The Centre has notified the first legally binding Greenhouse Gas Emission Intensity (GEI) Target Rules, 2025, for four high-emission sectors—aluminium, cement, chlor-alkali, and pulp and paper.

The Rules set targets on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per unit of product output—for example, the gases released in the production of a tonne of cement or aluminium. Industries will earn carbon credits in lieu of meeting emissions targets, while those that fail to do so will have to buy credits or pay environmental compensation.

While the Rules were initially proposed through a draft notification in April, the emission targets were notified by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on October 8.

The Rules will help operationalise the country’s domestic carbon market under the Ca

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