• What? Greenhouse Gas Emission Intensity (GEI) targets notified
• Who? MoEFCC
• Scheme: Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS)
• New Sectors Covered: Petroleum refineries, Petrochemicals, Textiles, Secondary Aluminium
• New Obligated Entities: 208 (Total: 490)
• Alignment:  Net-Zero by 2070

Additional Carbon-Intensive sectors: 
Newly Included sectors: The GEI targets apply to four additional high-emission sectors, including Petroleum refineries, petrochemicals, textiles, and secondary aluminium, covering 208 entities.

• These sectors now fall under the Compliance Mechanism of the Indian Carbon Market (ICM).
• Secondary aluminium refers to aluminium produced from recycled scrap rather than primary ore.

Expanded Coverage: With the latest inclusion, the compliance framework has expanded from 282 to 490 obligated entities across India’s most emission-intensive industries.
Obligated Entities: These industries are emission-intensive entities mandated to comply with the GEI targets under the Compliance Mechanism of the CCTS.
About GEI Targets: 
Overview: GEI targets specify the amount of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions per unit of output that an industry is allowed to emit. It creates a market-based incentive for industries to reduce emissions efficiently.
Emission Reduction: Each entity must reduce its emission intensity to meet the prescribed level. The entities performing better than their targets earn Carbon Credit Certificates (CCCs).

• The entities failing to meet targets must buy these certificates from the market.

Earlier Notification: The first set of GEI targets was issued in October 2025 for the Aluminium(Al), Cement, Chlor-Alkali, and Pulp & Paper sectors, covering 282 entities.
About Carbon Credit Trading Scheme(CCTS):
Overview: It was notified in 2023, with an aim to reduce or avoid GHG emissions across the Indian economy by putting a price on carbon through a trading system.
Mechanisms: The CCTS operates through two mechanisms.

• Compliance Mechanism, which is mandatory for emission-intensive sectors.
• Offset Mechanism, which allows voluntary emission reduction projects to generate tradable carbon credits.

Alignment: The scheme aligns with the GoI’s goal of net-zero emissions by 2070.
About Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC):
Union Minister – Bhupender Yadav (Constituency – Alwar, Rajasthan)
Minister of State (MoS) – Kirti Vardhan Singh (Constituency – Gonda, Uttar Pradesh, UP)