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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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How Gujarat’s Emission Trading Scheme Taking India Forward

In an insightful discussion, Mint's Senior Editor N. Madhavan speaks to Manali Bhatt, Deputy Environmental Engineer, Gujarat Pollution Control Board about how Gujarat formulated and implemented key policies, challenges faced...
via Mint
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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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Emission Trading to control pollution in 3 more districts

The Emission Trading Scheme, which has been implemented in Surat, will soon be introduced in Ahmedabad, Rajkot, and Vadodara districts, the state government told the assembly on Tuesday. Emissions trading...
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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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A united South Asia can beat air pollution

Gujarat ETS's success in reducing particulate matter emissions by 24% cited in an blog by the World Bank