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Maruti Suzuki said it had not reduced its permanent workforce.The country's biggest carmaker, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, has cut the number
of workers it employs on temporary contracts following a plunge in vehicle sales, it told Reuters
The auto industry, which accounts for nearly half of India's manufacturing output, is going through one of its worst slowdowns in nearly a
decade, with vehicle sales falling rapidly and little sign of a revival anytime soon.The company said it employed 18,845 temporary workers
on average during the six months ended June 30, down 6 per cent, or 1,181 people, from the same period last year, adding that job cuts had
accelerated since April.It is the first time the reduction has been reportedThe listed company doesn't have to disclose reductions in
Maruti Suzuki said it had not reduced its permanent workforce -- which numbered 15,892 at the end of March -- over the past year but
declined to say whether further reductions were planned.It said previously that it had cut production by 10.3 per cent in the first six
months of the year.Maruti Suzuki, which produces about one in two of the passenger vehicles sold in Asia's third-largest economy, on
Thursday reported a 33.5 per cent decline in sales in July to 109,265 vehicles compared with July 2018.Get Breaking news, live coverage, and
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