The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways on 31st March, 2022 has issued the Central Motor Vehicles (Seventh Amendment) Rules, 2022. The amendment provides that every manufacturer or importer of M1 motor vehicles which are type approved under rule 126, with at least four wheels, other than quadricycles, used for 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 kilograms, manufactured or imported for sale in India, shall on and from the 1st day of April, 2017, comply with the Average Fuel consumption Standard, notified under the Energy Conservation Act, 2001 amended from time to time.
