Union Power Minister launches Indian Carbon Market Portal at Prakriti 2026 conference in New Delhi.

Exam-focused facts from the 23 March 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) organised Prakriti 2026 under the patronage of the Ministry of Power and the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
The Indian Carbon Market Portal serves as the central platform for implementing and administering the Indian Carbon Market.
India’s Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS) 2023 has nine notified methodologies and over 40 registered entities submitting projects in biogas, hydrogen, and forestry.
The government has notified Greenhouse Gas Emission Intensity (GEI) targets for nearly 490 obligated entities across seven energy-intensive sectors.