Reply affidavit on behalf of the Central Ground Water Board in the matter of Suo Moto case titled "Haryana 60.48% groundwater over exploited Kurukshetra worst Jhajjar best says" appearing in the Tribune, January 8, 2025. The CGWA report, May 3, 2025 addresses the issue of groundwater exploitation and violation of …
The purpose of this guidance document is to inform national governments in developing and emerging economies about some of the current sources of international funding that are available and that could be used to support national efforts to improve vehicle fuel efficiency. It provides an introduction to how national governments …
EMBARQ’s Sustainable Urban Transportation Fuels and Vehicles (SUTFV) program aims to take an unbiased approach to analyzing the impacts of different fuels and technologies for bus transit fleets. The program jointly addresses lifecycle costs and emissions of transit buses and is targeted to provide context-specific recommendations for cities in India, …
Hinduja Group flagship firm Ashok Leyland said it has introduced a range of haulage trucks fitted with twin speed rear axles and other modifications for enhanced fuel efficiency of up to 10 per cent. Deployed on 25 and 31 tonne trucks in both 6x2 and 8x2 configurations, the new set …
This report evaluates the impact of transportation policies on worldwide oil consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the potential for the reduction of both out to 2030. Its analysis finds that policies adopted and formally announced since 2000 will dramatically reduce oil consumption and GHG emissions from the transportation …
Road transport consumes 60% of the world’s petroleum supply and contributes to 23% of the total carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Transport can contribute to up to 70% of air pollution in Asian cities. In India, CO2 emissions from transport are expected to grow at 7% to 8% per year and …
EFFI-CYCLE 2012, an inter collegiate design cum race competition, is being hosted at University Institute of Engineering and Technology from October 12 to 14. It is an initiative of SAEINDIA, Northern Section, aimed at providing an opportunity for young engineers to explore the ‘Environmental Friendly and Economical’ solutions for the …
India is fast catching up with global emission regulation trends, which will translate into world class products with the implementation of Euro V and Automatic transmission standards by 2015. With fiscal policies regarding goods and services tax (GST) in India likely to be implemented soon, it would pave the way …
The transport department has not allowed conversion of vehicles to LPG, a sure way of cleaning up the city air, for the past six months. “Over the past few months, we have repeatedly sought the transport department’s permission to retrofit LPG kits to vehicles but have not received any response. …
European Union plans to cap the use of food-based biofuels are a major setback for an industry once seen playing a central role in the fight against climate change, but now more often cast as the villain following a series of global food price spikes. Industry sources and analysts predict …
Tata Motors, on Monday, launched six heavy trucks through its commercial vehicles business unit (CVBU), and also its intelligent vehicle and driver management solution — Tata FleetMan Telematics Services. A statement from the company said all six trucks had been designed and built specifically to offer the lowest TCO (total …
The government will promote the use of hybrid public buses in all the country's cities, extending their promotion beyond the current 25 cities, the Ministry of Finance announced Monday. The central government hopes to bring 3,000 to 5,000 buses to the cities by subsidizing purchases of the vehicles, a statement …
A new US fuel efficiency standard finalised by the Obama administration last month will jolt America's nascent electric car industry to life, but could leave European auto manufacturers racing to catch up, analysts and industry sources say. From 2025, American cars and light trucks will have to achieve a standard …
The environmental activists are up in arms at the fuel consumption of the new Golf, claiming it isn't good enough. Protesters gatecrashed the Golf launch as part of a continuing campaign against the German maker. Last year, they produced their own Star Wars advertisement that claimed that VW had gone …
This is a discussion on the article “Delhi Metro Rail: Beyond Mass Transit” by Pritpal Randhawa (EPW, 21 April 2012). The author basically argues that gentrification is the main motivation for the introduction of a Mass Rapid Transit System in Delhi, because the metro has neither been successful in achieving …
This roadmap explores the potential improvement of existing technologies to enhance average fuel economy of motorised vehicles and provides recommendations to reduce the average fuel economy of road motorised vehicles by 30% to 50% by 2030. This roadmap explores the potential improvement of existing technologies to enhance the average fuel …
The transportation sector accounts for approximately one-fifth of global final energy consumption and will account for nearly all future growth in oil use, particularly for road vehicles. The right policy mix can allow countries to improve the fuel economy of road vehicles, which in turn can enhance energy security and …
President Barack Obama issued an executive order on Thursday that would increase the number of cogeneration plants in the U.S. by 50 percent by 2020, a move that would boost U.S. industrial energy efficiency and slash carbon emissions by 150 million tons per year. The order is the administration's latest …
The US government Tuesday finalized record high standards to double fuel efficiency for cars and trucks by 2025. Under the new standards, fuel efficiency will increase to 23.17 kilometers per liter. The new standards apply to cars and light-duty trucks for Model Years 2017 to 2025, the White House said …
Not long ago, the Obama Administration raised the federal fuel efficiency standards, known as CAFE, to an average 35.5 mpg by 2016. Yesterday, they announced the CAFE were being raised again to historically high levels. For model year 2025, the average fuel economy for cars and light-duty trucks will be …
Exactly two years later, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has set up yet another Group of Ministers (GoM) after key ministries disagreed on the basic tenets of a 2007 Cabinet decision to blend ethanol extracted from sugarcane in petrol. Last Thursday, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs agreed on creating a …
