# How much does it cost to register a project and get credits under India's CCTS offset mechanism?

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BEE charges INR 5,000 to open an account, INR 2,000 a year to keep it, a registration fee of INR 50,000, 1,00,000 or 1,50,000 depending on expected annual reductions, INR 25,000 per post-registration change and INR 5 per credit issued. All fees are non-refundable. Verification agency fees are extra.

## BEE's fee schedule (Annexure 2, Version 1.0)

- Account registration: INR 5,000.
- Account maintenance: INR 2,000 a year.
- Project registration: INR 50,000 if average annual reductions over the first crediting period are up to 15,000 t CO2e; INR 1,00,000 for 15,001 to 50,000 t; INR 1,50,000 above 50,000 t.
- Post-registration change: INR 25,000 per request.
- Credit issuance: INR 5 per carbon credit certificate issued.
- Renewal of a crediting period: the same slabs as registration.

## What the schedule leaves out

- Validation and verification are paid to the accredited agency you hire, at its own rates.
- Registry and power exchange charges for selling credits are set separately by CERC.
- BEE says the schedule will be revised from time to time, so check the current version before you budget.

## Illustrative example: BEE fees for a small project over its first year

- Account registration: INR 5,000
- Account maintenance, first year: INR 2,000
- Registration, expected 4,000 t CO2e a year (up to 15,000 t slab): INR 50,000
- Issuance of 4,000 credits at INR 5: INR 20,000
- BEE fees in year one: INR 77,000, before validation and verification fees

The 4,000 t figure is an assumption. Agency fees and any trading charges come on top.

## What Senseible does here

Senseible does not charge these fees or register projects. It keeps the invoice records that show the fuel and electricity a project actually used.

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Sources: [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 2026-10-23. Fee schedule read from Annexure 2 (page 52) of the scanned procedure on 23 October 2026.