Report of Expert Committee on National Auto Fuel Policy and Vision 2025

The Standing Committee on Petroleum & Natural Gas (Chaired by Mr. Pralhad Joshi) submitted its report on the National Auto Fuel Policy on May 7, 2015. The objective of the Expert Committee was to draw a roadmap for the auto fuel quality till 2025.

• The earlier Auto Fuel Policy of 2003 aims at addressing issues of vehicular emissions and vehicular technologies by applying fuel quality standards.

Recommendations: In order to achieve the unified fuel norm, the Ministry should implement the less polluting Bharat Stage (BS)-IV quality of fuel standard across the country by 2017.

• The BS-VI quality of fuel standard should be ....