New Delhi, Nov 6 (UNI) India's automobile retail sales declined 23.8 per cent year-on-year to around

New Delhi, Nov 6 (UNI) India's automobile retail sales declined 23.8 per cent year-on-year to around 31.72 lakh units in October 2026, largely due to an unfavourable festive-season calendar and a high base of comparison, according to data released by the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA). The decline was led by a sharp contraction in two-wheeler sales, while passenger vehicle registrations also remained lower than the year-ago period. FADA attributed the fall partly to the shift in the festive calendar. Dhanteras and Diwali are being celebrated in November this year, whereas Navratri and Diwali both fell in October last…