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India announced last
February that it would
leapfrog from the current
Bharat Stage IV (BS IV)
emissions standards, to
BS VI, which is equivalent
to Euro VI, by 2020. Fuel
quality standards have
also been laid down which
are near equivalent to
Euro VI, with certain re-
laxations deemed neces-
sary to meet fuel volume
demands, and taking into
account what is achiev-
able by 2020. During F+L
Week 2016, SSV Rama-
kumar, who was recently
appointed executive
director of Indian Oil
Corp.'s (IOC) R&D Centre,
delivered a presentation
on the shared task ahead
of India’s two largest GDP
contributors, the oil and
auto industries.
Citing data from the
Global Burden of Disease
database, he noted that
outdoor pollution is the
fifth largest killer in India.
So the cause of this “very
bold decision” is no mys-
tery, he said.
Ramakumar outlined
the timeline for India to
reach this goal. BS IV
has already been imple-
mented in 50 major cities
in India, but the rest of
the country is one step
behind.
“This dichotomy is going
to end” in April 2017, when
BS IV compliance for both
fuels and emissions will
be mandatory nationwide.
This also coincides with
今年二月份，印度宣布将在
2020年把现行的Bharat Stage
IV（BS IV，相当于欧四标
准）跳级升级到Bharat Stage
VI（BS VI，相当于欧六标准）
。燃料质量标准已确定，大致
相当于欧六，但为了适应燃料
供应量需求，及2020年实现的
可行性，放松了部分要求。在
F+L周期间，新近被任命为印度
石油公司（IOC）研发中心执行
总监的SSV Ramakumar发表了
演讲，谈了印度的石油和汽车
行业，这两大GDP贡献者的共
同任务。
India’s steep path to Euro VI
equivalence in 2020
BY ALISON GAINES
印度将在2020年实现欧六相当标准
