{"id":109399,"date":"2026-06-22T17:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T11:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=109399"},"modified":"2026-06-22T17:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T11:40:10","slug":"green-hydrogen-certification-portal-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/green-hydrogen-certification-portal-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Hydrogen Certification Portal of India, Need, Significance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a significant step towards creating a transparent and credible green hydrogen ecosystem, the Government of India has launched the Green Hydrogen Certification Portal of India (GHCI). The portal was launched by the Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Pralhad Joshi, during a national workshop on strengthening the National Green Hydrogen Mission.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About the Green Hydrogen Certification Portal of India (GHCI)<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Green Hydrogen Certification Portal of India (GHCI) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a <\/span><b>digital platform developed by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to facilitate transparent certification and regulatory compliance under the <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/green-hydrogen-certification-scheme-of-india\/\" target=\"_blank\">Green Hydrogen Certification Scheme of India<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It aims to establish a credible and standardised framework for the certification of green hydrogen produced in the country.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It verifies that hydrogen has been produced using renewable energy sources and meets the criteria prescribed under the Green Hydrogen Certification Scheme.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It promotes transparency, accountability and traceability throughout the green hydrogen value chain.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Green Hydrogen Certification Portal of India Need\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As green hydrogen becomes an important component of the global clean energy transition, there is a growing need to distinguish genuinely green hydrogen from hydrogen produced using fossil fuels. Without a robust certification mechanism:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Industries may make unverified environmental claims.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Buyers may find it difficult to assess the sustainability of hydrogen products.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Export opportunities could be affected due to lack of internationally credible verification.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Investors may face uncertainty regarding regulatory compliance.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Green Hydrogen Certification Portal addresses these concerns by establishing a transparent and trustworthy certification framework.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>National Green Hydrogen Mission<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Green Hydrogen Certification Portal is a key institutional pillar of the <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/national-green-hydrogen-mission\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Green Hydrogen Mission<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> launched in 2023. The mission aims to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Produce 5 million metric tonnes of green hydrogen annually by 2030.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Develop 125 gigawatts of dedicated renewable energy capacity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attract investments worth more than \u20b98 lakh crore.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Create over 6 lakh jobs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reduce annual carbon emissions by 50 million tonnes.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The certification portal supports these goals by ensuring that growth in production is accompanied by transparency, accountability and internationally accepted standards.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Green Hydrogen Certification Portal Significance<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The importance of the Green Hydrogen Certification Portal extends beyond certification alone. It lays the foundation for a trusted green hydrogen market by creating uniform standards, reducing information asymmetry and strengthening governance in the sector. The portal is expected to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Prevents <\/b><b>greenwashing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by ensuring that only hydrogen produced from renewable energy sources receives green certification.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Unlocks global export opportunities <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by aligning Indian green hydrogen with emerging international sustainability requirements.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Accelerates industrial decarbonisation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by enabling certified green hydrogen adoption in steel, fertiliser, refinery and transport sectors.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Attracts investments<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> through regulatory certainty by creating a transparent and predictable certification framework.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Strengthens India\u2019s leadership in the clean energy transition<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by supporting the National Green Hydrogen Mission and positioning India as a future global green hydrogen hub.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Green Hydrogen Certification Portal of India (GHCI) ensures transparent certification of renewable hydrogen, supporting clean energy, exports, and decarbonisation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":108887,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[786],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-109399","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-general-studies","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109399"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109409,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109399\/revisions\/109409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}