This document present as a notification by Central Government to amend the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 with the insertion of certain rules/emission standards for the emission of smoke and vapour from agriculture tractors, power tillers, construction equipment vehicles and combine harvesters driven by dual-fuel diesel with Compressed Natural Gas or Bio-Compressed Natural Gas or Liquefied Natural Gas engines.

This document is a revision to the guidelines & standards for charging infrastructure for the electric vehicle issued by this Ministry of Power on 14th December 2018.

This document is an amendment to the revised guidelines & standards for charging infrastructure for the electric vehicle issued by this Ministry of Power on 1st October 2019.

This part of IS 17017 (Part 1): 2018, applies to electric road vehicle (EV) supply equipment for charging electric road vehicles, with a rated supply voltage up to 1 000 V a.c. or up to 1 500 V d.c. and a rated output voltage up to 1 000 V a.c. or up to 1 500 V d.c. Electric road vehicles (EV) cover all road vehicles, including plug-in hybrid road vehicles (PHEV), that derive all or part of their energy from on-board rechargeable energy storage systems (RESS). This standard also applies to EV supply equipment supplied from on-site storage systems (for example, buffer batteries).

Government of India have taken multiple initiatives to promote manufacturing and adoption of electric vehicles in India. With the support of the government, Electric vehicles have started penetrating in the Indian Market. However, the availability of charging infrastructure is one of the key requirements for accelerated adoption of electric vehicles in India. It is proposed to encourage this by laying down an enabling framework.

This document containing a list of State Nodal Agencies under the provision of “Charging Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles-Guidelines and Standards" was issued by Ministry of Power on 14th December 2018.

This Indian Standard (Part 5) which is identical with ISO 15118-5: 2018 ‘Road vehicles — Vehicle to grid communication interface — Part 5: Physical layer and data link layer conformance test’ issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards on the recommendation of the Electrotechnology in Mobility Sectional Committee and approval of the Electrotechnical Division Council.

This Indian Standard (Part 8) which is identical with ISO 15118-8: 2018 ‘Road Vehicles — Vehicle to grid communication interface — Part 8: Physical layer and data link layer requirements for wireless communication’ issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards on the recommendation of the Electrotechnology in Mobility Sectional Committee and approval of the Electrotechnical Division Council.

The Central Government, through this notification, ordered Exemption to Battery Operated Transport Vehicles from Requirement of Permits on 18th October 2018.

This document, Central Motor Vehicles (10th Amendment) Rules, 2018, was issued by the Central Government in the exercise of the powers conferred by section 64 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988) with the insertion of the rules regarding Background colour of registration plates for Electric vehicles.