Compulsory Vehicle Mileage Star-Ratings by the End of the Year

The Centre is planning to display tamper proof stickers displaying fuel-efficiency related star-ratings on all cars.

The government is planning to display tamper-proof stickers mentioning fuel-efficiency star-ratings on all cars.

The government is planning to display tamper proof stickers mentioning star-ratings on all cars. The Times of India has reported that the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has issued a draft notification specifying the design and shape of the star-rating stickers that will be placed on the windows of vehicles. Sources said these will be put up by manufacturers, to end any confusion and to prevent any scope of dealers claiming that they have no better fuel-efficient vehicles available with them.

Though the draft notification mentions that every manufactured or imported vehicle carrying less than nine persons including the driver shall affix the fuel economy star rating (FESR), it will roll out by September or October. We are resolving some minor issues with all the stakeholders.

Road Transport Ministry Official

That report said that the government has worked out a formula for calculating the mileage according to the quantity of fuel consumed by a car over a distance of 100 kilometres and it is also linked to the vehicle’s weight. It added that the rating will range from 5 stars ( 100km per 7lt) to 1 star (100km pe 12lt).

The transport ministry has also set the deadline for implementation of the energy consumption standard, which was notified by the power ministry in April 2015.