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Supreme Court bars sale, registration of BS IV vehicle
News:
- The Supreme Court on Monday slammed the brakes on the sale and registration of BS IV vehicles.
About BS Emission Standards
- The court made clear that now no registration and sale of BS IV vehicles is permitted.
- BS-VI emission standards dictate a decrease in sulphur content to as low as 10 parts per million (ppm), five times lesser than BS-IV standards that called for 50 ppm sulphur, the current fuel quality in use.
- Bharat stage emission standards (BSES) are emission standards instituted by the Government of India to regulate the output of air pollutants from vehicles.
- The standards, based on European regulations.