MoSPI releases 'Strategy for Environmental Economic Accounts in India 2026-2030' covering forests, water and carbon stock

7 October 2026

The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has compiled and released a document titled 'Strategy for Environmental Economic Accounts in India 2026-2030'.
It is an extension of the earlier 'Strategy for Environmental-Economic Accounts in India 2022-2026', which the Ministry's National Statistical Office had released.
The work follows the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting, which is endorsed by the United Nations Statistical Commission, and the SEEA-Central Framework.
The new document aims to cover, or widen the scope of, subjects such as forest, minerals, soil resources, land, water, carbon stock, environment-related activities, biodiversity and environment statistics.
The 2022-2026 strategy had identified material flow accounts, ocean accounts, energy accounts and thematic accounts for biodiversity and urban areas as the areas to work on.
The areas in the new document are selected mainly on the recommendations in the report 'Green National Account in India: A Framework' and the SEEA-CF framework, and the Ministry links its importance to the System of National Accounts 2025, which recognises natural resource accounting within the national accounting framework. The document is available on www.mospi.gov.in.