{"id":55529,"date":"2025-09-29T20:48:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T15:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=55529"},"modified":"2025-09-30T14:45:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T09:15:13","slug":"new-draft-cafe-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/29-09-2025\/new-draft-cafe-rules","title":{"rendered":"New Draft CAFE Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS3\/Environment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>India has proposed to significantly revamp its <strong>key vehicle emissions rules,<\/strong> called the <strong>Corporate average fuel efficiency (CAFE) norms.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>India\u2019s Current CAFE Norms<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Bureau of Energy Efficiency<\/strong> introduced the <strong>CAFE norms in 2017 <\/strong>to regulate <strong>fuel consumption and carbon emissions from passenger vehicles.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>These norms apply to<\/strong> vehicles running on petrol, diesel, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), compressed natural gas (CNG), hybrids, and electric vehicles (EVs) weighing less than 3,500 kg.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The norms were tightened in the beginning of financial year 2022-23, with <strong>increased penalties for non-compliance.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>These norms are designed to <strong>reduce oil dependency and curb air pollution.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key Proposed Provisions:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Objectives of CAFE 3 Norms:\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Reduce fuel consumption and CO\u2082 emissions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Promote EVs, hybrids, and CNG vehicles.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide protection for small cars while aligning with global best practices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Applicability: <\/strong>Targets M1 category vehicles i.e. passenger cars with up to 9 seats (including driver) and max weight 3,500 kg.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>All manufacturers must comply with fuel efficiency &amp; CO\u2082 emission targets, else face penalties.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Efficiency Target: <\/strong>Each car company has a fuel efficiency target based on the average weight of its cars.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Heavier cars have a slightly higher target, lighter cars have a stricter target.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Small Cars:<\/strong> These norms offer additional exemptions to smaller cars up to 9 g CO\u2082\/km lower.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Goal: <\/strong>Revive the small car segment and make it easier for manufacturers to comply with emission rules.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Small cars have limited scope to improve fuel efficiency, and their sales have fallen sharply in recent years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Electric Vehicles: <\/strong>CAFE 3 norms propose to offer companies \u201csuper credits\u201d based on the type of vehicle they sell.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Each EV sold will be counted three times while calculating a company\u2019s average.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Relaxation on Fuel Type: <\/strong>The draft also carbon neutrality factor (CNF), which offers further relaxation on the targets based on the type of fuel used in a car.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Emission Pooling: <\/strong>Up to 3 manufacturers can form a pool to meet targets jointly.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pool is treated as one manufacturer; pool managers accountable for penalties.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Benefit:<\/strong> Strategic partnership reduces compliance cost and balances fleet emissions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>CAFE 3 norms aim to reduce fuel use and CO\u2082 emissions, encourage lighter and more efficient cars, support small cars and EVs, and allow collaboration among manufacturers to meet targets more easily.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-economics\/cafe-vehicular-pollution-check-rules-10274311\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>IE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Context<\/strong><\/p>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">India has proposed to significantly revamp its key vehicle emissions rules, called the Corporate average fuel efficiency (CAFE) norms.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>India\u2019s Current CAFE Norms<\/strong><\/p>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">The Bureau of Energy Efficiency introduced the CAFE norms in 2017 to regulate fuel consumption and carbon emissions from passenger vehicles.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">These norms apply to vehicles running on petrol, diesel, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), compressed natural gas (CNG), hybrids, and electric vehicles (EVs) weighing less than 3,500 kg.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">The norms were tightened in the beginning of financial year 2022-23, with increased penalties for non-compliance.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">These norms are designed to reduce oil dependency and curb air pollution.<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/29-09-2025\/new-draft-cafe-rules\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm float-end\">Read\u00a0More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55529"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55531,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55529\/revisions\/55531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}