The Union Government has issued a draft notification for separate emission norms for agriculture machinery and construction equipment vehicles. The notification also suggested changing the nomenclature of emission norms from Bharat Stage to TREM Stage for agriculture machinery and CEV Stage for construction equipment vehicles, to avoid any confusion between the emission norms of other motor vehicles which has BS as norms.

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has invited suggestions and comments from public and all the stakeholders on a draft notification proposing to amend CMVR 1989 through GSR 491(E) dated August 5, 2020 to separate the emission norms for agricultural machinery (agricultural tractors, power tillers and combined harvesters) and construction equipment vehicles and change the nomenclature of emission norms from Bharat Stage (CEV/TREM)-IV and Bharat Stage (CEV/TREM)-V to TREM Stage-IV and TREM Stage-V for agricultural tractors and other  equipment, and CEV Stage-IV and CEV Stage-V for the construction equipment vehicles.

Earlier, the Ministry of Agriculture, tractor manufacturers and agriculture associations had requested to provide some more time in implementing the next stage of emission norms for tractors (TREM Stage-IV) applicable with effect from October 1, 2020. Considering the request, the same has been proposed to be deferred to October 1, 2021.  Also for the construction equipment vehicles, the applicability of the next phase of emission norms is proposed to be applicable with effect from April 1, 2021 providing a deferment of six months, according to an MoRTH statement.