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  The new BS-6 (Bharat Stage-6) regulation by the Indian Government is aimed to combat the ever-increasing air pollution in the country. This regulation will be applicable from April 1, 2020. The new BS-6 ready vehicles will release a significantly lower volume of harmful gases with the help of BS-6 grade fuel. Now the question that arises, is this applicable on petrol and diesel vehicles both or are their certain exceptions? The answer is yes, this norm is applicable to both diesel and petrol vehicles. One of the major changes that this new stage makes is the reduction of sulphur being used in the fuel as well as the sulfurous gases being released from the exhaust. Since these gases are pumped out from all vehicles, it will be applicable to all of them, diesel or petrol, two-wheelers or four. The permitted emission of the sulfurous particles is now 10ppm (10 parts per million). This is in line with the Euro-6 emission that is the norm in European Union (EU). A reduced sulphur trac...

BS (Bharat Stage) emission standard is the standard that is prescribed by the Indian government for the automobile manufacturers to adhere to. As per this standard, the exhaust of the vehicle can only emit certain harmful gases to a limit, in order to keep the damage done to the environment as low as possible. The list of the gases that are monitored vary with each stage of the standard and sometimes even include the amount of Oxygen from the exhaust. Currently, the BS in practice is BS-4 and its successor BS-6 is to be applicable from April 1, 2020. Beyond this final date, vehicles that are built with BS-4 compatibility will no longer be able to register. The upcoming BS-6 is substantially better than its predecessor since the BS-5 is being skipped altogether. A vital difference between BS-6 and BS-4 is that BS-6 contains five times fewer sulphur traces, which means that less amount of sulphur dioxide (SO2) which is a major pollutant. Sulphur Dioxide is not only harmful to the environ...