New Delhi, June 5 -- To bolster environmental oversight and combat the persistent issue of illegal mining, the central government has introduced mandatory third-party environmental audits for industries.

Speaking with ANI, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav emphasised that this new process is designed to ensure that industries strictly adhere to environmental standards while fostering greater rule adherence.

"Environmental standards are strictly followed, and these people also used to say many times that your monitoring system should be made stronger. The new change that has been made is that the subject of environmental audit and third-party audit has been included...we have made it mandatory for environmental companies, whom w...