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This April newsletter covers categories of updates relating to labour, environment and industry related laws.

The Prime Minister's Independence Day speech on 15 August, 2019 highlighted the growing menace of plastic pollution in India and gave a clarion call to free India from single-use plastics by 2022.

The Division Bench comprising Justice Attau Rahman Masoodi and Justice Subhash Vidyarthi of the Allahabad High Court ("HC"), in its judgment dated 17.07.2025...

On July 11, 2025, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change ("MoEFCC") notified the Environment (Protection) Fourth Amendment Rules, 2025 ("Fourth Amendment Rules").

The India–UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement ("CETA"), signed on July 24, 2025, reflects a notable shift in India's treaty architecture by embedding sustainability objectives as a central component of its trade engagement.

The rapidly changing modern life has made the mankind dependent on fulfilment of various needs.

India's Carbon Credit Trading Scheme faces a critical gap as the first compliance year approaches in April 2026. While the Energy Conservation Act established the carbon market framework and the Income Tax Act was completely revamped in 2025, the legislature failed to connect these two pieces of legislation, leaving carbon credit certificate transactions in a tax limbo that threatens to undermine the country's ambitious net-zero 2070 goals.

The world produces an enormous volume of waste across various categories such as electronics, consumer goods, food, and more.

The significant increase in global warming has led to the innovation and use of environmentally friendly technology.

India's fashion industry is massive, employing millions and contributing significantly to the economy. But it's also a major polluter, responsible for a substantial share of carbon emissions...

India is known to the world for its diversified biological resources. Arising out of its obligations as a signatory to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity held at Rio de Janerio...

The Government of India is implementing the National Green Hydrogen Mission (“NGHM”), with an objective to make India a global hub of production, usage and export of green hydrogen and its derivatives. A global demand of over 100 (hundred) million metric tonnes of green hydrogen and its derivatives is expected to emerge by 2030.

The Environment Department of the Government of Maharashtra has recently issued the Maharashtra Plastic and Thermocol Products (Manufacture, Usage, Sale, Transport, Handling and Storage) Notification, 2018 ...

The National Capital Region of Delhi (Delhi NCR) has witnessed numerous concerns being raised regarding the quality of air and the sources for its pollution.

India is fast emerging as a major global business giant, and the investments in urban infrastructure are projected to be higher than ever before.

Sustainable development entails meeting present needs without jeopardizing the ability of future generations to do the same.

In recent years, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) considerations have transitioned from being aspirational sustainability metrics to material financial indicators for listed entities.