Abstract
India has been progressing steadily since last two decades in terms of affordability of commodity and purchasing power of the common man. This has given rise to demand which leads to the continuous economic growth. Of course, support from the Government of India as well as various state Governments has come in the form of reforms and infrastructure funding. However this growth has also seen the disadvantage of erratic consumption by wealthy persons as compared to the economically weaker sections, for example on one side there is heavy demand of passenger cars by the higher income group who uses it sparingly but on the other side people of the lower income group who are more in numbers have to rely on public transport. This imbalance creates a wider gap between public affordability to consume a particular commodity like passenger cars. On one side there are persons who buy the latest model introduced by the manufacturer in spite of having sufficient numbers at their disposal and on the other side basic lowest level model are out of reach of some persons in the society, who rely on two-wheeler or public transport which is not reliable.
 This has not only created a huge gap in public expenditure but has also impact the environment. With year on year increase in number of vehicles in tier 2 cities like Bhopal, there is tremendous influence on the carbon dioxide (CO2) in and around the city. Past decade saw increase in maximum temperatures during summer rise by 3 – 4 degrees above normal in Bhopal and there is clear effect on the monsoon pattern too which has become inconsistent with rains reaching 120 mm in three days. Earlier this quantity was spread over a month. The last major season of winter is seen getting reduced to two months only from the earlier four, again with temperatures dropping suddenly below normal etc. This effect must be the result of increasing number of passenger vehicles in the city apart from other factors which also need detailed study for their influence.
Highlights
In the last three decades, India has seen tremendous growth and its consumption of resources have increased rapidly, in terms of metals, fossil fuels and biomass
Considering the data published by Ministry of Statistics and program Implementation (MOSPI), based on which the carbon dioxide emissions are being estimated for the present period as well as prediction for the five years the total number of Vehicles for Bhopal city added in FY 2017 – 2018 will be 1.3 million (13.09 Lac) and for FY 2018 – 2019 it will be 1.1 million (11.50 Lac), out of which 82480 and 72511 are passenger cars respectively
The average CO2 emission in present day of 1265 metric ton per day is already very huge, leave apart the increase in five years and this figure is accounted for passenger cars only, if all the Motor Vehicles and commercial Vehicles are accounted, this figure will definitely cross limits of standard set under the Bharat standards for emission and Fuel quality
Summary
In the last three decades, India has seen tremendous growth and its consumption of resources have increased rapidly, in terms of metals, fossil fuels and biomass. The Global economic rise has affected India which saw almost 8% growth in the past decade with employment requiring skilled manpower increasing This demand created rise in payment levels too. People here believe in show off more rather than necessity and this leads to more number of vehicles in one household than useful plus the high end luxury cars for showoff. These are the people belonging to the rich category who boast off spending more than Rs. 7700.00 per day. Countries witnessing strong growth in diesel vehicle numbers like India and China need to adopt black carbon emission control strategies at the earliest. Graph 1: (Number of Vehicles checked versus Number of Vehicles found to emit excess pollutants)
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