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BS-VI to put very significant economic burden on automakers

PTI, New Delhi | ByPTI
Mar 21, 2017 05:16 PM IST

The government today said it has been informed by automotive industry body SIAM that the ‘economic burden’ on companies for moving to BS-VI emission norms will be very significant.

The government today said it has been informed by automotive industry body SIAM that the ‘economic burden’ on companies for moving to BS-VI emission norms will be very significant.

A view of traffic jam at expressway at Gurgaon- Delhi border(Livemint)
A view of traffic jam at expressway at Gurgaon- Delhi border(Livemint)

“Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) has informed that the economic burden for moving to BS-VI emission norms for automobile manufacturers would be very significant,” Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Babul Supriyo said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.

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According to SIAM, many new technologies would have to be developed and these technologies would have to be used in vehicles for meeting the requirement of BS-VI emission norms, thereby putting enormous economic burden.

The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways through a notification dated September 16, 2016 mandated mass emission standard for BS-VI throughout the country with effect from 1 April, 2020 to bring down emission level.

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