Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum and Natural
Gas, Shri Dharmendra
Pradhan formally launched BS-IV grade transportation fuels across the country
from Bhubaneswar today. The
event coincided with Utkal Divas (formation day of the State) being celebrated
in Odisha.
To
mark the historic occasion of the launch of BS-IV fuels across the country, the
Hon’ble Minister symbolically commenced sale of the eco-friendly and low-emission
fuels from 12 different locations across the country through live video links -
Varanasi, Vijayawada, Durgapur, Gorakhpur, Imphal, Bhopal, Ranchi, Madurai,
Nagpur, Patna, Guwahati and Shillong.
At the
event, the Petroleum Minister also handed over a deposit-free domestic LPG
connection under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana(PMUY)
scheme to Swalia Bibi of Shikharchan Basti in Bhubaneswar to mark the
completion of release of 2 crore LPG connections to women beneficiaries from
below poverty line (BPL) households across the country under the Pradhan Mantri
Ujjwala Yojana(PMUY).
The Minister reiterated the Ministry’s commitment
to holistic vision of Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra
Modi. He said that with the launch of the BS IV Fuel , a new
era of clean transportation fuels has begun. This era will benefit all citizens
of our country by substantially reducing pollution levels everywhere.
Shri
Pradhan said that from today India will have “Only BS-IV” fuels. He complimented
the OMCs for working in unison to set up refining infrastructure and logistics
in record time for the launch of BS-IV grade fuels across the country as per
schedule. The OMCs are incurring an expenditure of Rs. 90,000 crore on
phase-wise upgradation of fuel quality in the country.
Shri
Pradhan said that even though India is not a major polluting country, we shall
stand by Hon’ble Prime Minister’s commitment at COP-21 in Paris that India will
substantially reduce carbon emissions and greenhouse gas emissions in the coming
years. Migration to BS-IV fuels shows India’s resolve to cut down emissions.
The next step is to usher in BS-VI fuels by 1st April, 2020, to be
at par with global standards, he said.
Speaking
about the new milestone crossed by the PMUY scheme, Shri Pradhan said that the
Government is fully committed to providing sustainable, clean and affordable energy
as an essential input for economic development of India, which has emerged as
the fastest going economy in the world. He said that the
resounding success of initiatives like PaHaL, GiveItUp and the ongoing PMUY
scheme are ample proof of the effectiveness of these socio-economic welfare
schemes, which go a long way in ensuring energy inclusion of the poor.
Shri
Pradhan expressed his happiness that the journey of PMUY started by the Hon’ble
Prime Minister to transform the lives of BPL women across the country has
crossed the 2 crore mark at Bhubaneswar today. He said in Odisha alone, PMUY
has benefited 10 lakh BPL households and freed them from smoke-related hazards.
The Petroleum
Ministry is vigorously pursuing various other forms of energy such as liquefied
natural gas (LNG) for industries and transport sector, compressed natural gas (CNG)
and AutoLPG for automobiles, and piped natural gas (PNG) for households,
besides ethanol and bio-mass to expand the existing energy basket, he added.
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India’s Path to Green
Fuels
The increasing consumption of
oil is directly linked to atmospheric pollution, and the
health impact of the deteriorating ambient air quality linked to combustion of
fuels is of serious concern in urban areas worldwide.
The Government of India has
taken several policy measures and significant interventions to reduce vehicular
emissions and improve fuel efficiency. India has followed the regulatory
pathway for fuel quality and vehicle emissions standards termed as Bharat Stage
(BS). The transition has been in phases, considering the time and money that is
required at the refinery end and in terms of vehicle production.
·
India’s fuel quality standards have been gradually tightened since
the mid-1990s. The fuel upgradation programme took off with notification of
vehicular emission norms for new vehicles in 1991.
·
The emission norms were revised in 1996. Low-lead gasoline was
introduced in 1994 in the four metros, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai.
·
On Feb 1, 2000, unleaded gasoline was mandated nationwide.
·
BS 2000 (Euro I equivalent, Bharat Stage I) vehicle emission norms
were introduced for new vehicles from April 2000.
·
Bharat
Stage II (Euro II equivalent) emission norms for new cars were introduced in
Delhi from the year 2000 and extended to the other three metro cities in the
year 2001.
·
The emission norms for CNG and LPG vehicles were notified in the
year 2000 and 2001, respectively. BS-III was implemented in phases during
2005-2010.
·
The current BS-IV fuel with 50 ppm (parts per million) sulphur was
introduced in the year 2010 and it was to cover the entire country by 1-4-2017.
·
In 2016, the Govt. of India decided to meet international best
practices by leapfrogging directly from BS-IV to BS-VI norms by skipping BS-V
altogether by 1st April, 2020.
·
As
the technology for BS V is not very different, it was rightly decided to go
straight to BS VI grade fuels from BS IV.
·
As part of its focus on clean energy, the Ministry of Petroleum
& Natural Gas is actively promoting city gas distribution networks and
connecting major cities with “green highways,” which will have vehicles running
on CNG and LNG with adequate re-fuelling stations.
·
Lakhs of households are getting the benefits of piped natural gas
(PNG) supplies.
·
27.5 lakh vehicles in the country are benefiting from availability
of CNG.
·
So far, 80 cities / districts of 19 States/UTs have been covered
for development of PNG/CNG network.
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