Indian Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS) — compliance mechanism
India's CCTS is an intensity-based baseline-and-credit compliance scheme established under the amended Energy Conservation Act. Legally binding greenhouse gas emission intensity targets were notified for four sectors on 8 October 2025 and for three more on 16 January 2026, covering about 490 entities for the 2025–26 and 2026–27 compliance years.
Legal reference Energy Conservation Act, 2001 (amended 2022); Carbon Credit Trading Scheme, 2023 (S.O. 2825(E), 28 June 2023); Greenhouse Gases Emission Intensity Target Rules, 2025 (under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986)
Checked against International Carbon Action Partnership (ICAP) · 4 Oct 2026