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Featured · ECBC · State Compliance ECBC state mandates in 2025: which states enforce what — and what it means for your project

India’s ECBC 2017 is a central framework — but enforcement is entirely a state matter. Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana each have distinct implementation rules, documentation requirements and approval workflows. This article maps the current state-by-state enforcement landscape, the compliance traps most practices miss, and what the gap between a technically compliant model and an authority-approved submission actually looks like.

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