Govt decides to skip BS-V & leapfrogs to BS-VI
- 8 years ago
In a bid to curb vehicular pollution, the government has today decided to implement stricter emission norms of Bharat Stage VI from April 1, 2020 by skipping BS-V altogether. The decision was taken at an inter-ministerial meeting chaired by Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari, which was attended by Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Heavy Industries Minister Anant Geete and Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar. Sumit Chaturvedi gets us more details with this report.