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Delhi Seeks Innovation and Supreme Court Review to Revise Vehicle Age Bans

Launching a Rs 50 lakh retrofit challenge, the government has asked departments to study end-of-life rules ahead of a July 28 Supreme Court hearing on BS-VI exemptions

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Overview

  • The Supreme Court has scheduled a July 28 hearing on an appeal to let BS-VI compliant vehicles operate in Delhi-NCR regardless of a 2015 age-based end-of-life ban.
  • The Delhi government has instructed its transport and environment departments to analyze over-age vehicle guidelines, public impact and air quality effects for a possible review petition in the Supreme Court.
  • Environment minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa announced a Rs 50 lakh innovation challenge to retrofit BS-IV trucks to BS-VI standards, offering Rs 5 lakh seed grants and certification by the National Physical Laboratory.
  • The retrofit competition prioritizes low-cost, easy-to-maintain solutions aimed at halving PM2.5 and PM10 emissions from older heavy vehicles.
  • Parallel research on converting diesel cars to electric vehicles is underway as part of a broader shift from enforcement-only measures to technology-driven pollution control.