2019 – Posted in: Press Information Bureau – Tags: ICAT

Bharat Stage – VI (BS – VI) norms

(Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises)

WHAT

International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT) released India’s first Type Approval Certificate (TAC) for Bharat Stage – VI (BS – VI) norms for the two wheeler segment.

Implementation of BS – VI norms is mandatory from 1st April 2020.
Only those vehicles will be sold and registered in India from 1st April 2020 onwards,which comply to these norms.

BHARAT STAGE NORMS

The extent of sulphar is the major difference between Bharat Stage IV and Bharat Stage VI norms.
The Bharat Stage are standards instituted by the government to regulate emission of air pollutants from motor vehicles.
The norms were introduced in 2000.
With appropriate fuel and technology, they limit the release of air pollutants such as nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, particulate matter (PM) and sulphur oxides from vehicles using internal combustion engines.
As the stage goes up, the control on emissions become stricter. Thus Bharat Stage VI norms are two stages ahead of the present Bharat Stage IV norms in regulating emissions.
These norms are based on similar norms in Europe called Euro 4 and Euro 6.

BS-VI NORMS

Bharat Stage norms are the automotive emission norms which the automotive manufacturers have to comply to sell their vehicles in India.
These norms are applicable to all two wheelers, three wheelers, fourwheelers and construction equipment vehicles.
BS – VI are the latest emission norms.
The norms are stringent and at par with global standards.

BS-IV v/s VI NORMS

BS-IV fuels contain 50 parts per million (ppm) sulphur, the BS-VI grade fuel only has 10 ppm sulphur.
BS VI can bring PM in diesel cars down by 80 per cent .
The new norms will bring down nitrogen oxides from diesel cars by 70 per cent and in petrol cars by 25 per cent.
BS VI also make on-board diagnostics (OBD) mandatory for all vehicles.
OBD device informs the vehicle owner or the repair technician how efficient the systems in the vehicle are.

BACKGROUND

To curb growing menace of air pollution through the vehicles emission, the Government has decided to leapfrog from the exiting BS – IV norms to the BS- VI (skipping the BS – V norms).

ICAT

International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT) is the premier testing and certification agency authorized by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways for providing testing and certification services to the vehicle and component manufacturers in India and abroad.

It has the latest equipment, facilities and capabilities to develop, validate, test and certify the engines and vehicles for the latest norms in the field of emission and many other facilities like crash lab, NVH lab, EMC lab and test tracks.

Source: PIB

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