# CCTS targets are live. Where does your plant stand? Canonical: https://senseible.earth/ccts Named plants in eight sectors have a target for tonnes of CO2e per tonne of product, measured against 2023-24. Beat it and the plant earns carbon credit certificates; miss it and it buys them. Indian firms with no target can earn offset credits from a registered project. ## 488 plants have a target, 255 more in a draft - [Iron and steel](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-iron-steel-draft-targets-2026): 255 plants, proposed in G.S.R. 517(E). Proposed in a June 2026 draft, for 2026-27 only. - [Cement](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-cement-targets-by-subsector): 186 plants, named in G.S.R. 739(E). Six sub-sectors, including 55 grinding units. - [Textiles](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-textile-targets-by-subsector): 173 plants, named in G.S.R. 25(E). Spinning, processing, fibre and composite units. - [Pulp and paper](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-pulp-paper-targets-by-subsector): 51 plants, named in G.S.R. 739(E). Integrated, recycled fibre, agro based and speciality mills. - [Chlor-alkali](https://senseible.earth/answers/is-a-chlor-alkali-plant-covered-by-ccts): 30 plants, named in G.S.R. 739(E). Power for electrolysis is most of the number. - [Petroleum refineries](https://senseible.earth/answers/is-a-refinery-covered-by-ccts): 21 plants, named in G.S.R. 25(E). Per unit of throughput, adjusted for complexity. - [Aluminium](https://senseible.earth/answers/angul-aluminium-smelter-ccts-target): 13 plants, named in G.S.R. 739(E). Smelters named one by one in the schedule. - [Petrochemical crackers](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-petrochemical-cracker-targets): 11 plants, named in G.S.R. 25(E). Gas or naphtha crackers, or both. - [Secondary aluminium](https://senseible.earth/answers/is-a-secondary-aluminium-unit-covered-by-ccts): 3 plants, named in G.S.R. 25(E). Most remelters are not on the list. ## Your target is per tonne of product, not a cap Certificates = (target intensity minus achieved intensity) × equivalent output. One certificate is one tonne of CO2e. Example from the October 2025 schedule: one Portland pozzolana cement plant in Karnataka has a baseline of 0.4455, a 2025-26 target of 0.444 and a 2026-27 target of 0.4402 t CO2e per tonne of equivalent product. A plant that does not file is counted at its baseline. ## One compliance year, start to finish 1. Monitoring plan. When: Within 3 months of the year starting. Sources, meters, sampling points, data flow and who is responsible. BEE reviews and approves it. [What goes in the plan](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-monitoring-plan-deadline-and-contents) 2. Monitor fuel, power, process and output. When: All year. Purchased power uses the grid factor of your baseline year, frozen. A cleaner grid does not help you. [The frozen grid factor](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-grid-emission-factor-frozen-baseline) 3. Form A, verified. When: Within 4 months of the year ending. A carbon verification agency accredited by BEE checks your emission intensity before it counts. [Who can verify](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-accredited-carbon-verification-agency) 4. Certificates issued or owed. When: After BEE and NSC-ICM review. Beat the target and certificates land in the Grid-India registry. Miss it and you owe the gap. [How the gap is counted](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-carbon-credit-certificates-formula) 5. Sell, bank or buy. When: Trading sessions. Under BEE's October 2026 draft: power exchanges only, in closed auctions with one clearing price a session. No bilateral deals, even inside a group. [How trading works](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-certificate-trading-power-exchange) 6. Environmental compensation. When: If the gap stays open. Imposed by the Central Pollution Control Board after a hearing, payable within 90 days. [The penalty rule](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-environmental-compensation-penalty) ## No target? Five gates to offset credits 1. Did the project start cutting emissions on or after 1 January 2025? If not: BEE takes no projects that started earlier. Verra or Gold Standard may still accept it. [The start date rule](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-offset-project-start-date-rule) 2. Does one of the 12 approved methodologies fit it? If not: Without an approved methodology a project cannot register, even in an open sector. Biochar was not on the July 2026 list. [The approved list](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-offset-approved-methodologies) 3. Does it go beyond what a law or permit already makes you do? If not: Projects the law requires earn nothing. Only reductions beyond business as usual count. [The regulatory surplus rule](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-offset-regulatory-surplus-rule) 4. Is it run by an Indian firm with no CCTS target? If not: Only Indian non-obligated firms register offset projects. Plants with targets use the compliance side. [CCTS offsets or Verra and Gold Standard](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-offset-or-verra-gold-standard-which) 5. Will two different accredited agencies check it, one to validate and one to verify? If not: The agency that verifies must be different from the one that validated, for every crediting period. [Why they must differ](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-offset-validator-verifier-must-differ) Then seven steps: Open an account on the ICM portal; Write the project design document; Publish it for 30 days of comments; Validation by an accredited agency; Registration with BEE; Monitor for a ten-year fixed period, or five years renewable twice; Verification by a different agency, then credits issued. ### The 12 approved methodologies - [BM EN01.001: Grid-connected renewable power](https://senseible.earth/answers/bm-en01-001-renewable-power-ccts-credits) - [BM EN01.002: Green hydrogen from electrolysis](https://senseible.earth/answers/bm-en01-002-green-hydrogen-ccts-credits) - [BM EN01.003: Power and heat from biomass](https://senseible.earth/answers/bm-en01-003-biomass-boiler-ccts-credits) - [BM IN02.001: Factory efficiency and fuel switch](https://senseible.earth/answers/which-projects-qualify-under-bm-in02-001) - [BM IN02.002: Hydrogen from biogas](https://senseible.earth/answers/bm-in02-002-biogas-hydrogen-ccts-credits) - [BM WA03.001: Landfill methane recovery](https://senseible.earth/answers/bm-wa03-001-landfill-methane-recovery-ccts) - [BM WA03.002: Landfill gas flared or used](https://senseible.earth/answers/bm-wa03-002-landfill-gas-flaring-or-use) - [BM WA03.003: Compressed biogas](https://senseible.earth/answers/bm-wa03-003-cbg-plant-ccts-credits) - [BM AG04.001: Household and small farm biogas](https://senseible.earth/answers/bm-ag04-001-farm-biogas-digester-ccts) - [BM AG04.002: Rice cultivation](https://senseible.earth/answers/bm-ag04-002-rice-cultivation-ccts-credits) - [BM FR05.001: Mangrove planting](https://senseible.earth/answers/bm-fr05-001-mangrove-afforestation-ccts) - [BM FR05.002: Afforestation on non-wetland](https://senseible.earth/answers/bm-fr05-002-afforestation-ccts-credits) Not sure the CCTS is your market? [Find your route into carbon credits in India](https://senseible.earth/carbon-credits-india). Running a farm or biochar project? [How a removal project keeps its record](https://senseible.earth/carbon-removal/projects). ## Your exact question, answered ### Is my plant covered? - [How many plants have greenhouse gas intensity targets under India's CCTS?](https://senseible.earth/answers/how-many-plants-have-ccts-targets) - [Is my cement plant covered by India's carbon credit trading scheme?](https://senseible.earth/answers/is-a-cement-plant-covered-by-ccts) - [How many cement plants have CCTS targets, and in which sub-sectors?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-cement-targets-by-subsector) - [Is my textile mill covered by India's Carbon Credit Trading Scheme?](https://senseible.earth/answers/is-my-textile-mill-covered-by-ccts) - [How many textile units have CCTS targets, and in which sub-sectors?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-textile-targets-by-subsector) - [Is a paper mill covered by India's Carbon Credit Trading Scheme?](https://senseible.earth/answers/is-a-paper-mill-covered-by-ccts) - [Which pulp and paper mills have CCTS targets, and in which sub-sectors?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-pulp-paper-targets-by-subsector) - [Is my chlor-alkali plant covered by India's carbon credit trading scheme?](https://senseible.earth/answers/is-a-chlor-alkali-plant-covered-by-ccts) - [Is a petroleum refinery covered by India's carbon credit trading scheme?](https://senseible.earth/answers/is-a-refinery-covered-by-ccts) - [Is my petrochemical plant covered by India's carbon credit trading scheme?](https://senseible.earth/answers/is-a-petrochemical-plant-covered-by-ccts) - [Which petrochemical plants have CCTS emission intensity targets?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-petrochemical-cracker-targets) - [Does an Angul aluminium smelter have an emission intensity target under India's CCTS?](https://senseible.earth/answers/angul-aluminium-smelter-ccts-target) - [Is my aluminium recycling or remelting unit covered by CCTS?](https://senseible.earth/answers/is-a-secondary-aluminium-unit-covered-by-ccts) - [What do India's draft CCTS targets for iron and steel plants say?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-iron-steel-draft-targets-2026) - [Do sponge iron and steel plants in Raipur and Durg have CCTS emission intensity targets yet?](https://senseible.earth/answers/chhattisgarh-steel-plant-ccts-target) - [Is a ceramic tile or sanitaryware unit an obligated entity under India's Carbon Credit Trading Scheme?](https://senseible.earth/answers/is-a-ceramic-tile-unit-covered-by-ccts) - [Is a glass or glassware unit an obligated entity under India's Carbon Credit Trading Scheme?](https://senseible.earth/answers/is-a-glass-unit-covered-by-ccts) - [What will a CCTS obligated plant ask its MSME suppliers for?](https://senseible.earth/answers/msme-supplier-to-ccts-obligated-plant) ### How is my target counted? - [How many carbon credit certificates does a CCTS plant earn or have to buy?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-carbon-credit-certificates-formula) - [Which emissions are left out of a CCTS plant's emission intensity?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-emissions-excluded-from-intensity) - [Which grid emission factor does a CCTS obligated plant use for purchased electricity?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-grid-emission-factor-frozen-baseline) - [How is India's Carbon Credit Trading Scheme different from the EU ETS?](https://senseible.earth/answers/india-ccts-vs-eu-ets-difference) - [What happens to the PAT scheme and ESCerts now that India has the CCTS?](https://senseible.earth/answers/pat-escerts-after-ccts) ### What do we file, and who checks it? - [When must a CCTS obligated plant submit its monitoring plan, and what goes in it?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-monitoring-plan-deadline-and-contents) - [What monitoring, reporting and verification does a CCTS obligated entity need, and who can verify?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-monitoring-verification-requirements) - [Does a CCTS obligated plant need a long-term emission reduction plan?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-long-term-action-plan-requirement) - [Who can verify a CCTS project or compliance report in India, and how does an agency get accredited?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-accredited-carbon-verification-agency) - [Which agencies are accredited to verify under India's CCTS?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-accredited-verification-agencies-list) - [What does an agency need to become a CCTS Accredited Carbon Verification Agency?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-acv-agency-eligibility-criteria) - [How much does CCTS verification agency accreditation cost and how long does it last?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-acv-accreditation-fees-and-validity) ### What if we miss, or do not file? - [What happens if an obligated plant misses its CCTS emission intensity target?](https://senseible.earth/answers/what-if-plant-misses-ccts-target) - [What is the penalty if a CCTS plant does not surrender enough certificates?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-environmental-compensation-penalty) - [What happens if an obligated CCTS plant does not submit its documents?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-plant-fails-to-submit-documents) ### How do certificates trade? - [How will CCTS carbon credit certificates trade on India's power exchanges?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-certificate-trading-power-exchange) - [Can CCTS carbon credit certificates be banked for future years?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-banking-carbon-credit-certificates) - [Can a company that is not obligated under CCTS buy Indian carbon credit certificates for its own claims?](https://senseible.earth/answers/can-a-company-buy-ccts-credits-voluntarily) - [Can carbon credit certificates issued under India's CCTS be sold to foreign buyers?](https://senseible.earth/answers/can-ccts-carbon-credits-be-sold-abroad) - [Does India's CCTS count as a qualifying carbon price under the UK CBAM?](https://senseible.earth/answers/uk-cbam-india-ccts-qualifying-carbon-price) - [Our plant met its CCTS target. Does our UK buyer get carbon price relief?](https://senseible.earth/answers/uk-cbam-ccts-target-met-relief) - [What is the difference between retiring and cancelling a CCTS carbon credit?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-offset-retire-vs-cancel-credits) - [Can a green hydrogen certificate be used to claim CCTS carbon credits or be transferred?](https://senseible.earth/answers/green-hydrogen-certificate-ccts-credits) ### Can my project earn offset credits? - [Can an MSME earn carbon credit certificates under India's CCTS offset mechanism?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-offset-mechanism-can-msme-earn-credits) - [Is a CCTS offset project worth the cost for a small factory?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-offset-project-worth-it-small-factory) - [Should an Indian project register under the CCTS offset mechanism or with Verra or Gold Standard?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-offset-or-verra-gold-standard-which) - [Which sectors are approved for the CCTS offset mechanism in phase 1 and phase 2?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-offset-approved-sectors-phase-1-2) - [Which methodologies has BEE approved under India's CCTS offset mechanism?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-offset-approved-methodologies) - [Can a project that started before 2025 earn credits under India's CCTS offset mechanism?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-offset-project-start-date-rule) - [Can a project required by law earn CCTS offset credits?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-offset-regulatory-surplus-rule) - [Can a biochar project earn credits under India's CCTS yet?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-agriculture-offset-biochar-status) ### How do I register and run a project? - [What are the steps to register a carbon offset project under India's CCTS?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-offset-project-registration-steps) - [What goes in a CCTS offset project design document for a factory project?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-offset-project-design-document-contents) - [How much does it cost to register a project and get credits under India's CCTS offset mechanism?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-offset-project-fees) - [How long is the crediting period for a CCTS offset project in India?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-offset-crediting-period-length) - [Can several small projects be grouped into one CCTS offset project?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-offset-bundling-small-projects) - [Can the same agency validate and verify a CCTS offset project?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-offset-validator-verifier-must-differ) - [What metering and calibration rules apply to a CCTS offset project's monitoring plan?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-offset-monitoring-plan-meter-rules) - [What must a factory measure and keep to monitor a BM IN02.001 energy efficiency or fuel switch project?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-bm-in02-001-monitoring-records) - [Is there a deadline to claim CCTS offset credits after the monitoring period?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-offset-issuance-two-year-deadline) - [Can a CCTS offset project be deregistered, and what happens to its credits?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-offset-deregister-a-project) ### Which methodology fits? - [Which factory projects qualify under CCTS methodology BM IN02.001, and which are excluded?](https://senseible.earth/answers/which-projects-qualify-under-bm-in02-001) - [Can a solar or wind power plant earn CCTS credits under BM EN01.001?](https://senseible.earth/answers/bm-en01-001-renewable-power-ccts-credits) - [How does a green hydrogen plant earn CCTS credits under BM EN01.002?](https://senseible.earth/answers/bm-en01-002-green-hydrogen-ccts-credits) - [Can a factory biomass boiler or cogeneration plant earn CCTS credits under BM EN01.003, and what biomass is allowed?](https://senseible.earth/answers/bm-en01-003-biomass-boiler-ccts-credits) - [Which projects qualify under CCTS methodology BM IN02.002 for hydrogen from biogas?](https://senseible.earth/answers/bm-in02-002-biogas-hydrogen-ccts-credits) - [What does CCTS methodology BM WA03.001 cover for landfill methane?](https://senseible.earth/answers/bm-wa03-001-landfill-methane-recovery-ccts) - [Which landfill gas projects qualify under CCTS methodology BM WA03.002?](https://senseible.earth/answers/bm-wa03-002-landfill-gas-flaring-or-use) - [How does a compressed biogas (CBG) plant earn CCTS credits under BM WA03.003?](https://senseible.earth/answers/bm-wa03-003-cbg-plant-ccts-credits) - [Can household or small farm biogas digesters earn CCTS credits under BM AG04.001?](https://senseible.earth/answers/bm-ag04-001-farm-biogas-digester-ccts) - [Which rice farms can earn CCTS credits under methodology BM AG04.002?](https://senseible.earth/answers/bm-ag04-002-rice-cultivation-ccts-credits) - [Can mangrove planting earn CCTS credits under methodology BM FR05.001?](https://senseible.earth/answers/bm-fr05-001-mangrove-afforestation-ccts) - [Which land can be planted for CCTS credits under methodology BM FR05.002?](https://senseible.earth/answers/bm-fr05-002-afforestation-ccts-credits) ### How do BEE's calculation tools work? - [How does BEE's tool BM-T-001 decide a CCTS project's baseline and additionality?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-tool-bm-t-001-baseline-and-additionality) - [How does the common practice test work in BEE's CCTS additionality tool BM-T-001?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-additionality-common-practice-test) - [How does CCTS tool BM-T-002 calculate emissions from fuel a project burns?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-tool-bm-t-002-fossil-fuel-emissions) - [Which grid emission factor does a CCTS offset project use for electricity saved or consumed under BM-T-003?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-tool-bm-t-003-electricity-emission-factor) - [What flare efficiency does CCTS tool BM-T-004 allow for methane flaring?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-tool-bm-t-004-flare-efficiency) - [How do you measure methane flow in biogas or flare gas for a CCTS offset project?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-tool-bm-t-005-methane-mass-flow) - [How do I set the baseline efficiency of an old boiler or furnace for a CCTS offset project (BM-T-006)?](https://senseible.earth/answers/baseline-boiler-efficiency-ccts-bm-t-006) - [How much methane leakage must a biogas digester deduct under CCTS tool BM-T-008?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-tool-bm-t-008-digester-methane-leakage) - [What emissions does CCTS tool BM-T-010 count when a project uses biomass?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-tool-bm-t-010-biomass-emissions-leakage) - [How does CCTS count methane from waste sent to, or kept out of, a dump site?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-tool-bm-t-011-waste-disposal-methane) - [What emissions must a composting project deduct under CCTS tool BM-T-013?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-tool-bm-t-013-composting-emissions) - [How does BEE tool BM-T-014 split emissions between a main product and co-products in a CCTS project?](https://senseible.earth/answers/co-product-apportioning-ccts-bm-t-014) - [How do you prove an old machine's remaining lifetime for a CCTS offset project?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-tool-bm-t-015-equipment-remaining-lifetime) ### Planting trees or mangroves? - [Can a CCTS afforestation project count dead wood and litter without measuring them?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-afforestation-dead-wood-litter-defaults) - [Do CCTS afforestation credits shrink if farming moves elsewhere because of the project?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-afforestation-displaced-farming-leakage) - [How does a fire on a CCTS afforestation project affect its credits?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-afforestation-fire-emissions) - [How much soil carbon can a CCTS afforestation project claim under tool BM-T-AR-0006?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-afforestation-soil-carbon-tool) - [How does sampling uncertainty cut tree carbon credits in a CCTS afforestation project?](https://senseible.earth/answers/ccts-afforestation-tree-carbon-uncertainty-discount) ## Short answers ### What is the CCTS? India's Carbon Credit Trading Scheme, 2023. It has two parts. The compliance mechanism gives named plants a target for tonnes of CO2e per tonne of product. The offset mechanism lets Indian firms without a target earn credits from registered projects. ### How many plants have CCTS targets? 488 plants have notified targets: 280 from October 2025 (aluminium, cement, chlor-alkali, pulp and paper) and 208 from January 2026 (secondary aluminium, refineries, petrochemicals, textiles). A June 2026 draft proposes 255 iron and steel plants. ### How are carbon credit certificates counted? Target intensity minus achieved intensity, times the plant's equivalent output for the year. A positive result is certificates earned; a negative one is certificates to buy. One certificate is one tonne of CO2e. ### Is the CCTS a cap like the EU ETS? No. The EU ETS caps total emissions. The CCTS sets a target per tonne of product, so a growing plant can raise its total emissions and still comply. ### Can an MSME earn CCTS credits? Only through the offset mechanism, with a project that started on or after 1 January 2025, fits one of BEE's 12 approved methodologies, goes beyond what the law requires, and is checked by two different accredited agencies. ### Does a CCTS plant need data from its suppliers? The rules ask nothing of suppliers: a plant's target covers its own gate-to-gate emissions. Plants still ask suppliers for energy use per unit, fuel type and cleaner inputs when they look for cuts. ## If you supply a plant with a target - Monthly electricity and fuel use, with the invoices - Energy or emissions per tonne of what you supply - Grid, captive or renewable power - Plans to switch fuel or cut energy use [Upload a bill](https://senseible.earth/) and see its CO2 with the factor behind it. Senseible is not part of the CCTS process: an accredited agency verifies and BEE issues.