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.

TREES FOR FARMERS, AGROFORESTRY PROJECT IN INDIA

Verra · India · Forest

Not yet issued

TVS MOTOR COMPANY ELECTRIC VEHICLE PROJECT IN INDIA

Verra · India · Energy Efficiency

Not yet issued

Tadas Wind Farm in Karnataka

Verra · India · Renewable Energy

Not yet issued

Tasar Forest Carbon Project

Verra · India · Forest

Not yet issued

Tasar tree-based Afforestation for livelihood Sustainability And carbon Removal (TASAR)

Gold Standard · India

Not yet issued

Thangarabalu Small Hydel Project at Karnataka

Gold Standard · India · Renewable Energy

Not yet issued

The Breathing Space Improved Cooking Stoves Programme India

Gold Standard · India · Energy Efficiency

No issuance recorded

The Breathing Space Improved Cooking Stoves Programme India - VPA No. 14 Envirofit

Gold Standard · India · Energy Efficiency

Not yet issued

The Clean Energy Cooking Initiative

Verra · India · Energy Efficiency

No issuance recorded

The Converging World Renewable Energy India Wind Farm

Gold Standard · India · Renewable Energy

No issuance recorded

The potential of plantation-based systems in generating carbon credit through biochar production and application in the West Coast region of India

Verra · India · Biomass Cdr

Not yet issued

Thermal Energy Generation Using Biomass by Kwality Dairy (India) Limited (KDIL)

Verra · India · Fuel Switching

No issuance recorded

Transformational Regenerative Integrated Biodiverse Agriculture for Livelihoods (TRIBAL)

Verra · India · Agriculture

Not yet issued

Transforming Rice Cultivation in Kabirdham

Gold Standard · India

Not yet issued

Trees For Livelihoods: Agroforestry In Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh, India

Verra · India · Forest

Not yet issued

Trees for Livelihood in Madhya Pradesh, India

Verra · India · Forest

Not yet issued

Unnati : distribution of efficient cookstoves and enhancing lives of marginalised communities in rural India

Gold Standard · India · Energy Efficiency

Not yet issued

Utilization of Biomass in Bricks Manufacturing By Ozone Envirotech Pvt. Ltd. (OEPL)

Verra · India · Energy Efficiency

Not yet issued

Utilization of Biomass in Bricks Manufacturing By Ozone Envirotech Pvt. Ltd. (OEPL)

Gold Standard · India · Energy Efficiency

Not yet issued

Utilization of waste gas from DRI Kiln for power generation in Raipur India

Gold Standard · India

No issuance recorded

VCS PROJECT FOR FARMERS ADOPTING ALTERNATE WETTING AND DRYING (AWD) METHOD FOR RICE CULTIVATION IN MADHYA PRADESH

Verra · India · Agriculture

No issuance recorded

VPA 01 Low carbon rice farming in India

Gold Standard · India

Not yet issued

VPA 1: GS23381 - Project Vrihi : Decarbonising Paddy Farming with AWD in districts of East India

Gold Standard · India

Not yet issued

VPA 1: Plant For Planet

Gold Standard · India

Not yet issued

VPA 1: Pro Climate Paddy Cultivation For Reducing Methane Emission and Saving Water

Gold Standard · India · Agriculture

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).

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Registry data as of June 1, 2026