Lok Sabha Question No. 3695 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-23
Subject: Phasing Out of Vehicles as per BS-VI Emission Norms
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Dr. T. Sumathy (a) Thamizhachi Thangapandian, Sunita Duggal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3695 ANSWERED ON 23 RD  MARCH, 2023

## PHASING OUT OF VEHICLES AS PER BS-VI EMISSION NORMS

3695.  DR. T. SUMATHY (a) THAMIZHACHI THANGAPANDIAN: SHRIMATI SUNITA DUGGAL:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

## be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has issued any SOP/directive for private bus operators and cab aggregators to phase out vehicles in their fleet as per existing BS-VI emission norms and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has data on reduced level of air pollution because of the implementation of BS-VI emission norms across the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  observational  data  collected  on  the  reduced  levels  of  Sulphur Oxides  (SOx),  Nitrogen  Oxides  (NOx)  and  Particulate  Matter  (PM) during the Financial Year (FY) 2022-23 vis-a-vis FY 2019-20;
- (d) whether  the  Government  maintains  any  record  of  the  number  of automobiles manufactured in the country complying with the BS-VI emission norms during 2022-2023 out of the total annual manufacturing capacity; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof, particularly for two and three-wheelers?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) No such directives have been given to private bus and cab operators to phase out vehicles in their fleet as per existing BS-6 emission norms. (b)  and  (c)  The  BS-VI  compliant  fuel  has  many  environmental  benefits,
- compared to BS-IV fuel, which are described below:-
- (1) The content of sulphur in BS-IV  fuel is 50ppm, however in  BS-VI fuel it is 10ppm, which is 1/5th of the BS-IV limit.
- (2) During testing of BS VI compliant vehicles:-

(i)  NOx emissions is reduced by 68% in diesel cars and by 25% in petrol cars; (ii)  Particulate  emission  matter  is  reduced  by  41.2% in  3-wheeler diesel engine; (iii) Reduction in particulate matter from BS IV to BS VI is as high as 82% in the case of 4-wheelers; (iv) Reduction in particulate matter is 66.7% in heavy duty vehicle. (d)  and  (e)  As  per  the  information  available  in  the  VAHAN-4  centralized database  of  RC  (registration  Certificate),  the  records  of  the  number  of automobiles registered in the country, complying with the BS-6 standards out of the total vehicle registered in FY 2022 -2023 and the details for two and three-wheelers for FY 2022-23 are as under:-

| Total number vehicle registered in 2022-2023   | of FY Total number of vehicle registered as BS 6 in 2022-2023   | FY Total wheeler registered in 2022-2023   | Two FY Two wheeler registered as BS 6 in FY 2022- 2023 Total Three wheeler registered in 2022-2023   | Two FY Two wheeler registered as BS 6 in FY 2022- 2023 Total Three wheeler registered in 2022-2023   | FY Three wheeler registered as BS 6 in FY 2022-2023   |
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| 2,10,76,240                                    | 1,86,17,298                                                     | 1,52,26,526                                | 1,41,60,843                                                                                          | 7,07,027                                                                                             | 3,26,393                                              |

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