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.
Sustainable Agricultural Land Management Project by Greneity
Verra · India · Agriculture
Not yet issued
Sustainable Agricultural Land Management Project by Om Organic Cotton
Verra · India · Agriculture
Not yet issued
Sustainable Agricultural Land Management Project by VISTA Green
Verra · India · Agriculture
Not yet issued
Sustainable Agriculture Land Management Project by Earthallica Naturals
Verra · India · Agriculture
Not yet issued
Sustainable Agriculture Land Management Project by Suminter India Organics
Verra · India · Agriculture
No issuance recorded
Sustainable Agriculture Project by Arvind in India
Verra · India · Agriculture
No issuance recorded
Sustainable Agriculture land Management Project by Biowin Agro Research
Verra · India · Agriculture
Not yet issued
Sustainable Agroforestry Initiative by LTIM in India
Verra · India · Forest
Not yet issued
Sustainable Cooking Solutions for Rural Communities: Madhya Pradesh Initiative
Gold Standard · India
Not yet issued
Sustainable End-of-Life Vehicle Scrapping Programme in India
Cercarbono · India
No issuance recorded
Sustainable Paddy Program
Verra · India · Agriculture
Not yet issued
Sustainable Rice Cultivation for Marginal Farmers in Chhattisgarh, India
Verra · India · Agriculture
No issuance recorded
Sustainable Rice Cultivation for Marginal Farmers in Madhya Pradesh, India
Verra · India · Agriculture
No issuance recorded
Sustainable Rice Cultivation for Marginal Farmers in Maharashtra, India
Verra · India · Agriculture
No issuance recorded
Sustainable Rice Cultivation for Smallholder Farmers in India
Gold Standard · India
Not yet issued
Sustainable agricultural practices for rice cultivation in India
Gold Standard · India
Not yet issued
Sustainable agricultural practices in tea plantations
Gold Standard · India
Not yet issued
Sustainable cropland management, project by phalada agro Group
Verra · India · Agriculture
No issuance recorded
Swasth Ghar Improved Cookstove Project
Gold Standard · India · Energy Efficiency
No issuance recorded
Swiftgreen: Agroforestry for Tribal farmers
Verra · India · Forest
Not yet issued
System of Root Intensification (SRI) programme: Reduction of Methane emissions and water consumption in rice fields of India
Verra · India · Agriculture
No issuance recorded
THE BIWAL CARBON PROJECT
Verra · India · Agriculture
Not yet issued
THE NAGALAND 4 CHANGE REDD+ PROJECT
Verra · India · Forest
Not yet issued
TI CLEAN MOBILITY EV PROJECT IN INDIA
Verra · India · Energy Efficiency
Not yet issued
TPREL 460 MW Solar BESS Project in Karnataka
Gold Standard · India
No issuance recorded
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