in a laudable move, the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers' ( siam ) has for the first time introduced a roadmap for implementation of emission norms.

At a press conference on April 11, siam declared that the two-wheeler industry had made remarkable strides in technology. However, it maintained that there was scope to improve further by one notch in 2005 over the current India 2000 norms. "Thereafter, we would need to undertake a technical feasibility study to assess if further improvements are possible,' said N V Iyer, chairperson of siam 's two- and three-wheeler division.

The confidence projected by siam that the emission norms met by the Indian two-wheeler industry were among the most stringent in the world is, however, not entirely correct. Especially since it remains unaware that Switzerland