Use of Clean Fuel

The Government is aware that imposing Bharat-IV norms across India and subsequent imposition of Bharat-V and/or VI norms will greatly help in providing a cleaner environment. The universalisation of Bharat Stage (BS)-IV norms will reduce sulphur content of the fuel to 50 ppm and the implementation of BS-V / BS-VI emission norms will further reduce the sulphur content to 10 ppm and will improve the ambient air quality. Presently BS-IV norms have been implemented in 63 cities covering 15 States including Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR).

The steps taken by the Government to expedite the process of transition to cleaner fuels in the country, inter alia, include:

• Introduction of emission standards for flex fuel ethanol (E 85) and ethanol (ED 95) vehicles by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways,

• Introduction of 5% ethanol gasoline fuel blends across the country by Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoP&NG),

• Constitution of working group on bio-fuels and Hydrogen Corpus Fund by MoP&NG,

• Introduction of alternative fuels like CNG, LPG and bio-diesel (B20),

• Progressive tightening of the emission norms, along with supply of commensurate fuel quality.
This information was given by Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Prakash Javadekar