Any new vehicle which will not complying with BS-IV emission norms shall not be allowed anywhere in the country from April 2017. A draft notification has been issued by Road Ministry making BS-IV norms mandatory .
“The mass emission standards for BS-IV shall come into force all over the country in respect of four-wheeled vehicles manufactured on or after April 1, 2017,” said the notification.
BS-IV has been made mandatory in most of the cities like:
- Delhi-NCR
- Mumbai
- Chennai
- Kolkata
- Hyderabad
Points to Remember:
- BS-IV emission norms will be applicable from this October in Jammu and Kashmir except Leh and Kargil districts, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and most districts of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
- The norms will come into force from April 2016 in Odisha, Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana, Union Territories of Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Andaman and Nicobar Islands,Thane and Pune districts in Maharashtra, and Surat, Valsad, Dangs and Tapi districts in Gujarat.
- These norms will not apply for transport vehicles plying on inter-state permits, national permits and all-India tourist permit but the draft notification have said that such exemptions will not be allowed from April 2017.
