Fuel efficiency standards for vehicles

(PTI) Government is trying to bring in relevant and solution-oriented regulations such as fuel efficiency standards for vehicles and market-based instruments such as the Perform-Achieve-Trade (PAT) scheme for energy efficiency, said Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh today."India needs more regulations and an effective system to implement them, and certainly not more regulators," the Minister said while speaking on ?Environmental Governance & Climate Regime? with the industry organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). The minister also said government was also trying to bring modifications to existing regulations such as the Coastal Regulatory Zone (CRZ) amendments, 2011. He said a new scheme would be launched tomorrow on a market-based instrument for air pollution in Tamil Nadu and Gujarat."This is based on research by MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and would focus on tradable permits for monitoring the quality of air," he said.