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,- …
the Indian government has announced an ambitious plan to phase in a million hydrogen-fuelled vehicles by 2020. Seventy-five per cent of these vehicles will be two- and three-wheelers, according to the Union ministry of new and renewable energy (mnre). A hydrogen-based power-generating capacity of 1,000 mw and Rs 25,000 crore …
It was a dispute over parking that made the frontpages of every Delhi newspaper. The police, however, claim that the media blew a minor dispute between neighbours into a violent fight over parking space. Jatin Arora's family have lived at S-210 in Panchsheel Park, a posh south Delhi locality, for …
The memory of last year's oil price hike, and its economic and political fallouts, has faded from memory. As India awaits the 2007-08 Union budget, newspapers are abuzz with reports of more tax cuts for cars
Lithium Ion batteries are rapidly becoming the technology of choice for the next generation of Electric Vehicles - Hybrid, Plug In Hybrid and Battery EVs. The automotive industry is committed increasingly to Electrified Vehicles to provide Sustainable Mobility in the next decade. LiIon is the preferred battery technology to power …
The demand for petroleum products in India has been increasing at a faster rate than the increase in domestic availability, resulting in increased imports. The transport sector is the single largest consumer of petroleum products. Secondly, about 65 % of total air pollution is caused by the emissions of pollutants …
This report presents the results of the third party auditing of the PUC centers. It recommends periodic audits every six months and corrective actions based on the findings of the third party auditing of the PUC centres. Presents the finding of the decoy operation in which frauds in a PUC …
lankan labour: The Wages Board of the Sri Lankan labour department is promoting child labour, if a government notice published in Sri Lankan newspaper is to be believed. The notice, which relates the wages of labourers who come under the Wages Board Act, was taken out under the name of …
3d mouse: Scientists in the US have developed a fast, high-resolution, 3D mouse embryo visualisation technique that may revolutionise the way birth defects and cancer genes are studied in animal models. The new tool, called Virtual Histology, has already boosted the researchers' ability to study the mouse embryo and more …
water wars are here: One protestor was killed when police opened fire at a group of farmers demanding release of water from a dam in Amravati district in Maharashtra on February 20, 2006. The farmers were demanding release of water from Chargarh dam to nearby villages. At least a dozen …
Captures 10 years of action, impacts and learning to address the complex air pollution challenge in Asia. This book is a survival guide for Asian cities trying to steer their way out of the pollution haze.
flare-down: The burning of natural gas by oil firms in the Niger Delta violates the human rights of local people and should be stopped immediately, ruled the high court of Benin City in Nigeria. The ruling was issued in a case filed by the Iwerekan community of Delta State against …
In March 2005, EPCA submitted its report no. 14: Special report on the introduction of an upgraded pollution under control certificate system in response to the Hon
The cyclist, who has ruled Chinese streets for decades, is fast becoming an endangered species in the country, thanks to sweeping globalisation. Shenzhen China Bicycle Company, one of the biggest bicycle manufacturers and the biggest bicycle exporter of China, is facing bankruptcy. Due to increased competition for export sales and …
in a significant move away from fossil fuels, Mumbai-based Tata Motors, in collaboration with Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (ioc), recently rolled out 43 buses in Pimpri near Pune to run on 10 per cent biodiesel-blended fuel. The vehicles will ferry Tata Motor's staff. This is the first time in India …
qingqi (pronounced as ching chee) rickshaws are the latest addition to the unorganised public transport system of Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (nwfp) . These polluting vehicles have grown substantially in numbers in nwfp in the past one year despite a ban on their registration in …
Most diesel vehicles in India do not meet the smoke density limit (65 on the Hartridge scale). But that's no cause for concern for owners. It's quite easy to carry home a pollution under control certificate (pucc) in India even if your vehicle does not conform to norms. We at …
Robert C Stempel, former chairperson and ceo, General Motors, is largely credited for inventing the catalytic converter. In 1974 Corning, a us -based company, made the first catalyst substrates for autocatalyst manufacturers in the us. Catalysts were fitted into 1975 car models, marking the beginning of the gadget's exhaustive use. …
The vehicle inspection programme in India called Pollution Under Control (PUC) Certificate, was enforced under the Central Motor Vehicles Rules (CMV rule No 116) in 1991. This requires all inuse vehicles to undergo periodic exhaust emission tests and obtain valid PUC certificate. The current programme has two elements – annual …
delhi has become the first city in the country to levy a pollution cess. State finance minister, A K Walia, announced an additional levy of two per cent on polluting diesel cars and multi-utility vehicles while presenting his budget on July 22, 2004. He said the step is aimed at …
