The Environment Audit Rules 2025 is a reform change proposed by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) to enhance compliance, transparency and accountability in environmental management. The new structure proposes the involvement of new accredited environment auditors to play with the existing regulators in closing the gaps created by manpower, shortage of resources.

The Himalaya Hindu Kush (HKH) is a region with a huge potential of renewable energy covering eight countries, namely, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan. However, an analysis by the International Centre of Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), released at the Asia-Pacific Clean Energy Week 2025 in Bangkok shows that only a small portion of these resources are in use.

The Ministry of Defence of India has published a 15-year plan, Technology Perspective and Capability Roadmap (TPCR-2025), which reflects a 20-40 year outlook on the technology of the armed forces. The roadmap identifies nuclear resilience, drone warfare, and electronic warfare as key pillars and strengthens the Indian drive towards defence self-reliance.

The Indian Rail is the first railroad to test a hydrogen-powered train developed at the Integral Coach Factory in Chennai. The train will be operating on the route of Jind-Sonipat in Haryana, it will be a milestone in moving India towards green mobility. This project connects with the National Green Hydrogen Mission to produce five million metric tonnes of green hydrogen per year by 2030 toward the net zero goal of India by 2070.

Bhubaneswar has gone a step ahead and is the first city in India to launch an action plan on heat and cooling known as the Integrated Heat and Cooling Action Plan (IHCAP). This project is a reaction to the increasing heat waves and the growing demand to cool, as it can help combat the cycle of rising temperatures that leads to higher air-conditioning use that further drives urban heat.