Himachal govt forms carbon credit panel to explore additional revenue stream

SHIMLA: The Himachal Pradesh government has constituted a Carbon Credit Committee to explore various aspects of the carbon market and generate additional revenue for the state. The ten-member committee under the Chairmanship of Additional Chief Secretary, Forests, will study the existing International and domestic carbon market in order to develop sector specific study for the state, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said in a statement on Tuesday.

The initiative seeks to enhance the capacity of the state government in identifying, developing and…