Sudhir Singhal from the Indian Institute of Petroleum presented on the topics of automotive emissions and fuel quality in India. He discussed vehicle and fuel statistics in India, initiatives taken to reduce emissions and improve fuel quality, current emission and fuel standards, and comparisons to European standards. Estimates of emission reductions from tightened standards from 2000-2002 showed reductions of thousands of tonnes of CO, HC and NOx. Fuel quality was also improving but still lagged European standards in some areas like sulfur content. More improvements were still needed to reduce air pollution in India.