Question

The biodiversity act of India was passed by the parliament in the year:
A. 1992
B. 1996
C. 2000
D. 2002

Answer 1

Hint: India is known to the world for its rich and diverse biological resources. It has rich biodiversity and inhabits many extinct flora and fauna. In present times due to excessive population growth, these bio diversities are on surge to get diminished. Therefore various laws and allegations have been imposed to save the wildlife and diverse biological resources in nature.

Complete answer:
The diverse biodiversity of plants and animals is declining day by day due to over population and less availability of land to accommodate humans. Thus, we are slowly losing our biodiversity. To overcome this problem, various laws are imposed by the governments in the world to save the plants and animals from getting diminished from nature. India is also one of these nations who took initiative to stop the exploitation of nature.
Correspondingly, in India the Biodiversity Act was passed by parliament in 2002 to take initiative of conserving the biological resources. This act was enacted to meet the obligations under convention on biological diversity.
The biodiversity is defined under section 2 (b) of the act as “The variability among living organisms from all sources and the ecological complexes of which they are part, includes diversity within species or between species and of ecosystems”. It also defines biological resources as “plants, animals and microorganisms or parts thereof, their genetic material and by-products with actual or potential use or value, but not human genetic material”.

Our required answer is D that is 2002.

Note: The national biodiversity authority (NBA) is an autonomous body which works under the Ministry of Environment and Forest of Government of India which was established in 2003 to implement the provisions under this act. Also, State Biodiversity Boards have been created in all states with 31,574 Biological management committees in whole India.