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Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change notifies Environment Audit Rules, 2025

Posted 04 Sep 2025

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These rules create a formal framework for environmental auditing across the country aimed at enhancing environmental compliance monitoring & ease of doing business across India.

Main Features of Environment Audit Rules, 2025

  • Environment Audit Designate Agency (EADA):  EADA's responsibilities include certification, registration, oversight, and training of auditors.
  • Registered Environment Auditors (EAs): Auditing to be undertaken only by REAs.
    • The certification of Environmental Auditors will be based on either scrutiny of their qualification and experience or by conducting an exam.
    • REAs are assigned using a random assignment method to ensure impartiality.
  • Responsibilities of REAs: Sampling, analysis, compensation calculation, verification under Green Credit Rules, audit under waste management rules and under various other environment and forest related legislations.
  • Two-Tiered System: 
    • Tier-1: Comprises existing government regulator-based review of compliance by agencies like CPCB, SPCBs, and ministry regional offices.
    • Tier-2: Involves an environment auditor-based mechanism.
  • Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change: Oversees implementation of Rules and issues necessary guidelines
  • CPCB/SPCB/ROs: Continue inspection and verification roles, assist MoEFCC in Rules implementation.  
  • Oversight Mechanism: A Steering Committee, led by an Additional Secretary from MoEFCC, monitors progress and suggests reforms.
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  • Environment Audit Rules, 2025
  • Environment Audit
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