new delhi ban on diesel vehicle is not going to achieve the desired objective of reducing pollution but will vilify diesel technology which has gone through a major transformation over the last 15 years and today is highly clean as well as energy efficient informed society of indian automobile manufacturers siam siam quoted the study conducted by iit kanpur which indicates that all types of passenger cars as a whole contribute to only 2 percent of the pm 25 pollution load in nct out of this 2 percent all diesel cars are estimated to contribute only 15 percent of the pm 25 pollution load further bsiv diesel cars contribute only 05 percent of pm 25 emissions advt according to siam a ban on bs iv diesel cars legally encourages old and highly polluting vehicles not meeting the current emission norms to continue plying on the road while not allowing new vehicles compliant with current emission norms to be used this is contra to the objective of the ban the industry body further said that such steps will result in a deep dent into the countrys global image as an investment destination and the make in india priority it further added all diesel cars being manufactured today are compliant to the current emission norms set by government of india compliant vehicles can never be considered as polluting and the polluter pays principle cannot be applied unless there is a violation of the notified emission norms the automotive industry has made significant investments in diesel technology which are in accordance with the investment policies of government as such putting any restrictions or bans on a legally compliant industry tantamount to an infringement of the fundamental right to do business in the country the auto industry with a total size of approximately rs 600000 crore contribute almost half of the manufacturing gdp of the country and employs more than 31 million persons direct and indirect according to governments automotive mission plan amp the auto industry has the potential to employ a further 65 million persons in the next 10 years the task before government now is to arrive at a unified stand on major policy issues like the diesel case and clarify the policy to the courts as well as globally etauto published on apr 29 2016 at 0636 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app pollution siam bsiv diesel technology particulate matter sc diesel ban homenewsindustryafter 15 years of transformation diesel is highly