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Bharat New Car Assessment Program (Bharat-NCAP)

Context:

  • Recently, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari approved a Draft GSR (general statutory rules) Notification seeking comments on a proposal to introduce the Bharat New Car Assessment Program (Bharat-NCAP).

About:

  • The New Car Assessment Programs (NCAP), which are based on a set of standard criteria and practises, offer trustworthy information regarding a vehicle’s crash safety.
  • This therefore aids in the establishment of automobiles in foreign markets.
  • Based on factors including Adult Occupant Protection (AOP), Child Occupant Protection (COP), and Safety Assist Technologies, Bharat NCAP would assign vehicles between one and five stars (SAT).

What are the advantages?

  • The tests done under Bharat New Car Assessment Program will increase the export-worthiness of vehicles.
  • And also it will instill competition on safety parameters among manufacturers.
  • As a result of which, it will boost the consumer confidence which will lead to increase in sales.
What is the purpose behind it?
  • Based on a set of standard criteria and practices, New Car Assessment Programs (NCAPs) offer trustworthy information regarding the crash safety of a vehicle on a global scale.
  • This therefore aids in the establishment of automobiles in foreign markets.
  • They differ from country-specific motor standards in that the latter limit their evaluations to a vehicle’s roadworthiness and do not always consider how well it would protect its occupants in an accident.
  • However, a car’s NCAP score of 0 cannot bar it from being sold anywhere.
  • Global NCAP is a standardized platform establishing cooperation and coordination among NCAPs internationally whereas regional NCAPs take into account specific local conditions. 

 

             Source The Hindu