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,- …
Many Asian countries are clamping down with tighter in-use standards, junking polluting cars, giving incentives to replace old vehicles and restricting numbers. CHINA: By July 2000, about 37 cities have stopped issuing new licenses for motorcycles. In 21 cities, only limited licenses were issued, says Wang Song Qin, of Motor …
THE crisis is staring us in the face. Two-wheelers will drive the fate of Asia"s clean air challenge. The question now is in what direction will technology move in ? One option is to continue improving the conventional two and three-wheeler engines to ensure they meet the emission standards today …
THE World Trade Organisation (WTO) regime threatens to shake the Asian market. Today, the market is divided between countries that produce and those that import. But WTO will act as a leveller in the market. Since it disallows trade barriers and ordains uniform laws for domestic manufacturers and the importers, …
On the key environmental challenge for two-wheelers It will be necessary to find ways to achieve further emission reductions. But the new technologies may add to the complexity and cost of the vehicles. Does the Indian industry believe more in survival and less in leadership? I do not agree with …
The challenge faced by pollution planners is literally to find ways to measure the particulate pollution from two-wheelers. As yet little has been done. One study done In the US finds that particulate emissions from two-stroke engines are rich in toxic volatile organic fraction, and particulates, says Michael Walsh, citing …
TAIWAN: The emissions recall programme is operative in Taiwan since 1996. It detects vehicles that due to inherent defects in design and components fail, while on road, to meet the standards. The Environment Protection Administration of Taiwan (Taiwan EPA) organises surveillance tests of five sample vehicles of a particular engine …
after Delhi's public transport system switched over to compressed natural gas (cng), it is Mumbai's turn to receive a green makeover. In this case, too, the judiciary is the catalyst for change. The Mumbai High Court has given an ultimatum to owners of all 15-year-old taxis and 10-year-old autorickshaws to …
hydrogen powered vehicles are amongst the most promising clean vehicles that are on the design board. Unlike engines powered by conventional hydrocarbons like petrol, hydrogen burns leaving only water as a waste. No carbon dioxide or carbon monoxide is released. But the easy and cheap availability of hydrogen is a …
recently, a group of Kolkata-based taxi drivers did something quite unusual. They decided to tamper with the fuel in their taxis. They mixed 20 litres of diesel with one litre of mustard oil and ran their taxis on it. For them the doping made perfect economic sense. By default, researchers …
the Ministry of Non-conventional Energy sources (mnes) and the scientists of Benaras Hindu University (bhu) have successfully tested two hydrogen-powered motorcycles. This has opened new doors for India to enter the global market of hydrogen motorcycles. Says S K Chopra, senior adviser at the ministry, "The hydrogen-driven vehicles are environment-friendly, …
T H E T E A M STEERING GROUP To lend credibility to the entire rating process, a Project Advisory Panel (PAP) has been set up comprising politicians, scientists, eminent members of the civil society, lawyers and judges and industry leaders. It has been formed to advise, guide and steer …
All pulp and paper production plants with more than 100 tonnes per day (tpd) production capacity were shortlisted for the rating that was announced on July 18,1999. The sample comprised 28 production units of 23 companies spread across 13 states. Overall, the sector recorded a dismal performance with only two …
Choosing a set of parameters is an exercise in precision. The collected data when sieved through the parameters should consistently give similar results and be in consonance with evidence available on ground. Keeping this in mind, grp ensured that the rating criteria were as objective as possible. The robustness of …
The rating process asked the automobile companies to disclose information on the parameters voluntarily. But it also took help from a team of volunteers who were given the mandate to inspect the production plant and assess the companies for: • Transparency in disclosures • Housekeeping and safety • Environment management …
Among the vehicles that dot Delhi's roads in the aftermath of the Supreme Court's ruling to convert diesel buses to compressed natural gas (cng) is Tata's lpo 1510 cgs bus. The vehicle gets the second position in the ratings and has several advantages. The bus has scored the highest points …
The Indian automobile industry has come of age. But in terms of corporate environmental management, even the giants prefer to remain greenhorns. Companies are aware that the automobile industry is one of the most poorly regulated sectors in India. And they have used every lacuna in the law to their …
When it comes to pollution at the workplace, automobile companies explain it away by flashing iso 14001 certificates. What escapes unnoticed is the fact that they delegate most of the dirty work to vendors. grp has unearthed this startling fact after conducting an extensive research on various aspects of their …
Automobiles impact the environment most when the consumer is at the wheel. But not many buyers accord priority to the ecofriendliness of their cars. According to the GRP evaluation, this ignorance is inextricably linked to the industry's ecologically unsound policies. Automakers are not making a concerted effort to educate the …
