TIL Desk/Business/New Delhi/ Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday assured the automobile industry of a steady supply of Bharat Stage-6(BS-6) emission norms compliant fuel by 2020. The Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship was speaking at the 58th annual convention of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM).
“BS-6 is already in the national capital and there shall be no uncertainty from our side on the things decided together (with multi-ministry and the SIAM association) that from April 1 2020 supply for BS-6 fuel will be done and there shall not be any change on that front ” Pradhan said. “The industry must go ahead with its plans for the next 10 years without fear of any intervention or change.”
The Indian auto industry will fully migrate to manufacturing of only BS VI compliant vehicles on a pan India basis from April 1 2020. Earlier the government had decided to “leapfrog directly from BS-IV to BS-VI grade by 1st April 2020 skipping BS-V altogether.” The BS-IV grade transportation fuels were rolled out across the country from April 1 2017.
