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Supreme Court seeks details of unsold BS-III vehicles

To give a fillip to the implementation of Bharat Stage VI emission norms, the Supreme Court on Monday directed Society of Indian…

Supreme Court seeks details of unsold BS-III vehicles

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To give a fillip to the implementation of Bharat Stage VI emission norms, the Supreme Court on Monday directed Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM ) to provide details of all unsold inventory and month-wise figures of BS-III vehicles manufactured after December 2015.

“Give us details for your unsold inventory and month-wise figures of BS-III vehicles manufactured after December 2015,” the court said.

The decision came after India’s two-wheeler manufacturer Bajaj Auto moved to the SC seeking to cease sale of BS III vehicles from April 1.

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Earlier, the court had directed SIAM to collect and submit the data by 24 February.

Not to forget that the government on January 2014 notified all vehicles-passenger and commercial must be BS-IV compliant.

The Bharat Stage (BS) is the vehicular norms launched by the government in 2000 to keep a check on air pollution. In 2016, the Indian government announced that it would skip the BS-V norms and adopt BS-VI norms by 2020. 

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