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Re-assessment pendingVCSEnergy demandIndiaRegistry: RegisteredVMR0006

Smart Cookstove Program by Tata Communications

Developer: Tata Communications Limited

VCS-4048 ↗

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#190of 275 in Cookstoves#1897of 2757 in India#1257of 1612 in Verra (VCS)#74of 108 in VMR0006

Score from methodology v2.1 (analysis of 10 Sep 2026). Re-assessment under v2.2 pending.

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 4.9 / 10
Integrity 🔒 Transparency 🔒 Claim Safety 🔒 Documentation 🔒
Dimension scores are locked — the faint arcs are empty tracks, not zero scores.

Scale 0–10 · method weights: integrity 35% · transparency 25% · claim safety 25% · documentation 15%.

Re-assessment pending · v2.1

Scored2026-09-10medium confidence

evidence: 12/12 registry documents analyzed · 4 red flags

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Analysis

The Smart Cookstove Program by Tata Communications is a registered VCS energy-demand project with a VVB-verified combined additionality test and a quantified 5% leakage deduction, but it is undermined by a very large number of material findings (27) and corrective actions (11) that had to be resolved during verification, a project-specific baseline, and a first monitoring period that delivered only about 45% of the pro-rata ex-ante expectation. Contradictions in the fNRB value and the lifetime ex-ante estimate across documents raise data-reliability concerns that temper confidence in the claimed reductions.

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Findings

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On this page: the analysis of 10 Sep 2026, marked “Re-assessment pending”. Per-dimension scores, risk indicators, 4 red flags, score factors, detailed analysis, and 12 registry documents (12 analyzed).

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Eligibility & market

What can you claim with this credit?

Four checks buyers ask about, from the registry and the Integrity Council (ICVCM).

  • Airlines (CORSIA)

    No CORSIA label on the registry

    Not usable for airlines' CORSIA obligations.

    Source: registry label · read on 1 Nov 2026

    Covers: this project's credit records as read on the registry

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    Methodology under ICVCM assessmentVMR0006

    The Integrity Council has not decided on this methodology yet.

    Source: ICVCM assessment · ICVCM table read on 4 Oct 2026

    Covers: the methodology (every project using it), not this project's credits

  • Removal or reduction

    Emission reduction or avoidance

    Prevents or reduces emissions — fits contribution claims, not SBTi neutralisation.

    Source: methodology

    Covers: the project type, not a label on individual credits

  • Paris Agreement (Article 6)

    No Article 6 authorization

    No corresponding adjustment: the host country can also count this reduction towards its own target.

    Source: registry label · read on 1 Nov 2026

    Covers: this project's credit records as read on the registry

Information only, from public sources. Claim rules (CORSIA, SBTi, EU rules on green claims) change: check them before making a public claim. Since 27 September 2026, EU consumer rules do not allow “climate neutral” product claims based on offsets.

Registry labels last checked:2026-11-01

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2022
13,100013,100
2023
23,985023,985
2024
38,489038,489
2025
26,234026,234
Total101,8080101,808

Methodology versions used

The methodology version stated in each monitoring, verification and issuance document, by period, compared with the official methodology pages.

  1. 2022–2023VMR0006 v1.2last published version

    verification report

    official page · verified on

  • VMR0006: Withdrawn (Verra / Verified Carbon Standard) · replaced byVM0050 · official page · verified on

A version is shown only when the document's own text writes it next to the methodology code. Current versions, status and CCP ranges come from the official pages linked, checked on the date shown.

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Analysis ProvenanceVMR0006
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