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,- …
Annual statistical portrait of technologies, fuel consumption, and GHG and pollutant emissions in Europe's passenger car, light-commercial, and heavy-duty fleets. The annual European Vehicle Market Statistics Pocketbook offers a statistical portrait of passenger car and light-commercial vehicle fleets in the European Union from 2001—and, beginning with the 2014 edition, of …
Annual statistical portrait of technologies, fuel consumption, and GHG and pollutant emissions in Europe's passenger car, light-commercial, and heavy-duty fleets. The annual European Vehicle Market Statistics Pocketbook offers a statistical portrait of passenger car and light-commercial vehicle fleets in the European Union from 2001—and, beginning with the 2014 edition, of …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Vehicle Emission Standards, 06/12/2016. ARAI is one of the Test Agencies, notified under Rule 126 of Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, for Type Approval Certification of vehicles as per the notified rules, standards and procedures. Procedure of Type approval certification of motor vehicles is …
Diesel engines power the dominant share of goods movement, construction equipment, and public transport vehicles in the global economy. This report presents a global strategy to reduce fine particulate (PM2.5) and black carbon emissions from the global fleet of on-road diesel vehicles. The strategy identifies 36 countries for immediate action. …
The draft rules further to amend the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 were published, as required by sub-section (1) of section 212 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways number G.S.R. 17(E), dated …
The Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC) will charge green tax from owners of outside vehicles entering the city from tomorrow and a notification in this regard has been is issued by the corporation. As per the notification issued by the Commissioner, SMC, the collection of green tax will start from tomorrow, …
In an order issued last week, the Transport Department of Delhi government directed all Regional Transport Officers to register these vehicles in the capital. The Delhi government has ordered restarting registration of diesel cars and SUVs with engine capacity of 2000 cc and above on payment of one per cent …
The Finance Ministry has suggested putting the proposed policy before a Committee of Secretaries, the Road Transport and Highways Minister said after holding a meeting with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on modernising the country's vehicle fleet. In order to check pollution, a new policy will be framed to make scrapping …
NEW DELHI: Acting on the Supreme Court recent order of charging green cess from manufacturers\dealers of big dieselSUVs and high-end vehicles with an engine capacity of 2000 cc and above in Delhi-NCR, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on Thursday spelt out the modalities of collecting the Environment Protection Charge …
Delhi has become the fifth-largest market in passenger vehicle sales, pipping Kerala, where sales have dampened as remittance income gets dented due to the challenging economic conditions in the Middle East owing to low crude prices.While sales in Kerala grew about 2% to 1,95,400 units in FY16, Delhi registered sales …
Details how implementing well-tested policy measures can help drive forward the necessary innovations and could reduce the total CO2 emissions of the LDV fleet in Turkey by about 36% compared to a business-as-usual scenario. Turkey is one of the largest vehicle manufacturing countries in the world, and the auto industry …
Investors are losing confidence and customers are unsure of what to do in the wake of diesel vehicles being targeted as the "main villain" for air pollution, especially in Delhi-NCR region, according to Maruti Suzuki India Chairman R C Bhargava. Stating that growth of the industry and creation of jobs …
The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday admitted an impleadment application by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) in the case against severe air pollution in Delhi. SIAM wants to be party in the plea filed by lawyer Vardhaman Kaushik that led to the tribunal directing a phase-out of more …
Ola, the online taxi aggregator service, in a popular drive has brought in a method to save the environment. According to the latest publicity drive, if a commuter takes an Ola 'Share' ride before Independence day, the Co2 emissions in air can be reduced to as much as 400 tonnes. …
Mumbai: If relentless honking was not bad enough, now use of banned horns is on the rise. Just stand at a busy signal, like the one near Capitol Cinema opposite CST. As soon as motorists expect the green light to come on, they start blaring their enhanced horns. They are …
"Department of Heavy Industries has instituted a study on the emission levels by various diesel vehicles as compared to the source of air pollution," said Minister of State for Mansukh Lal Mandaviya. Government will make any decision on phasing out older diesel cars only after conducting a scientific study on …
Earlier, Mercedes had said that it would launch petrol versions of all its models sold in India by September this year. German car-maker Mercedes on August 8 moved the Supreme Court seeking lifting on diesel ban, saying it is ready to pay one percent environment cess on sale of diesel …
The Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill 2016, which is a historic Step towards making roads safe and saving lakhs of innocent lives, was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 9th August, 2016. The Amendment aims to address the issue of road safety and improve the facilitation of the citizens while dealing …
The ride-sharing app will install billboards displaying the amount of CO2 emissions reduced when users share rides India’s largest taxi aggregator Ola is not one to shy away from publicity, spending millions on advertising its low-cost rides to millions. This time around the company is changing things up, by motivating …
Diesel vehicles older than 15 years will face the action first, as per the tribunal’s order on July 20. More than 1.5 lakh diesel vehicles older than 15 years plying in Delhi-NCR could be deregistered “in a week’s time”, said a senior government official after a meeting held Wednesday to …
