The Central government has extended deadline for applicability of new emission norms for construction equipment vehicles and tractors to 2021.
The new emission norms will now come into force from April 2021 and October 2021, respectively.
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has notified amendment to CMVR 1989, deferring the applicability date for implementing the next stage of emission norms for tractors (TREM Stage-IV) from October 2020 to 1 October 2021.
For the construction equipment vehicles, the norms will be applicable with effect from 1 April 2021, providing a deferment of six months.
The amendment also attempts to avoid confusion between emission norms of other motor vehicles which have BS as norms and those for agricultural machinery, construction equipment vehicles and such other equipment.
The amendment includes separate emission norms for agricultural machinery (agricultural tractors, power tillers and combined harvesters) and construction equipment vehicles.
There is also change in the nomenclature of emission norms from Bharat Stage (CEV/TREM)IV and Bharat Stage (CEV/TREM) V to TREM Stage-IV and TREM Stage-V for agricultural tractors and other equipment.