line with UN Brasilia resolution) to reduce the
high number of casualities and road accidents (i.e. 1.46 and 5.01 lakhs
respectively in the year 2015).
·
To help the MSMEs for development and certification
of auto-components, both for OEMs and after sale parts.
The essential components include
world class labs for Powertrain, Passive Safety Tests l (including crash
tests), Tracks for proving technology (including the High Speed Track at Indore),
fatigue and certification, Electro-magnetic Compatibility tests, Noise
Vibration & Harshness tests, CAD & CME and Infotronics. Many of the
labs are already operational. These infrastructure will also enable the vehicle
and component manufacturers to develop and get certificates in the country, for
automotive products which confirm to the world standards thus implementing the
‘Make in India’ objective.
The following is the summary of the
automotive client base and services offered, in order to make NATRiP centres
locally and globally competitive and to make them fully integrated with the
established Auto Hubs so that Indian industry is world class and export
competitive by giving impetus to the “Make in India” program as well.
(a)
Categories of customers served:
Four wheeler
manufacturers/Commercial vehicle manufacturers/ Three wheeler Manufacturers/
Two wheeler Manufacturers/Construction equipment vehicle manufacturers/
Agriculture equipment (Tractors) manufacturers/E-Rickshaw manufacturers/ Bus body
Manufacturers/ CNG-LPG kit retrofitters/Automotive & Non-Automotive engine
Manufacturers/DG set manufacturers/Automotive Component Manufacturers.
(b)
Services offered:
i.
Certification of various vehicle
categories, including HEV/EV/Diesel/Gasoline/CNG/LPG etc. as per CMVR-1989.
ii.
Certification of notified components of
vehicle as per CMVR-1989 and related IS/AIS.
iii.
Export certification for vehicles and
components for Europe/South Africa/Malaysia/ Indonesia/Brazil etc. for Indian
manufacturers, in collaboration with other authorized agencies.
iv.
Developmental testing for the automotive
industry, OEMs and components both, for their product development needs.
v.
Execution of specific product
development projects for the automotive industry.
vi.
Developmental vehicle/fleet testing,
performance evaluation and endurance testing.
vii.
Technology development and R&D
projects
viii.
Data collection for new regulations
framing.
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