MINISTRY OF POWER NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 30th January, 2014

S.O. 290 (E). —In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (a) and (b) of section 14 and section 18 of the Energy Conservation Act, 2001 (52 of 2001), the Central Government in consultation with the Bureau of Energy Efficiency, hereby specifies energy consumption standard for the motor vehicle of petrol or diesel or liquefied petroleum gas or compressed natural gas, used for the carriage of passengers and their luggage and comprising not more than nine seats including driver’s seat, and of Gross Vehicle Weight not exceeding 3,500 kilogram tested on chassis dynamometer (hereinafter referred to as the said motor vehicle) for the purpose of manufacturing or importing for sale of the said category of motor vehicles, namely:—

1. (1) Each manufacturer of the said motor vehicles shall comply with energy consumption standard in terms of Average Fuel Consumption Standards as provided below:—

(i)          “The Average Fuel Consumption Standard = a x (W-b) + c Where,

a         = Constant Multiplier

 Average Fuel Consumption Standard = Average Fuel Consumption Standard of manufacturer in petrol equivalent liter per 100 kilometer;

b     = Fixed Constant; c      = Fixed Constant;

W       = Weighted average of unladen mass in kilogram (kg) of all new said      motor vehicle, manufactured or imported for sale by the manufacturer;

(ii)        the constant multiplier and the fixed constants shall be determined from the following Table 1.1 and Table 1.2 depending upon the year of manufacturing or import of the said motor vehicle in India, namely:—

Table 1.1

(for fiscal years 2016-17 to 2020-21)

 Table 1.2 

(fiscal year 2021-22 onwards) 

(iii)       where weighted average Unladen Mass (W) for a manufacturer is calculated as per the following formula:- 

W = ∑Ni Wi / ∑ Ni

Where, 

Ni          = Number of the said motor manufactured or imported for sale in India of a model i in the respective fiscal year; Wi     = Unladen mass in kilogram of a model i in the respective fiscal year.”

(2)             The Central Government may, by notification, in consultation with the Bureau of Energy Efficiency revise the value of ‘b’ as specified in Table 1.2 provided the average unladen mass of all the vehicles manufactured or imported during the calendar year 1st January, 2016 to 31st December, 2016 is less than 1145 kilogram, in which case the average unladen mass of all the vehicles in the said period will be the value of ‘b’.

(3)             The Average of Actual Fuel Consumption shall be determined as per the following procedure:— 

(i)          Average of Actual Fuel Consumption in petrol equivalent liter per 100 kilometer for a manufacturer is the weighted average fuel consumption of all the said motor vehicles , manufactured or imported in a fiscal year and shall be determined as per the following formula:—

Average of Actual Fuel Consumption = ∑NiFCi / ∑Ni

 Where,

 Ni      = Number of vehicles manufactured or imported for sale of a model i, 

FCi    = Petrol equivalent fuel consumption in liter per 100 kilometer of a model i; 

(ii)        the Fuel Consumption (FC) in liter per 100 kilometer of every model shall be determined as per the following formula derived from the procedure for Details of Standards for Tailpipe Emissions from Petrol, Diesel, Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Engine Vehicles and Test Procedure as specified under the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989.

(a) the actual fuel consumption of every model in terms of the liter per 100 kilometer (in the case of petrol, LPG or diesel) and in cubic meter per 100 kilometer in the case of CNG shall be calculated by the following formulae:

Where, 

CO2 = the measured emission of carbon dioxide in gram per kilometer; 

(b) the actual fuel consumption in petrol equivalent for diesel, LPG and CNG motor vehicles shall be obtained by multiplying the actual fuel consumption referred to in (a) above with the conversion factors specified below:—