Abstract: Building construction is witnessing growth at highest rate in last 10 years in India. This has an impact on available resources of material for construction also direct and indirect effect on natural environment and increase in green house Gas emissions. Green building rating systems have been contributing to assess building performance based on their efforts to minimize this impact on natural environment. This study analyze the criteria and their significance in two basic green building rating systems in India LEED and GRIHA. This is a part of research study where an attempt is made to quantify the role of each criterion in both systems as performance indicator by post occupancy evaluation. In this paper, author performs comparative analysis of assessment criteria.