PUC Certificate must to buy fuel in New Delhi

PUC Certificate must to buy fuel in New Delhi: Relevance for UPSC Exam

General Studies III- Conservation, Environmental Pollution & Degradation, EIA

PUC Certificate must to buy fuel in New Delhi: In News

Motorists will not be able to buy fuel in Delhi without a valid Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificate from October 25.

What is PUC Certificate?

• The PUC certificate is a document that any person driving a motor vehicle can be asked to produce by a police officer in uniform authorized by the state government.
• These issue certificates if a vehicle is found complying with the prescribed emission norms.
• Since the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019 came into force, PUC certificate has been made mandatory.
• A PUC certificate contains information such as the vehicle’s license plate number, PUC test reading, date on which the PUC test was conducted and the expiry date.

PUC Certificate: Compliance Rules

• According to Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, every motor vehicle is required to carry a valid PUC Certificate after the expiry of period of one year from the date of its first registration.
• This includes those conforming to BS-I/ BS-II/ BS-III/BS-IV /BS-VI as well as vehicles plying on CNG/LPG.
• However, the validity of four-wheeled BS-IV compliant vehicles is one year and for other vehicles it is three months.

How is a pollution control check carried out?

• The computerized model for pollution check was developed by the Society of Indian Automobile manufacturers.
• A gas analyzer is connected to a computer, to which a camera and a printer are attached.
• The gas analyzer records the emission value and sends it to the computer directly, while the camera captures the license plate of the vehicle.
• Subsequently, a certificate may be issued if the emission values are within the limits.

PUC Certificate: Need

• Emissions from automobiles are major contributors to air pollution all over the world.
• The smoke emitted from vehicles contains the following pollutants:

1. Hydrocarbons (HC)
2. Carbon Monoxide (CO)
3. Oxides of Nitrogen (NO_x)
4. Particulate Matter (PM)
5. Sulphur Dioxide (SO₂)
6. Carbon Dioxide (CO₂)
7. Nitrous Oxide (N₂O)

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