Carbon Trading
Practical Guide to the Compliance & Offset Markets of the Indian Carbon Market
Enacted under the Energy Conservation (Amendment) Act 2022, India's Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS) establishes the domestic Indian Carbon Market (ICM). Comprising both an obligatory Compliance Mechanism for energy-intensive sectors and a voluntary Offset Mechanism, CCTS penalizes emissions overshoots and enables low-carbon innovators to monetize carbon outperformance.
Key Strategic Takeaways
India's CCTS is a mandatory cap-and-trade market covering ~490 major industrial facilities across nine energy-intensive sectors.
One Carbon Credit Certificate (CCC) represents one metric ton of verified CO₂e reduced below assigned statutory targets.
Outperforming plants generate millions of rupees in tradeable surplus certificates on power exchanges like IEX and PXIL.
Shortfalls incur heavy statutory environmental compensation penalties equal to twice the average market CCC price.
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Can CCTS credits be used to offset EU CBAM border taxes?
Yes! The European Union's CBAM regulation explicitly permits the deduction of carbon compliance prices effectively paid in the country of origin. If an Indian exporter buys or surrenders CCTS certificates for production, that cost is deductible from European CBAM liabilities.
How does CCTS replace the existing PAT (Perform, Achieve and Trade) scheme?
PAT focused strictly on energy efficiency (measured in metric tons of oil equivalent, or MTOE). CCTS broadens the mandate to total greenhouse gas emissions intensity (tCO₂e per unit of production), effectively subsuming and modernizing PAT under the Indian Carbon Market.