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Refineries, textiles, petrochemicals join India’s carbon compliance scheme
Refineries, textiles, petrochemicals join India’s carbon compliance scheme
New Delhi: The government has widened the scope of the Indian carbon market by setting greenhouse gas emission intensity (GEI) targets for 208 more carbon-intensive industrial units. The move brings more industries under the country's carbon compliance framework.
A notification issued on 13 January brings petroleum refineries, petrochemicals, textiles and secondary aluminium under the compliance mechanism of the Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS), requiring them to meet emission targets or buy carbon credits to offset excess emissions.
With this latest inclusion, a total of 490 obligated entities across the country's most emission-intensive sectors are now covered under the compliance framework of the Indian carbon market. Earlier in October 2025, the government had notified GEI targets for 282 obligated entities in aluminium, cement, chlor-alkali and pulp & paper sectors.
"Bringing petroleum, petrochemicals, textiles and secondary aluminium under compliance mechanism of Indian carbon market marks a decisive shift from voluntary climate action to accountable, economy-wide decarbonisation. This is no longer about a few early movers, it is about embedding carbon efficiency into the core of India's industrial growth," said Manish Dabkara, chairman and managing director, EKI Energy Services, and president, Carbon Markets Association of India.
By expanding GEI targets to 490 of the country's most emission-intensive entities, India is signalling that carbon performance will now shape competitiveness, capital access and long-term resilience. The real test ahead will be execution, data integrity and market discipline but this framework gives India the architecture to deliver, he added.
The Carbon Credit Trading Scheme, notified in 2023, provides an overarching framework for the functioning of the country's carbon market. The scheme aims to reduce or avoid greenhouse gas emissions across various sectors of the Indian economy by assigning a price to emissions through a market-based carbon credit trading mechanism.
The CCTS functions through two routes — the compliance mechanism and the offset mechanism. Under the compliance mechanism, designated emission-intensive industries, known as obligated entities, are required to achieve prescribed GEI reduction targets. Entities that exceed their targets are awarded Carbon Credit Certificates, which can be sold to entities that fall short of their mandated goals.
According to experts, the notification on GEI targets for carbon intensive sectors is a timely and meaningful action to accelerate India's journey towards net zero. Compliance will compel industries to adopt measurable and reliable pathways for emission reduction.
"On-site renewables, high performance HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning), and battery energy storage systems can directly cut both emissions and costs. For early adopters, the transition shall not only be about compliance, but building long-term resilience and increasing their global competitiveness. Efficiency upgrades, electrification, and smarter energy management will be the way forward," said Piyush Goyal, co-founder and chief executive officer, Volks Energie.
Volks Energie provides integrated energy solutions, specializing in solar power (installation, design, maintenance) and HVAC systems.
Sustained engagement
According to the government, the expansion of sectoral coverage reflects sustained engagement with industry, detailed technical assessments and coordinated efforts among institutions and stakeholders. As the compliance mechanism widens and matures, the Indian carbon market is expected to play a key role in balancing industrial growth with India's long-term climate commitments and its net-zero emissions pathway.The offset mechanism in the CCTS is a voluntary system for non-obligated entities (those not directly regulated by CCTS targets) to earn carbon credit certificates by developing projects that reduce, avoid, or remove greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It incentivizes projects in areas like renewables, energy efficiency, and afforestation, allowing businesses to generate revenue from verified emission reductions, contributing to India's net-zero goals, and promoting sustainable development.
India has set a net-zero target for 2070, aiming to balance greenhouse gas emissions with removals so that overall emissions are neutral.
Source: LiveMint
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