Air pollution is one of the most pressing issues facing the world today... According to the United Nations, nine out of 10 people on the planet are now breathing polluted air. This has led to a growing global health crisis, causing about 7 million deaths per year, as per the World Health Organization. Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar announced last week that BS-VI emission norms will be implemented from next year, and this will drastically reduce vehicular pollution.

In order to comply with the BS VI norms, the vehicle manufacturers need to move to the new technology to make vehicles compliant with BS VI standards...

Today in IN DEPTH, we try and understand what are BS VI norms? How are they different from the BS IV standards? And how will they reduce vehicular pollution in the country?

Anchor - Teena Jha