The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways on 1st July 2022, notified the Central Motor Vehicles (Draft Amendment) Rules, 2022 through which it has amended the Rule 115 G of the Central Motor Vehicle Rules(CMVR) 1989, to include compliance with Fuel Consumption Standards ( FCS), for light, medium and heavy duty motor vehicles of various categories, manufactured in, or imported by, India. The continued compliance to FCS shall be verified as per the procedure of Conformity of Production, outlined in Automotive Industry Standard 149.
Every manufacturer or importer of M2, M3 and N2 vehicle category, except Tippers, with gross vehicle weight between three and a half tonnes (3.5 T) and twelve tonnes (12.0 T), manufactured or imported for sale in India, shall, on and from the 1st day of April, 2023, be tested for Constant Speed Fuel Consumption standard and comply with the Fuel consumption target, as notified under the Energy Conservation Act, 2001.
Earlier, the compliance with Annual fuel consumption standard was limited to motor vehicles of M1 category (motor vehicle used for carriage of passengers, comprising not more than 8 seats, in addition to the driver’s seat) with Gross Vehicle weight (GVW) up to 3.5 tonnes. The aim of this notification is to expand the ambit of vehicles for compliance with FCS, and hence introduce more fuel efficient vehicles.
The Ministry has invited Objections/suggestions from the public on these draft rules, which shall be addressed to the Joint Secretary (MVL, Transport & Toll), email: comments-morth@gov.in, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Transport Bhawan, Parliament Street, New Delhi-110 001 within 30 days.
