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Mercedes-Benz unveiled India's first Bharat Stage BS-VI-compliant car produced at its Pune facility. The unveiling of this car was does in presence of Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari. On January 19, 2018, Mercedes-Benz also received certificate of compliance to the Central motor vehicles rule (CMVR) from the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) for its BS-VI-compliant car. In context of this news, it is to be noted that in October 2016, Indian Government decided to skip one stage and migrate to BS-VI directly from BS-IV from April 2020.