India has 34 cars per 1000 people, that counts as pretty rare. For comparison the EU has 567 and the US over 800.

Well, not in cities, but in rural areas they are a bit rare? :) Also, this is more eco-friendly for small near by errands to be run. What say? :)

This is much better for local journeys, 100%. But I have to disagree that cars are ‘rare’ in any part of India. Source, I am Indian and have travelled a significant portion of the subcontinent.

I am also an Indian, and I, too have travelled widely.

You are only looking at the roads. Look at homes of people. How many garages and cars do you see? Very, very rare.

Think per capita.

In city roads, sure, they are filled with traffic and roads are congested.

But even in cities car ownership is kind of rare. In small towns, cars are very rare. In rural areas, they are almost non-existent.