# Can a biochar project earn credits under India's CCTS yet?

Canonical: https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-agriculture-offset-biochar-status

Not on BEE's methodology list as last updated on 7 July 2026. Biochar is named as an example technology in the approved waste and agriculture sectors, but none of the 12 approved methodologies covers it, and a project needs one to register. Check BEE's list for later additions before you plan.

## What BEE has approved

- Sectors: BEE's memorandum of 20 September 2024 lists six phase 1 sectors and gives biochar as an example technology under both waste handling and agriculture.
- Methodologies: the list updated 7 July 2026 has 12. The two for agriculture cover methane from livestock and manure at households and small farms (BM AG04.001) and improved rice cultivation (BM AG04.002).
- A sector on the list is not a methodology. Without an approved methodology, a project has no route to register.

## What a biochar producer can do now

- Use a voluntary standard such as Verra VM0044 v1.2, if your buyers are voluntary buyers.
- Keep feedstock, kiln, lab and application records to that standard from day one.
- Register the same tonnes in only one programme.

## If BEE adds a biochar method

A project would then follow BEE's Detailed Procedure for the Offset Mechanism: a project design document, validation and verification by an accredited agency, and registration before any certificates are issued.

## What Senseible does here

Senseible's carbon removal records follow Verra VM0044 v1.2 for biochar, with kiln sensor temperature logs, lab results and chain of custody kept for every batch.

- [Approved CCTS methodologies](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-offset-approved-methodologies)
- [CCTS offset sectors](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-offset-approved-sectors-phase-1-2)
- [CCTS or Verra?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-offset-or-verra-gold-standard-which)
- [Carbon credits in India](https://senseible.earth/carbon-credits-india)

Sources: [BEE, Methodologies and Tools under Offset Mechanism (list updated 7 July 2026)](https://beeindia.gov.in/view_content.php?lid=571&lang=1), [BEE Office Memorandum No. 45/02/NMEEE/Energy Efficiency-CCTS/2024, Approved Sectors in Offset Mechanism (20 September 2024)](https://beeindia.gov.in/WriteReadData/RTF1984/RTF-PDF-4edb9be54a4b43e6_1776057028.pdf), [BEE, Detailed Procedure for Offset Mechanism under CCTS, Version 1.0 (effective 27 March 2025)](https://beeindia.gov.in/WriteReadData/RTF1984/RTF-PDF-dd26de202535b101_1776055896.pdf)

Last reviewed 2026-11-02. BEE adds methodologies by notice; recheck the list before relying on this page.