Carbon credit projects in India
Registry records list 1,903 carbon credit projects in India, the largest group renewable energy. Together they have issued 409,690,880 tonnes and retired 252,544,509.
Key figures
Projects
1,903
Registries
4
Credits issued
409,690,880 t
Credits retired
252,544,509 t
Source: Registry records · Data as of 1 June 2026
By registry
- Verra 1,174
- Gold Standard 713
- Isometric 12
- Cercarbono 4
By category
- Renewable Energy 836
- Energy Efficiency 398
- Not specified 254
- Forest 133
- Fuel Switching 118
- Agriculture 81
- Ghg Management 64
- Biomass Cdr 15
- Alkalinity Cdr 4
India and Article 6
- Bilateral agreements
- 2
- Authority for the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism
- Appointed
- Participation requirements for the Mechanism
- Published
- Cooperative approaches
- 0
- Article 6.2 activities
- 0
- Crediting Mechanism activities approved by the host
- 0
- Crediting Mechanism activities registered
- 0
Country-level facts from UN tracking. Whether a particular project is authorised is not shown here.
Source: UN Article 6 tracking (Article 6 Pipeline, UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre) · Data as of 4 September 2026
Most used methodologies
- ACM0002 368 projects
- AMS-I-D 333 projects
- VMR0006 113 projects
- AMS-II-G 79 projects
- AMS-I-C 68 projects
- AR-ACM0003 59 projects
- GS-TPDDTEC 49 projects
- VM0047 40 projects
- AMS-I-E 40 projects
- AMS-I-A 34 projects
Hazard context
- Wildfire
- High
- River flood
- High
- Drought
- High
Levels for the country as a whole, not for any one project site.
Source: ThinkHazard hazard assessments · Levels read 25 September 2026
Projects
Largest issuance first.
Cookstove distribution project in India
Verra · India · Energy Efficiency
Not yet issued
Core Carbon Electric Vehicles Project
Verra · India · Renewable Energy
Not yet issued
Core Carbon Sahaja Vyavasayam in Andhra Pradesh
Verra · India · Agriculture
Not yet issued
Core Carbon Sustainable Rice Initiative India
Gold Standard · India
Not yet issued
Core Carbon Sustainable Rice Initiative Telangana
Gold Standard · India
No issuance recorded
Core Carbon Sustainable Rice Initiative Telangana 001
Gold Standard · India
No issuance recorded
Core Carbon Sustainable Rice Productions
Verra · India · Agriculture
No issuance recorded
Core Carbon Sustainable Rice Productions 01
Verra · India · Agriculture
No issuance recorded
Core Carbon Sustainable Rice Productions 02
Verra · India · Agriculture
No issuance recorded
Core Carbon Sustainable Rice Productions 03
Verra · India · Agriculture
No issuance recorded
Core Carbon Sustainable Rice Productions 04
Verra · India · Agriculture
No issuance recorded
Core Farming in Himachal Pradesh
Verra · India · Agriculture
Not yet issued
Core Farming in Jharkhand
Verra · India · Agriculture
Not yet issued
Core Farming in Odisha
Verra · India · Agriculture
Not yet issued
Core Farming in Tamil Nadu
Verra · India · Agriculture
Not yet issued
Core Farming in West Bengal
Verra · India · Agriculture
Not yet issued
Creation of Biodiverse Forests for Land Restoration and Community Development
Verra · India · Forest
Not yet issued
DEVELOPING CARBON PROJECT FOR FARMERS ADOPTING REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES IN GUJARAT STATE
Verra · India · Agriculture
Not yet issued
DEVELOPING VOLUNTARY CARBON MARKET PROJECT FOR FARMERS ADOPTNG ALTERNATE WETTING AND DRYING (AWD) METHOD FOR RICE CULTIVATION
Verra · India · Agriculture
No issuance recorded
DISTRIBUTION OF ENERGY EFFICIENT COOKSTOVE IN INDIA-6
Gold Standard · India · Energy Efficiency
Not yet issued
DISTRIBUTION OF FUEL EFFICIENT IMPROVED COOKSTOVES IN INDIA
Verra · India · Energy Efficiency
Not yet issued
Dalmia Chini Mills Jawaharpur Project
Verra · India · Fuel Switching
No issuance recorded
Darjeeling Revival Project
Isometric · India · Alkalinity Cdr
No issuance recorded
Deactivated Projects
Gold Standard · India · Renewable Energy
Not yet issued
Decentralized Municipal Solid Waste to Compost Formation Project
Verra · India · Ghg Management
Not yet issued
Questions about India
How many carbon credit projects are in India?
1,903, as of 1 June 2026.
Has India signed Article 6 agreements?
2 bilateral agreements, as of 4 September 2026.
Which methodologies are most used in India?
ACM0002 (368), AMS-I-D (333), VMR0006 (113).
Registry data as of June 1, 2026