India ESG rulebook
The law map: India's ESG laws and rules
Every main Indian law, regulation and rule that shapes ESG disclosure and performance, grouped by area, with the regulator, what it covers and who it applies to.
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India ESG rulebook
Every Indian ESG rule in one place, with who it applies to and when.
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India ESG rulebook
Timeline of ESG regulation in India, 2009 to today
The main steps in India's ESG rulebook, from the Satyam fraud in 2009 to the labour codes, data protection rules and carbon market targets of 2025 and 2026, with the dates still ahead.
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India ESG rulebook
Applicability finder: coverage of each ESG rule
One table of the thresholds that decide which Indian ESG rules apply to which companies, from the top 1,000 for the BRSR to CSR, RPT, CCTS, POSH and DPDP thresholds.
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India ESG rulebook
Regulatory tracker
ESG rules and circulars from Indian regulators, newest first, with who each applies to and when it takes effect.
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Concept Guide
India's four labour codes
Four labour codes replaced 29 central labour laws, with key provisions in force from 21 November 2025. The new wage definition, gratuity for fixed-term staff, social security for gig workers, the higher layoff threshold, the state gig worker laws, and the costs companies have already booked.
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Data privacy and the DPDP Act
India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 and the Rules notified on 14 November 2025. Who is a data fiduciary, the core duties, the 18-month phase-in, penalties of up to ₹250 crore, and how to judge a company's data privacy risk from its disclosures.
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SEBI's rules for ESG rating providers
India was one of the first countries to regulate ESG raters. The 2023 rules, who must register, Category I and II providers, the six rating products, India-specific parameters, issuer-pays and subscriber-pays models, the 19 registered providers, and how India compares with the EU and UK.
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SEBI's rules for green and ESG debt securities
One map of SEBI's rules for labelled debt: green debt securities and their blue, yellow and transition sub-categories, the greenwashing do's and don'ts, the 2025 framework for social, sustainability and sustainability-linked bonds, and the 2026 rules for independent reviewers.
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Green deposits and green lending (RBI rules)
RBI's rules for green deposits: what banks can and cannot promise depositors, where the money may go, the excluded activities, third-party verification and impact reports, and how to read a bank's green deposit disclosures.
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Climate finance taxonomies and India's draft taxonomy
A taxonomy is an official rulebook of which activities count as green or as transition. The EU model, India's May 2025 draft (its categories, eight principles and first sectors), where it stands in 2026, and the interim lists that banks and bond issuers use in the meantime.
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ESG mutual funds in India: the rules and the label test
SEBI's 2023 rules for ESG mutual fund schemes: the six strategies, the 65% BRSR Core test, naming, voting and assurance duties, the history of flows into Indian ESG funds, and a seven-point test for checking whether a fund lives up to its label.
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