New Delhi, April 28 : The Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum & Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply today that Government had constituted an Expert Committee under the Chairmanship of Shri Soumitra Choudhuri, Member, Planning Commission, to draft Auto Fuel Vision and Policy 2025 with the following Terms of Reference:-
(i) Recommend road map for auto fuel quality till 2025 for the country, taking into account the achievement under the last Auto Fuel Policy, emission reduction of in-use vehicles, growth of vehicles and supply and availability of fuels.
(ii) Recommend suitable mix of auto fuels including gas and its specifications, considering the following:
a) Availability of infrastructure and logistics of fuel supplies, b) The processing economics of Auto fuels, and c) Improvement in the quality of fuel vis-à-vis improvement in vehicle engine technology.
(iii) Recommend vehicular emission norms for various categories of vehicles and roadmap for their implementation.
(iv) Recommend use of alternate fuels to minimize impact on environment.
(v) Recommend fiscal measures for funding requisite upgradation of Oil Refineries, logistics and removal of Inter-fuel distortions.
The Committee has submitted its Report to the Government. The Committee has made various recommendations including a Roadmap for phased introduction of BS-IV and BS-V Auto Fuels in the entire country.
