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,- …
Decision came as Delhi's car dealers were beginning to take in their stride the Supreme Court ban on 2,000 cc diesel vehicles The diesel car business in the capital has taken a beating after the National Green Tribunal last month directed the transport authorities to de-register 10-year-old diesel vehicles to …
ICRA Ltd Senior VP Subrata Ray said the impact of the scrappage programme could be limited owing to moderate level of incentive (8-12 per cent) being offered. The ban on registration of old diesel vehicles in Delhi-NCR and the proposed vehicle fleet modernisation programme could lead to around 3 per …
The Delhi government faces a mammoth task of de-registering about 19 lakh diesel vehicles in the national capital that are over 15 years old. The National Green Tribunal in its July 20 order had asked the transport department to immediately de-register diesel vehicles that are over 15 years old and …
New Delhi: A study by a Massachusetts Institute of Technology researcher and the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-Pal) on the city's odd-even driving scheme in January and April has found that two-third of car owners did not drive their cars on the restricted day. The study also noted …
BENGALURU: With the National Green Tribunal asking the Delhi government to scrap 15-year-old vehicles as a pollution control measure, Karnataka's transport department will face a similar challenge soon. For, it's not just Delhi, every state will have to fall in line with the central government policy on pollution control sooner …
CHANDIGARH: The Haryana government announced on Thursday that the it has decided to ban diesel vehicles that are over 10 years old and petrol vehicles over 15 years old in the areas of National Capital Region (NCR) falling in the state. Haryana transport minister Krishan Lal Panwar told media here …
Diesel vehicles in the city which are 15 years old should be deregistered first and will not get NOC for plying outside Delhi-NCR, the National Green Tribunal said on Wednesday. Only deregistered diesel vehicles which are less than 15 years old can get No Objection Certificate for plying in select …
About 50 per cent ambulances may go off the capital's roads following the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order for de-registration of diesel vehicles, leading to a crisis in the health system. According to the Delhi Transport Department, there are about 1,600 registered ambulances in the national capital and of these, …
If you look at the carbon footprint that India has made ambitious reduction commitments for, these are based on fuel efficiency of vehicles – the Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFÉ) norms) – where diesel is obviously superior to petrol. Apart from the obvious hardship that Delhi’s citizens will face with …
Scrapping will promote replacement of old vehicles with modern ones with better emission standards NGT seeks details of groundwater use by Delhi Metro The National Green Tribunal’s (NGT’s) order on Monday to de-register diesel vehicles older than 10 years plying in Delhi has again brought to the fore the difficulties …
Follows weak enforcement of order passed last year; cars over 15 years already barred The war on pollution has come to a head with the National Green Tribunal (NGT) once again ordering diesel vehicles older than 10 years off the road, this time with immediate effect. A bench headed by …
The Transport department is creating a network to automatically generate penalty challans for vehicle owners who fail to get their Pollution Under Control (PUC) test done once in six months. At present, the department depends on random manual drives to check 1.6 crore vehicles in the state to know if …
Dubbing diesel as a "major cause of pollution", the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday ordered that all diesel vehicles that are 10 years old or more be banned from plying in the national capital with immediate effect. The tribunal ordered the Delhi Regional Transport Officer (RTO) to deregister all …
Additional Solicitor General Pinky Anand, appearing for Ministry of Heavy Industries, told the NGT that other fuels also cause pollution but an impression has been created that diesel is more polluting. EVEN AS the National Green Tribunal (NGT) Monday directed the Regional Transport Office (RTO) to immediately deregister all diesel …
The order is effective immediately and the NGT has also asked the Delhi RTO to share data of the vehicles that'll be de-registered. Like any sudden move, this one too brings in multiple implications for the users as well as the Indian automotive industry. While vehicle makers have reasons to …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Ban on Diesel Vehicles, 19/07/2016. The Hon’ble Supreme Court in Writ Petition No. 13029 of 1985 in the matter of “M.C. Mehta versus Union of India & Others” has passed an order banning registration of SUVs and private cars of 2,000 cc and above …
Details how emission control defect reporting programs are used to improve compliance with passenger vehicle emission standards. An emission control defect reporting program is used in California to improve compliance with passenger vehicle emission standards. The defect reporting program was adopted by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) through regulation. …
Notification Soon; Rs 2,000 Fine For Violations The Delhi government's plan to check unauthorised parking by implementing its bus lane scheme is likely to be a reality soon. Transport and PWD minister Satyendar Jain said on Tuesday that the dedicated bus lane policy is likely to be notified by the …
While CNG and diesel vehicle sales continue to dip, transport department data shows the registration of commercial CNG vehicles increased by 54 per cent - from 19,227 in 2011 to 41, 190 in 2015. Despite rising concern over air pollution, and the promotion of cleaner fuels like Compressed Natural Gas …
BENGALURU: THE introduction of the on-street automated Pay-and-Park system on the city’s major roads will take longer as the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has so far been unable to get “qualified” bidders during the tendering process. Sources in BBMP say its officials are hand-in-glove with private operators, who make …
