pune citybased automotive research association of india arai on thursday said volkswagen group india will submit its emission fix plans to the research agency in the next 23 days the auto company will submit its action plan in the next two days it will basically involve modelbymodel changes that the company plans to impose said rashmi urdhwareshe director of arai once the emission action plan is submitted to arai the agency will test it and validate the changes a process that is likely to take a months time then arai will share the findings with the ministry of heavy industries which if convinced will allow volkswagen to begin recall of its vehicles in december last year the automaker had agreed to recall 323700 diesel cars sold under its skoda and audi brands in india that are equipped with ea 189 diesel engines we suggested that they go by pareto principle the maximum affected models be rectified first and then the lesser affected vehicles urdhwareshe added if this is followed then like europe the automaker will propose a stepbystep approach to fix vehicles the higher capacity diesel engines will be fixed first arai in its onroad tests had found that certain cars emit as much as nine times more nitrogen oxide than lab specifications it will be only by midmarch that one would know if arai has approved the plans or suggested further changes it may be noted that the united states and south korea have found the automakers initial fix plan proposals in their respective countries to be ineffective germany on the other hand approved the companys emission fix plan for one of the dieselengine model sold in the country also the company has to assure the authorities that none of its vehicles that continue to be sold are fitted with the defeat device the company has however said its vehicles sold in india are not equipped with the defeat device even as it recalled the vehicles to be in line with latest technical updates the next hearing on the issue by the delhibased national green tribunal is slated on february 4