Green Credit Programme

Published on 13 Apr 2025

•  Recently, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has issued guidelines for the Green Credit Programme.
•  It is an innovative market-based mechanism designed to incentivize voluntary environmental actions across diverse sectors.
• It is an initiative under the government’s Lifestyle for Environment (LiFE) mission.
• The main objective is to establish a mechanism where participants could earn incentives in the form of ‘Green Credits’.
• GCP focuses on Tree Plantation, Water Management, Sustainable Agriculture, Waste Management, Air Pollution Reduction, Mangrove Conservation and Restoration.
• The Green Credit Registry and trading platform developed by Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) along with experts, would facilitate the registration, the buying and selling of Green Credits.
• To obtain Green Credits, individuals and entities must register their activities through the central government’s dedicated app/ website

Keywords:

Green Credit Programme Climate finance Climate change LiFE Waste management Air pollution