{"id":260226,"date":"2023-09-15T20:06:32","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T14:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=260226"},"modified":"2023-09-15T20:06:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T14:36:32","slug":"fuel-for-thought-mr-gadkaris-statement-reflects-a-valid-policy-concern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/fuel-for-thought-mr-gadkaris-statement-reflects-a-valid-policy-concern\/","title":{"rendered":"Fuel for thought – Mr Gadkari\u2019s statement reflects a valid policy concern"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cFuel for thought –\u00a0Mr\u00a0Gadkari\u2019s statement reflects a valid policy concern<\/strong>\u201d published in Business Standard <\/strong>on\u00a015th<\/sup> September 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: GS 3 \u2013 Environment \u2013 Pollution<\/strong><\/p>\n

Relevance: <\/strong>Measures taken to reduce vehicular emission<\/strong><\/p>\n

News:<\/strong> The government is taking various measures to discourage the sale of diesel vehicles in order to control the mission.<\/p>\n

Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has also urged the automobile industry to move away from diesel vehicles, warning of increased taxes.<\/p>\n

What measures have been adopted by the government to discourage the use of diesel vehicles?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

First,<\/strong> it imposed a 28% GST rate on both diesel and petrol cars, with an additional 22% cess on sports utility vehicles (SUVs), making the total tax on such vehicles 50%.<\/p>\n

Second,<\/strong> the government’s fuel price reforms have reduced the price gap between diesel and petrol from around 16.78 rupees per liter to approximately 7.1 rupees per liter. As a result, the market share of diesel cars has decreased significantly from 48% to about 20%.<\/p>\n

Third,<\/strong> a committee recommended a ban on diesel four-wheelers in cities with over one million residents. However, it’s unclear if the government has accepted this proposal.<\/p>\n

Moreover, after the introduction of Bharat Stage-VI emission norms<\/strong>, major Indian automakers like Maruti, Hyundai, and Honda decided to halt diesel vehicle production.<\/p>\n

Must Read: <\/strong>Transport Minister mentions tax on diesel vehicles: Why is diesel under pressure?<\/strong><\/a> and <\/strong>Ban on diesel vehicles by 2027: Reasoning and Challenges \u2013 Explained<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

What more can be done to control the emission?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

India, the world’s third-largest carbon emitter<\/strong>, recognizes that road transportation, especially diesel vehicles, is a major source of emissions.<\/p>\n

Hence, to combat this,<\/strong> promoting the transition to biofuels or electric transport is crucial.\u00a0This shift may involve consumer-focused electric vehicle subsidies and rethinking green energy policies to reduce thermal energy reliance in the green revolution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cFuel for thought –\u00a0Mr\u00a0Gadkari\u2019s statement reflects a valid policy concern\u201d published in Business Standard on\u00a015th September 2023. Syllabus: GS 3 \u2013 Environment \u2013 Pollution Relevance: Measures taken to reduce vehicular emission News: The government is taking various measures to discourage the sale of diesel vehicles in order to… Continue reading Fuel for thought – Mr Gadkari\u2019s statement reflects a valid policy concern<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[10503,59,216],"class_list":["post-260226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-business-standard","tag-environment","tag-gs-paper-3","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260226\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}