The Biological Diversity Act, 2002 provides that when any bio-resource is accessed from any area, the local body should get a share/ royalty. Please refer to the following sections of Biological Diversity Act, 2002:

Section 3 to 7 (Access); sections 18 to 47 (functions and powers of NBA, approval of NBA, third party transfer, determination of benefit sharing); sections 49 to 53(settlement of disputes, appeal); sections 55 to 58 (penalties); and sections 60 and 61(Offences).

Procedure for access to collection of biological resources for commercial utilization

As per Section-7 of Biological Diversity Act, 2002 and Rule-14 of Jharkhand Biological Diversity Rule, 2007, any citizen of India or a body corporate, association or organization which is registered in India, desirous of obtaining any biological resource for commercial utilization, or biosurvey and bio-utilization for commercial utilization shall give prior intimation to the Board in Form I.

The application shall be in prescribed Form-1 along with Form A annexed to the regulations on Access to Biological Resources and Associated Knowledge and Benefits Sharing Regulations, 2014.

Application shall be accompanied by a fee of Rs. 10,000/- in the form of a demand draft drawn in favour of “Jharkhand Biodiversity Board” payable at Ranchi.

The details of application forms for specific activities are given below :-

Application Forms Purpose of Application Who should apply Downloads Application Fee
FORM I Access of biological resources occurring in or obtained from Jharkhand and/or associated traditional knowledge for research, commercial utilization, biosurvey or bio-utilization Any citizen of India or a body corporate, association or organization which is registered in India  Hindi  English INR 10,000/-
FORM A If the applicant is a Trader/ Manufacturer / Company, he shall submit along with Form I, as per regulation 2 of ABS Guidelines, 2014 Trader/ Manufacturer / Company Hindi English –

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