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ANIUnion Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari addresses at the launch of the Bharat New Car Assessment Programme (NCAP)...
The roll-out of the car safety ratings under Bharat New Car Assessment Programme (BNCAP), which will rate car models after indigenously testing them, is set to play a significant role in car-buying decisions in the coming years prompting even high selling, sub-10 lakh car models to get safety ratings..
Around 48% of the existing car owners surveyed stated that if the BNCAP safety star rating of their car comes out to be low, they are likely to "ensure speed and safety belt compliance" when on high-speed roads and highways..
While safety is increasingly becoming an important buying criterion and this programme will enable informed decision-making by customers, "Irrespective of the star rating of cars, wearing of seat belts is essential for the safety of car users," he said...
So far, carmakers in India have been getting safety ratings on their models by Global NCAP project of the UK-based charity Towards Zero Foundation spending an average 2.5 crore on each model..
