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Kharagpur Gram Panchayat in a rural area has not yet set up any committee for documenting local landraces and folk varieties of paddy. Under the Biological Diversity Act, 2002 (as amended in 2023), what is the position?

Every Gram Panchayat-level local body in a rural area must constitute a Biodiversity Management Committee within its area. The duty is mandatory under section 41(1), and it aims to promote conservation, sustainable use and documentation of biological diversity, including landraces and folk varieties.

  1. AThe local body at Gram Panchayat level must constitute a Biodiversity Management Committee within its areaCorrect
  2. BOnly the National Biodiversity Authority may constitute such a committee for the village
  3. CThe committee is optional and may be constituted only if farmers apply to the State Biodiversity Board
  4. DOnly the District Collector may constitute it, and only after a Central Government notification

Explanation

Section 41(1) requires every local body at the Gram Panchayat level in rural areas to constitute a Biodiversity Management Committee within its area to promote conservation, sustainable use and documentation of biological diversity. It is a mandatory duty of the local body, not an optional step dependent on farmer applications or the National Biodiversity Authority.

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