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Label your cars

Car makers told displaying fuel efficiency now mandatory

AFTER years of prolonged inter-ministerial battle, the Centre recently reached a consensus to have mandatory fuel economy standards and a labelling programme for cars to improve their fuel efficiency. The conflict was on what would be the nature of the regulations and who would be responsible for assigning the rules. The car industry was also opposed to mandatory fuel economy standards. The consensus was reached only after interventon from the Prime Minister

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