The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, (MoRTH) on March 15, 2024, notified the Central Motor Vehicles (Registration and Functions of Vehicle Scrapping Facility) Amendment Rules, 2024 to further amend the Motor Vehicles (Registration and Functions of Vehicle Scrapping Facility) Rules, 2021. The following has been stated: In rule 5,- …
JAIPUR: In a bid to facilitate hassle-free movement for pedestrians, the Jaipur Development Authority is planning to develop footpaths on major city roads. In this regard, the Jaipur Development Authority's engineering wing has been directed to prepare a status report on city roads on the basis of which the design …
A new set of hot wheels from India is set to enter the racing circuit. What’s more, it’s green. The IIT (Indian Institute of Technology)-Bombay Racing Team on Thursday launched at the institute the country’s first electric race car —Evo1 — designed and manufactured by its members. The car, the …
A month after the deadline to install GPS in vehicles transporting hazardous waste in Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam has passed, the devices are yet to be installed. Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) had in March asked the authorities to install GPS devices on these vehicles and link them to the …
Diesel fumes cause lung cancer, the World Health Organisation declared Tuesday, and experts said they were more carcinogenic than secondhand cigarette smoke. The WHO decision, the first to elevate diesel to the “known carcinogen” level, may eventually affect some American workers who are heavily exposed to exhaust. It is particularly …
Writes to Pranab on the revenue being lost in not doing so, wants steep levy The government is planning to compensate the subsidy on diesel by taxing cars fuelled by it. Petroleum Minister S Jaipal Reddy has recommended a steep Rs 2,55,000 additional tax on large and medium diesel cars …
Diesel cars may get expensive by . 2.55 lakh, with the oil ministry planning to impose a special tax on such vehicles. The government plans to impose additional levies of . 1,70,000 on small diesel cars and . 2,55,000 on medium and large diesel vehicles like sedans and SUVs to …
As many as 708 challans were issued and eight vehicles impounded by the Transport Department of the Delhi Government on Monday, the first day of its week-long drive to check compliance with regard to pollution under control (PUC) certificates by all types of vehicles. Stating that the drive would continue …
Jaipur: The draft report of Rajasthan State Action Plan on Climate Change has brought out some alarming facts about the water situation in the state. According to the report, the state has the highest probability of drought occurrence in the country. It also falls within areas having greatest climate sensitivity, …
Auto-makers favour hike in prices of diesel and oppose higher excise duty on diesel cars The finance ministry has asked auto-makers to provide production and sales data of diesel vehicles, even as the industry protested any move to raise excise duty on such vehicles, citing country’s fragile economic environment. Unable …
New Delhi Urging the government not to raise excise duty on diesel cars, top executives of country's leading automobile firms met the finance ministry officials on Wednesday. The finance ministry, which has been mulling over imposing additional levy on diesel vehicles, in the meantime has asked automakers to provide production …
Chennai transport sector is fifth largest polluter, says study Chennai ranks fifth in carbon emissions from the transport sector among 54 South Asian cities, according to a study done by the International Council for Local Environmental Initiative. Disclosing the findings of the study during a conference on ‘Creating Carbon Neutral …
“At this rate, the Capital will be gasping for breath by 2021” Delhi's air quality is worsening and if urgent action is not taken we will have a serious problem at hand, warns Centre for Science and Environment's latest report card. “The summer of 2012 is a grim reminder of …
New Delhi: On Tuesday, the transport department started the year’s first pollution checking drive as part of its World Environment Day initiative. With the drive reduced to an annual affair — the last one was in July 2011 — driving in Delhi without a pollution under control (PUC) certificate carries …
In the wake of a marked preference of personal vehicle owners, more so after the hike in petrol prices, the Finance Ministry is having a re-look at the Petroleum Ministry's proposal to hike the excise levy duty on diesel cars so as to disincentivise consumption of the subsidised transportation fuel. …
After the Supreme Court directive to remove sun control films from car windows, the city is threatened with a new pollutant. Hundreds of these tinted films being removed on a day-to-day basis, have found a place in the streets after the Motor Vehicles Department (MVD) intensified the drive against sun …
A2Z Waste Management, the agency roped in by the civic custodians to keep Ranchi clean, has found a tech route to keep a tab on vehicles used for collecting and disposing garbage and their drivers. The agency installed geo-positioning system (GPS) on all 40 Tata Magic vehicles, 21 compactors and …
All vehicles will once again be allowed to ply on the lanes reserved for buses on the city’s BRT corridor after the Delhi high court’s directive to the government on Wednesday calling for opening the stretch to all vehicles for smooth flow of traffic. The court asked the city government …
In a damning indictment of large-scale financial irregularities in the implementation of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scheme in Uttar Pradesh during the erstwhile Mayawati regime, the Comptroller and Auditor-General (CAG) has noted that funds worth Rs. 1768.12 crore received from the Centre “through the treasury route” were not …
Bharatiya Janata Party members walk out of the House; nationwide bandh tomorrow Protesting against the proposed imposition of 5 per cent Value Added Tax on Compressed Natural Gas announced by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in the Delhi Budget 2012-13, the Bharatiya Janata Party members walked out of the Delhi Assembly …
Amid widening price difference between petrol and diesel, the Finance Ministry is looking at the possibility of raising excise duty on diesel cars, a suggestion which was mooted long back by the Oil Ministry. "Hiking excise duty on diesel cars is still on the agenda. It was not taken up …
