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Adhering to the self-assumed deadline, India on Saturday moved 100% to BS IV fuel standard. Starting April 1, around 53,500 petrol pumps run by the state-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs), apart from those run by private operators Reliance, Essar and BP, will sell the higher specification diesel and petrol across the country. The BS IV norms were announced in April 2010. However, the complete switchover has taken almost six years. During 2010-2014, only 63 cities across the country moved to BS IV but since then the work was sped up to meet the target of April 1, 2017. If India achieves to move to BS VI by April 2017, it will be using the highest specification of fuel standard available across the country as of today. India first notified emission norms first in 1991, followed by 1996 and 1999 when BS norms were first announced.