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

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

What these figures mean

Most used methodologies

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.

Large Scale Dissemination of High Efficiency Improved Cookstoves in India

Gold Standard · India · Energy Efficiency

No issuance recorded

Leveraging carbon finance for smallholder farmers in India

Verra · India · Agriculture

Not yet issued

Livelihood improvement by Shashwat agroforestry plantation through carbon Finance in Maharashtra

Verra · India · Forest

Not yet issued

Livelihood improvement by agroforestry plantation in India

Verra · India · Forest

Not yet issued

Low cost irrigation devices programme in India

Gold Standard · India · Renewable Energy

No issuance recorded

M/s. TATA COFFEE LIMITED (TCL) TREE PLANTATION CARBON PROJECT IN WESTERN GHATS

Verra · India · Forest

Not yet issued

MAHARASHTRA AND GUJARAT INITIATIVE FOR REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE AND INCOME CREATION

Verra · India · Agriculture

Not yet issued

METHANE EMISSION REDUCTION PROJECT THROUGH INTERMITTENT FLOODING IN RICE CULTIVATION

Verra · India · Agriculture

No issuance recorded

MITIGATING CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENHANCING RURAL LIVELIHOODS THROUGH PLANTATIONS RAISED TO PROVIDE RAW MATERIAL TO THE PAPER INDUSTRY

Verra · India · Forest

No issuance recorded

MODAL SHIFT TO RAILWAY FOR TRANSPORTATION OF CARGO AT HANSALPUR, GUJARAT, INDIA

Verra · India · Energy Efficiency

Not yet issued

MSW Composting through Insect-based Organic Waste Processing

Verra · India · Ghg Management

Not yet issued

Maharashtra Methane Mission (M3)

Verra · India · Agriculture

Not yet issued

Mangrove Mitra: Community-Led Coastal Resilience

Verra · India

Not yet issued

Mangrove Restoration Initiative by LTIM in India

Verra · India

Not yet issued

Mangrove Restoration and Biodiversity Conservation for Coastal Communities of India

Verra · India

Not yet issued

Metafin-Off Grid Solar Milling Plants for Household Programme

Gold Standard · India · Renewable Energy

Not yet issued

Methane Avoidance through Biomining of Legacy Waste in India

Verra · India · Ghg Management

Not yet issued

Methane Emission Reduction Programme for Rice Cultivation by Farm2fork

Gold Standard · India

Not yet issued

Methane recovery from anaerobic treatment of distillery effluent and heat generation at Yashwantrao Mohite Krishna Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Limited (YMKSSK), India

Verra · India · Ghg Management

No issuance recorded

Micro Scale Biogas CDM Project of BEST

Gold Standard · India · Renewable Energy

No issuance recorded

Micro Scale Biogas CDM Project of SACRED

Gold Standard · India · Renewable Energy

No issuance recorded

Micro Scale Biogas CDM Project of WORD

Gold Standard · India · Renewable Energy

No issuance recorded

Micro scale Improved Cook stove Project of Bagepalli Coolie Sangha

Gold Standard · India · Energy Efficiency

No issuance recorded

MicroEnergy Credits - Microfinance for Clean Energy Product Lines - India

Gold Standard · India · Renewable Energy

Not yet issued

MicroEnergy Credits Microfinance For Clean Energy Product Lines India

Gold Standard · India · Energy Efficiency

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