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  "jurisdiction": "IN",
  "country": "India",
  "language": "en",
  "last_verified": "2026-08-17",
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  "rules": [
    "HOLD items never ship",
    "DRAFT items always say DRAFT",
    "states instruments — name, number, status, dates; does not interpret how they apply",
    "negative facts (no such mandate) are register entries too"
  ],
  "operator": "GreenCore Solutions Corp.",
  "operator_role": "operator of the scaffolding — not verifier, auditor, rater or certifier",
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    "E-Waste (Management) Rules 2022 (the Battery Waste Rules half ships) [MAJ]",
    "Companies Act 2013 s.135 CSR [MAJ]"
  ],
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          "instrument": "SEBI Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report (BRSR) + BRSR Core",
          "reference": "SEBI LODR framework; current SEBI circular (March 2025) — top-1000 listed entities mandatory, BRSR Core assurance with 2025 easing",
          "status": "In force per the current SEBI circular (stated at build, per the master's fast-mover rule).",
          "source": "https://www.sebi.gov.in/sebi_data/attachdocs/mar-2025/1743159419610.pdf",
          "draft": false,
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          "not_law": false,
          "note_tag": null,
          "last_verified": "2026-08-19"
        },
        {
          "instrument": "Plastic Waste Management Rules 2016, as amended (incl. 2024 amendment) + EPR portal",
          "reference": "G.S.R. 320(E) of 2016; Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules 2024, G.S.R. 201(E) of 14 March 2024",
          "status": "In force (EPR for plastic packaging via the centralized portal).",
          "source": "https://cpcb.nic.in/uploads/plasticwaste/EC_Regime_PWM_04-04-2024.pdf",
          "draft": false,
          "no_mandate": false,
          "not_law": false,
          "note_tag": null,
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        },
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          "instrument": "Battery Waste Management Rules 2022",
          "reference": "S.O. 3984(E)",
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          "source": "https://cpcb.nic.in/uploads/hwmd/Battery-WasteManagementRules-2022.pdf",
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          "no_mandate": false,
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          "note_tag": null,
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        },
        {
          "instrument": "Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS) 2023",
          "reference": "BEE / Ministry of Power notification framework",
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          "source": "https://www.beeindia.gov.in/WriteReadData/L45218/7772386525993811.pdf",
          "draft": false,
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          "not_law": false,
          "note_tag": null,
          "last_verified": "2026-08-19"
        },
        {
          "instrument": "CCPA Guidelines for Prevention and Regulation of Greenwashing or Misleading Environmental Claims, 2024",
          "reference": "Central Consumer Protection Authority, 2024",
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          "source": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2064963",
          "draft": false,
          "no_mandate": false,
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          "note_tag": null,
          "last_verified": "2026-08-19"
        }
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}