Star rating for vehicles gets push
Business Standard|September 27, 2024
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought responses from some ministries of the Union government on a plea seeking implementation of a star-rating system based on fuel efficiency and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions across all vehicles in the country - a move that could have a significant bearing on India's growing problem of air pollution leading to serious health issues.
SURAJEET DAS GUPTA
Star rating for vehicles gets push

The ministries from which the NGT has sought responses include the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), the Ministry of Power (MoP), the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC), and the Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI), which is the administrative ministry of auto companies. The case will come up for hearing again on January 10, 2025, when responses from the government would be expected.

The plea, which was heard by the NGT on September 20, has argued that vehicular pollution is the most important contributor to air pollution and as per the Ministry of Earth Sciences, it accounts for 40 per cent of overall pollution in the country.

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