CPCB opens new account to collect one pc environment cess

The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has opened a new account to collect one per cent environment cess from dealers selling diesel cars with engine capacity of 2000 CC and above in Delhi-NCR region following a directive from Supreme Court.
"Supreme Court has directed all manufacturers and dealers of Delhi-NCR, selling diesel cars with engine capacity of 2000 cc and above to pay one per cent Environment Protection Charge (one per cent of Ex-Showroom price of the vehicle).
"CPCB has been directed by Supreme Court to open a separate account for this purpose in a scheduled Public Sector Bank. Therefore, CPCB has opened an account for this purpose in Union Bank of India," an Environment Ministry statement said.

It said that the apex court's instructions came in the matter of M C Mehta vs UOI on Environment Protection Charge.
Mercedes-Benz, Toyota and other makers of high-end cars and SUVs on August 12 got a major relief from the Supreme Court which lifted its order banning registration of luxurious vehicles having engine capacity of 2000 cc and above in Delhi and NCR on payment of one per cent of the ex-showroom price of such automobiles as green cess.
While modifying its December 16, 2015 order banning registration of such vehicles in the national capital which was extended to NCR by its March 31, 2016 order, a bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur said the one per cent amount, charged as EPC, shall be paid to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) which will open a separate account with a scheduled public sector bank.