India will not skip BS-V emission norms; BS-V coming in 2019

Earlier this year, there were rumours that the Government of India was considering skipping a stage in emission norms and adopting BS-VI standards (click here to read report). Now however, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has revealed that it does not plan to skip the BS-V stage.

BS-V emission norms will be implemented in India in 2019. A committee appointed by the government claims that for the transition from BS-IV to BS-V, the automotive industry would have to invest Rs 50,000 crore (approximately). Refineries would need to invest about Rs 60,000 crore to produce diesel that meets BS-V requirements.

The government plans to implement BS-VI norms in 2023.

India is approximately 5 years behind Europe in emission norms. A leap from BS-IV to BS-VI would have enabled it to close this gap considerably. However, automobile manufacturers had been trying to get the government to avoid skipping the BS-V stage.

Source: Economic Times