Need 5 Years To Phase Out Diesel, BPOs Hit Hard: Centre To SC

The central government moved the Supreme Court Thursday seeking a relaxation on the ban on diesel-run taxis in Delhi-NCR, and argued that the crackdown will impact the BPO industry, which uses diesel taxis to ferry employees and earns the country billions of dollars every year. Pleading for a gradual phase-out of taxis over a period of five years, Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar told a bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur that if call centres decided to move out due to the Delhi-NCR ban, it would cost the economy $1.2 billion (approximately Rs 7,975.25 crore). - See more