The Government is in the finalstage of notifying the fuel efficiency standards forautomobile sector in the country which will be enforced from2011, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said today.
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"We are right now engaged in finalising administrativeformalities on how these standards has to be notified eitherthrough the Energy Conservation Act or the Motor VehiclesAct," Ramesh said at the inaugural session of the two-day 4thEnvironment Friendly Vehicles (EFV) conference here.
aid there is no two views that "we should move to amandatory fuel efficiency standards regime by 2011" as thetransport sector contributes about 15 to 20 per cent of thetotal greenhouse gas emissions in India. How it should be doneis being debated within the government, he said.
At present, transport sector is placed at number threeafter the power and agriculture sector as far as the nationalemissions are concerned.
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"But the rate at which the automobile sector is growingour own estimations are that by the year 2030 it could accountclose to 25 per cent of our GHG emissions. Hence not onlybecause of the air pollution point of view but also theclimate change point of view, environment-friendlytransportation assume special importance," Ramesh added.
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Ramesh said by 2011, it will be mandatory for automobilemanufacturers to sell vehicles with energy-efficiency tags,adding the information on the labels will have to be certifiedby the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE).
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