India has been working on implementation of BSIV emission norms for construction and agricultural equipment. It has witnessed a sea change on its commitment to greener world and its work under the ambit of Paris Agreement on the climate change. This would of course have larger cost impact for all equipment manufacturers; however, the benefits of the greener initiatives for all beneficiaries outweigh such initial costs. In this article, Praveen Waychal brings the insight on the climate change, its impact on India and efforts towards greener technologies. He touches upon the implications from the perspective of construction and agriculture equipment manufacturers and their customers.

Every year as Diwali approaches, debate over the air quality of Indian cities gets heated up. More so, for Delhi which gets doubly affected due to the stubble-burning period in North India. While many healthy discussions on unhealthy air gets heated up, the primary reasons for this and cascading effects of it are churned out as less actionable areas. Look at Delhi city, when the Odd- Even formula for vehicular plying was adopted to handle the worsening air quality, media and what’s app was flooded with satire on such initiative. If we do not take this issue seriously now, in near future more and more cities need to become extremely creative and come out with the out of box thinking to combat this globally concerning issue. In addition, such initiatives may not be convenient to everyone to adopt.

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