India’s leading automakers and their parts suppliers have managed to nearly overcome the supply chain disruptions caused by the pandemic and deteriorating bilateral ties between New Delhi and Beijing, three industry executives said.Parts supplies have recovered to almost 85-90% of pre-covid levels while imports of components from China and other countries have also returned to near-normal levels, barring a few items, the executives said.India imposed stiff curbs on Chinese imports after a border clash in June between Indian and Chinese troops led to the death of 20 Indian soldiers.
This severely hit automakers as spare parts imports were already under pressure since January because of covid, which originated in Wuhan, China.Automakers’ move.