Green norms to be made more strict for industry: Javadekar
18 Sept 2014 4:59 AM IST
Expressing concern over rising industrial and vehicular pollution in the country, Environment minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday said he wanted to make green norms more stringent for the industry and strengthen regulations for diesel vehicles.
The minister, however, told the industry that the government would be ‘practical’ in its approach and business leaders would be consulted before framing any rules in this regard.
‘Last week only, we have made environment norms more stringent for the cement industry. I want to
do it in all industries in future. But there have to be rules. That makes the environment norms be more stringent,’ Javadekar said at the 9th Sustainable and Inclusive Solutions Summit organised by Confedaration of Indian Industries here. ‘We will go ahead with the rules and ensure 100 per cent compliance,’ he said.
Noting that vehicular pollution has more than doubled in the past two decades, the minister said the government was making ‘additional norms’ for vehicles to bring down carbon emission.
‘Why diesel norms are lower than the petrol norms?’ he asked, observing that the price difference between diesel and petrol has come down in the market-based mechanism.
‘Now we can also prepone the higher stringent norms for diesel vehicles also. We can do....we must do. I think that is the model for ensuring growth with sustainability,’ the environment minister said.
The minister, however, told the industry that the government would be ‘practical’ in its approach and business leaders would be consulted before framing any rules in this regard.
‘Last week only, we have made environment norms more stringent for the cement industry. I want to
do it in all industries in future. But there have to be rules. That makes the environment norms be more stringent,’ Javadekar said at the 9th Sustainable and Inclusive Solutions Summit organised by Confedaration of Indian Industries here. ‘We will go ahead with the rules and ensure 100 per cent compliance,’ he said.
Noting that vehicular pollution has more than doubled in the past two decades, the minister said the government was making ‘additional norms’ for vehicles to bring down carbon emission.
‘Why diesel norms are lower than the petrol norms?’ he asked, observing that the price difference between diesel and petrol has come down in the market-based mechanism.
‘Now we can also prepone the higher stringent norms for diesel vehicles also. We can do....we must do. I think that is the model for ensuring growth with sustainability,’ the environment minister said.
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