The government has asked the automobile manufactures to give detailed declarations about the emission and noise levels of their vehicles from 1st of April next year. <br/><br/>Road Transport Ministry has amended Form 22 under the Central Motor Vehicles Act, through which manufacturers provide the initial certificate of compliance with pollution standards, safety standards and road-worthiness certificate for all vehicles.<br/><br/>An official release said, the Form will be issued with the signature of the<br/>manufacturer.In caseof E-rickshaws and E-carts,it will be issued with the signature of an authorised signatory of registered E-rickshaw or E-cart association. <br/><br/>Earlier, Form 22 only certified that the vehicle in question complied with the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act and rules there under, including the relevant emission norms.The Form will include the brand, chassis number, engine number and emission norms – Bharat Stage. <br/><br/>The amended rules will apply to all vehicles run on petrol, CNG, LPG, electric, diesel and hybrid as well as E-rickshaws and E-carts.<br/><br/>In a bid to curb vehicular pollution, the government in January this year decided to implement stricter emission norms of Bharat Stage (BS) VI from April 1, 2020 by skipping BS-V altogether. At present, BS IV norms are followed in parts of India and<br/>by April 1, 2017, the whole of the country is scheduled to be covered under it.