On 7 September 2026 the Environment Ministry notified G.S.R. 794(E), the Greenhouse Gases Emission Intensity Target (Amendment) Rules, 2026. It went up on the eGazette on 21 September. It replaces, in full, the targets that India’s 21 petroleum refineries and 173 textile units were given in January under the Carbon Credit Trading Scheme.
Most coverage has described it as new targets for 2025-26 and 2026-27. Read the schedule and it says something different.
1. There is no 2025-26 target any more
January’s notification, G.S.R. 25(E), gave every refinery a target for compliance year 2025-26 and a tighter one for 2026-27. The replacement prints a dash in the 2025-26 column for all 21 refineries, and for all 173 textile units. The first refinery obligation is now 2026-27, the same year steel’s draft targets begin.
2. Seven Indian Oil refineries have different numbers
For Digboi, Gujarat (Vadodara), Guwahati, Haldia, Mathura, Panipat and Paradip, the baseline intensity and the 2026-27 target attached to the plant are not the January ones. Mathura’s target moves from 8.6049 to 5.1336 tCO2e per thousand barrels per NRGF; Guwahati’s from 5.2279 to 8.6049. Throughput and complexity factor for each plant are unchanged; it is the intensity figures that moved. The pattern looks like January’s table paired figures with the wrong plants. The notification does not say.
| Refinery | Registration | January target 2026-27 | Now |
|---|---|---|---|
| Digboi | REFOE010AS | 5.1336 | 6.8744 |
| Gujarat (Vadodara) | REFOE011GJ | 6.8744 | 5.3415 |
| Guwahati | REFOE012AS | 5.2279 | 8.6049 |
| Haldia | REFOE013WB | 5.3415 | 7.4518 |
| Mathura | REFOE014UP | 8.6049 | 5.1336 |
| Panipat | REFOE015HR | 7.4518 | 5.4826 |
| Paradip | REFOE016OD | 5.4826 | 5.2279 |
3. The other 14 refineries are unchanged
Baseline and 2026-27 target are identical to four decimal places.
If you planned against the January figure for any of those seven refineries, it is no longer the law.
We have published all 21 refineries, with registration number, crude throughput, NRGF, baseline, 2026-27 target and the cut each must make, with the January figure shown wherever it changed. See the 21 refineries, or check every obligated plant across all eight sectors. Every number is read from the gazette.
Source: G.S.R. 794(E), Gazette of India Extraordinary, Part II-Sec 3(i), CG-DL-E-21092026-276352. Replaces the refinery and textile entries of G.S.R. 25(E), 13 January 2026.
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