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India Notifies First Emission Intensity Targets For Carbon-Intensive Sectors

According to the notification, each facility must reduce the amount of greenhouse gases emitted per unit of output compared to a 2023-24 baseline.

New Delhi: The government has notified the Greenhouse Gases Emission Intensity Target Rules, 2025, setting India's first legally binding emission reduction targets for carbon-heavy industries.

The notification, issued by the environment ministry on October 8 after considering all suggestions and objections received on the draft rules published on April 16, requires 282 industrial units across the aluminium, cement, pulp and paper and chlor-alkali sectors to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions per unit of output (emission intensity) fr

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