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ETS Ahmedabad Live Market launched by Shri Mulubhai Bera, Honorable Minister of Forest & Environment, Government of Gujarat

Ahmedabad became the second city in India to implement an emission trading scheme for particulate pollution that will help regulate industrial emissions and reduce the state's pollution levels.
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Vibrant carbon market, not tax, could rein in carbon emissions in India, says Yale University economist

The success of India's carbon market will depend on the regulator's ability to enforce design features, according to Rohini Pande, Director of the Economic Growth Centre at Yale University.
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National Electricity Plan: No coal expansion, renewable capacity to dominate in India by 2031-32

GPCB's Emissions Trading Scheme penalty mechanism is cited as an example to keep compliance checks by the govt of the power plants.
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Getting the decarbonisation strategy right

The Energy Conservation Act amendments have left communities out of the proposed carbon-market framework. International example, specifically Canada’s shows the potential from decarbonisation from including communities
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Surat’s Emission Trading Scheme to be introduced in Ahmedabad, Rajkot and Vadodara

The state government informed the assembly on Tuesday that the Emission Trading Scheme, which has been implemented in Surat, will soon be introduced in Ahmedabad, Rajkot, and Vadodara districts.
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After success in Surat, scheme to control air pollution to be implemented in Ahmedabad

Environment Minister Mukesh Patel said that the scheme functions on the principle of ‘Polluter Pay’ in which industries emitting more than permitted particulate matter have to purchase permit from the...
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A capacity-building workshop exploring the pilot ETS in Surat | Feb 10-11 2023, Gandhinagar, Gujarat

The workshop was attended by senior officials from the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) and focused on the lessons learned from the Emissions Trading Scheme which was piloted in Surat...
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South Asian countries must unite if they want to tackle worsening air pollution

Air particles can travel hundreds of kilometres, crossing municipal, state and national boundaries, rendering regional mitigation efforts moot.
via Scroll
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Gujarat Pollution Control Board to start emission trading in Ahmedabad

Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) is all set to start a particulate matter (PM) emission trading system in Ahmedabad by the end of January.
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‘India’s CO2 market can achieve emission cut without hitting growth’

Michael Greenstone, director of EPIC speaks to Jayashree Nandi of Hindustan Times on how an effective carbon market might contribute to very significant emissions reductions in India without compromising economic...