QuestionEnvironment / biodiversity law
Pursuant to the ratification of Convention on Biological Diversity, India legislated Biodiversity Act in the year:
- (a) 1992
- (b) 1994
- (c) 2002
- (d) 2014
Answer: (c) 2002
India signed the CBD in 1992 (ratified 1994) and enacted the Biological Diversity Act in 2002; Biological Diversity Rules 2004. It set up the National Biodiversity Authority (Chennai), State Biodiversity Boards and BMCs.