Who can validate and verify an India-Japan JCM project?

A third-party entity registered by the JCM secretariat. It must know the India-Japan JCM and be ISO 14065-accredited on ISO 14064-2 by an IAF member body, or accredited with the Indian Carbon Market and by NABCB, or a CDM Designated Operational Entity or Article 6.4 operational entity.

Three ways to qualify

1. Accredited under ISO 14065, based on ISO 14064-2, by an accreditation body that is a member of the International Accreditation Forum.
2. Accredited with the Indian Carbon Market and by the National Accreditation Board for Certification Bodies (NABCB).
3. A Designated Operational Entity under the CDM, or an operational entity accredited by the Supervisory Body of the Article 6.4 mechanism.
4. In every case, with sufficient knowledge of the India-Japan JCM, and registered by the secretariat.

What the entity does

• Validates the proposed project as described in the draft PDD and writes a validation report.
• Verifies the monitored reductions in each monitoring report and writes a verification report.
• You contract it, it sends its reports to you, and you submit them.

Checks before you hire

• Is it on the secretariat's list of registered third-party entities, for your sectoral scope?
• Has its registration ever been suspended? The Joint Committee can suspend or withdraw one for fraud, malfeasance or incompetence, or if it no longer qualifies.
• The Rule of Implementation does not say whether one entity may both validate and verify the same project. Check the secretariat's detailed procedures before assuming it can.

What Senseible does here

Senseible is not a third-party entity and cannot validate or verify a JCM project. It keeps the energy and fuel records the entity samples, each linked to its source bill.

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Sources: Rule of Implementation of the Joint Crediting Mechanism between India and Japan (MoEFCC)

Last reviewed 2026-11-03. The Joint Committee can modify the Rule of Implementation with both governments' written approval, and the secretariat issues detailed procedures and forms; check the latest versions on moef.gov.in.