Safety first: the Indian government has mandated dual airbags for all passenger vehicles.

Key sentence: 

• The new rule would improve safety in entry-level Indian vehicles, which currently lack dual front-seat airbags.
• In India, the addition of a new airbag would have a direct impact on the price of lower-segment vehicles.

In an offer to advance traveller wellbeing in vehicles, the Indian government has reported the obligatory arrangement of double airbags (first line) on the whole vehicles fabricated and marketed in India.

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways made the announcement:

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways created the most recent declaration in a journal notice. According to the standard, all the new traveller vehicles in India should accompany double front airbags as standard fitment. 

The standard will be material for all vehicles fabricated in the Indian market beginning from April 1, 2021. Simultaneously, the cutoff time is August 31, 2021, for the current vehicles. 

According to a tweet by The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways:

“It has been commanded that the vehicles fabricated on and after the First Day of April 2021, on account of new models, and 31st day of August 2021, on account of existing models, will be fitted with airbag for the individual involving the front seat, other than the driver,” tweeted The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. 

As per the transport ministry latest notification:

According to the most recent notice given by the vehicle service, the new command is additionally founded on the Supreme Court Committee’s ideas on street well-being. 

The notice adds that the airbags should satisfy the AIS 145 guideline under the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) particulars. 

As a senior government official stated:

A senior government official revealed to Hindustan Times’ sister distribution Mint that the vehicle service is talking about the standard well-being measures under India’s vehicles. 

“We arrived at the resolution that airbags for co-traveller on the front seat ought to likewise kick in,” the authority said. 

The new mandate will surely promote safety:

Abandons saying, while the new order will undoubtedly advance security in Indian vehicles, this will likewise raise costs of the base variations of section level vehicles that presently just element a solitary airbag for the driver.