Indian Initiatives to Combat Air Pollution
1. Transportation
The Supreme Court of India has ruled that no Bharat Stage IV vehicle shall be sold across the country with effect from April 1, 2020. Instead, the Bharat Stage VI (or BS-VI) emission norm would come into force from April 1, 2020 across the country. In 2016, the Centre announced that the country would skip the BS-V norms altogether and adopt BS-VI norms by 2020.
Bharat VI Norms
- Referred to as the VI stage of Bharat Stage Emission norms, the main difference between the BS IV and the BS VI norms is the amount of sulphur content in the ....
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