This comes a day after Mercedes-Benz India moved the Supreme Court to overthrow the order to ban the registration of all the diesel cars in the national capital and NCR region.

A year ago, carmakers in India were readying to go full throttle, helped by falling fuel prices, easing inflation and softening interest rates.

To reduce vehicular pollution across the country, the Government has taken proactive steps to promote environment friendly vehicles which are innovative, ushering in proactive use of natural resour

The order is effective immediately and the NGT has also asked the Delhi RTO to share data of the vehicles that'll be de-registered.

The carmaker is also expected to announce a settlement with states, including New York, for about $400 million

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"The government is not planning to hike bus fares as of now. We are also considering to give concession for students up to Class XII in the KSRTC buses," he added.