The government today decided to implement Bharat Stage, BS VI emission norms from 1st of April 2020 by skipping BS-V altogether in a bid to curb vehicular pollution. Bharat stage are emission standards instituted by the Government to regulate the output of air pollutants from internal combustion engine equipment including motor vehicles. <br/><br/>At present, BS-IV auto fuels are being supplied in whole of northern India covering Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, parts of Rajasthan and western UP. The remaining parts of the country are scheduled to be covered under it by April 1, 2017. <br/><br/>Talking to reporters in New Delhi, Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said, earlier the government had decided to implement the BS VI norms by 2021 but now it is being advanced by one year. He said, due to the revised norms the Petroleum Ministry will have to incur an expenditure of 30 thousand crore rupees on reforming the oil refineries.<br/><br/>The decision to shift directly from BS-IV to BS-VI Emission norm was taken at an inter-ministerial meeting chaired by Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari. The meeting was attended by Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Heavy Industries Minister Anant Geete and Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar.