The Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum & Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply today that in an inter-ministerial meeting held on 06.01.2016 among Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises and Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, it was inter alia decided that the country will leap frog directly from BS-IV to BS-VI fuel standards and BS-VI fuel standards will be implemented across the country w.e.f 01.04.2020. This Ministry conveyed its readiness on 22.5.2015 to all Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) and other stakeholders for switching-over directly from BS-IV to BS-VI autofuels w.e.f. 1.4.2020.
He also further stated that BS-IV autofuels was initially introduced in 13 cities on 01.04.2010 which was further expanded to 50 more cities by 15.3.2015 in following phases:-
(i) Year 2012 – 13 cities
(ii) Year 2013 - 7 cities
(iii) Year 2014 – 6 cities
(iv) Year 2015 - 24 cities
Presently, it has also been made available in whole of Northern India w.e.f. 1.4.2015 covering J&K (Except Leh/Kargil), Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi and the bordering districts of and parts of Rajasthan (Bharatpur, Alwar, Hanumangarh and Sriganganagar) and Western Uttar Pradesh (Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar, Baghpat, Meerut, Bijnor, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Bulandshar, Jyotiba Phule Nagar, Rampur, Moradabad, Aligarh, Badaun, Bareilly, Mathura, Mahamaya Nagar, Etah, Agra, Ferozabad, Etawah and Mainpuri).
He also further stated that BS-IV autofuels was initially introduced in 13 cities on 01.04.2010 which was further expanded to 50 more cities by 15.3.2015 in following phases:-
(i) Year 2012 – 13 cities
(ii) Year 2013 - 7 cities
(iii) Year 2014 – 6 cities
(iv) Year 2015 - 24 cities
Presently, it has also been made available in whole of Northern India w.e.f. 1.4.2015 covering J&K (Except Leh/Kargil), Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi and the bordering districts of and parts of Rajasthan (Bharatpur, Alwar, Hanumangarh and Sriganganagar) and Western Uttar Pradesh (Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar, Baghpat, Meerut, Bijnor, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Bulandshar, Jyotiba Phule Nagar, Rampur, Moradabad, Aligarh, Badaun, Bareilly, Mathura, Mahamaya Nagar, Etah, Agra, Ferozabad, Etawah and Mainpuri).
Courtesy: pib.nic.in
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