Lok Sabha Question No. 1921 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-30
Subject: Pollution by Diesel Vehicles
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Mahua Moitra, Ashok Mahadeorao Nete

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1921

TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.07.2021

## Pollution by Diesel Vehicles

## 1921 SHRIMATI MAHUA MOITRA: SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  any  study  has  indicated  that  diesel  vehicles  produce  more  pollution  as compared to petrol and CNG vehicles and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  in  order  to  tackle  the  pollution  problems,  in  National  Capital  Region,  the Government proposes to eliminate diesel vehicles given a large number of alternatefuels which are cleaner and greener;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to promote exclusive use of LNG for heavy vehicles and CNG/Electric Vehicles for light vehicles which can later bereplaced by Hydrogen fuel cell; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof along with the stepstaken in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) Prototype emission is measured as per specified standards at the time of type approval of vehicle carried by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. A comparison of 4-Wheeler Bharat  Stage-VI  (BS-VI)  emission  norms  for  diesel  and  petrol  vehicles  indicate  the following:
- i. A reduction of 50% in CO emission for 4-Wheeler diesel vehicles in comparison to 4Wheeler petrol vehicles.
- ii. 33.3%  higher  oxides  of  Nitrogen  (NOx)  emission  for  4-Wheeler  diesel  vehicles  in comparison to 4-Wheeler petrol vehicles.
- iii. Mass emission for Particulate Matter (PM) are same for both 4-Wheeler BS-VI diesel and petrol vehicle.

Also, CNG vehicles is estimated to reduce CO in the order of 86%, NOx in the order of 58% and PM in the order of 97% in comparison to emission from diesel vehicles.]

(b) to (e) To tackle the pollution problems, in National Capital Region and across the country the Central Government has taken several initiatives for the promotion of cleaner fuels which inter alia includes the following:

- i. The  Government  (Ministry  of  Heavy  Industries)  is  promoting  electric  vehicles through Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles (FAME)-2 scheme. The scheme was approved with an outlay of Rs. 10,000 Crore for a period of 3 years commencing from 1st April 2019. The Phase 2 aims to support, through subsidies, approximately 7090 e-Buses, 5 lakh e-3 Wheelers, 55000 e-4 Wheeler Passenger Cars and 10 lakh e-2 Wheelers
- ii. Establishment of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles
- iii. GST  on  electric  vehicles  has  been  reduced  from  12%  to  5%;  GST  on  chargers/ charging stations for electric vehicles has been reduced from 18% to 5%
- iv. Ministry  of  Power  released  a  notification  on  charging  infrastructure  standards permitting private charging at residences and offices.
- v. MoRTH announced that battery-operated vehicles are given green license plates and are exempted from permit requirements.
- vi. MoRTH issued a notification advising states to waive road tax on EVs, which in turn reduces the initial cost of EVs.
- vii. Ministry  of  Housing  &  Urban  Affairs  (MoHUA)  amended  the  Model  Building Byelaws  2016  to  establish  charging  stations  and  infrastructure  in private  and commercial buildings.
- viii. Leapfrogging from BS-IV to BS-VI fuel standards from 1st April, 2018 in NCT of Delhi;
- ix. Promotion of public transport network;
- x. Collection of Environmental Protection Charge on more than 2000 CC diesel vehicles in Delhi and NCR etc.
- xi. A pilot project for blending hydrogen with CNG is running at Rajghat Bus depot in Delhi.  Under  this  pilot,  50  buses  in  Delhi  are  plying  on  blended  Hydrogen  in Compressed Natural Gas and result are extremely encouraging.
- xii. MoPNG is promoting the increased use of LNG in various sectors including in transportation and in mining sector

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