Government notifies Greenhouse Gas Emission Intensity Targets for 208 more Carbon-intensive Industries

• Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) notified GEI targets on 13.01.2026 for 4 new sectors — Petroleum Refineries, Petrochemicals, Textiles, Secondary Aluminium — under the Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS).
• Adds 208 obligated entities, taking the total compliance universe of the Indian Carbon Market (ICM) to 490 entities.
• Operationalises India's first compliance carbon market, central to meeting Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement.