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Carbon Credit Trading Scheme Expansion
January 30 , 2026
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- The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change notified Greenhouse Gas Emission Intensity targets for 208 additional high-emitting units.
- The notification brought four new sectors, namely Petroleum Refineries, Petrochemicals, Textiles and Secondary Aluminium, under the Carbon Credit Trading Scheme.
- With this inclusion, the total number of obligated entities under the scheme increased to 490.
- Earlier, Greenhouse Gas Emission Intensity targets were notified in October 2025 for the Aluminium, Cement, Chlor Alkali and Pulp and Paper sectors.
- The Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS) was notified in 2023 to operationalise the Indian Carbon Market.
- The scheme allows industries achieving excess emission reductions to earn Carbon Credit Certificates for trading.
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