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What was the primary environmental justification for India skipping the Bharat Stage V (BS-V) emission norms and leaping directly from BS-IV to BS-VI?
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- 1BS-V exhaust treatment technologies were fundamentally incompatible with the atmospheric conditions of the Indian subcontinent
- 2BS-V norms required fuels with a significantly higher octane rating than refinery capacities allowed
- 3The Supreme Court mandated strict global alignment with European timelines
- 4BS-VI norms enforced a drastic reduction in fuel sulfur content (down to 10 ppm) compared to BS-IV✓
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BS-VI norms enforced a drastic reduction in fuel sulfur content (down to 10 ppm) compared to BS-IV
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