Rule, 2025

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EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 252] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2025/VAISAKHA 17, 1947

MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 6th May, 2025

G.S.R. 295(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 62 of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002 (18 of 2003), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Biological Diversity Rules, 2024, namely : –

(1) These rules may be called the Biological Diversity (Amendment) Rules, 2025.

(2) They shall come into force from the 1st day of November, 2025.

2. For Rule 19 of the Biological Diversity Rules, 2024, (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), the following rule shall be substituted, namely, –

19. Procedure for obtaining a certificate of origin for cultivated medicinal plants. –

(1) Books containing the details of cultivated medicinal plants shall be maintained by the Biodiversity Management Committee in Form 11 in the web portal.

(2) An application for obtaining certificate of origin under sub-section 2 of section 7 of the Act shall be made to the Biodiversity Management Committee along with the fee in Form 11A on web portal.

(3) On the basis of the entries made in the books maintained under sub-rule (1), the certificate of origin shall be generated in the web portal in the Form ‘12’.

3. In the First Schedule of the said rules, for serial number 11 and 12 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be substituted, namely: – “Sl.No. Purpose of the Application Fee 11 Books containing details of cultivated medicinal plants, to be maintained by the Biodiversity Management Committee in web portal Nil 11A Application for obtaining certificate of origin for cultivated medicinal plants ₹ 200 12 Certificate of origin issued to the applicant Nil”

4. In the Second Schedule of the said rules, for the Form-11 and Form-12, the following Forms shall be substituted, namely: – [See section 7 of the Act and rule 19(1)] Book containing details of cultivated medicinal plants, to be maintained by the Biodiversity Management Local Body Sl.

No.

Name of the cultivated medicinal plants Details of the cultivated medicinal plants including common and botanical names, period of cultivation.

Approx. Quantity produced annually in a financial year (in kg/ quintal/ tonne etc.) [See section 7 of the Act and rule 19(2)] Application for obtaining certificate of origin for cultivated medicinal plants Sl.No. Particulars Details

(1) Name of the applicant:

(2) Phone No.:

e-mail:

(3) Address:

District:

State:

(4) Select State in which SBB is located

(5) Select District in which BMC is located

(6) Name of the Biodiversity Management Committee (Village or Town / District / State / Union Territory)

(7) Request for accessing the cultivated medicinal plant Sl. No. Name of the cultivated medicinal plants Quantity (in kg./quintal/tonne etc.) I/we hereby declare and solemnly affirm that the information provided above is true and correct to the best of my knowledge.

[see rule 19(3)] Certificate of Origin (Unique ID/QR Code: to be digitally assigned) It is certified that the medicinal plant(s) as mentioned in column No. 2 of the table is/ are cultivated in the jurisdiction of the ………………………….. Biodiversity Management Committee. It is further certified that the record regarding cultivation of medicinal plant has been maintained by the Biodiversity Management Committee in Form-11. This certificate is being issued to Shri/Smt./Ms. …………………. resident of…………………..for the quantity mentioned at column No. 3 of the table.

Sl.

No.

Name of the cultivated medicinal plant(s) Quantity of cultivated medicinal plants for which the certificate is issued. (in kg./quintal/tonne, etc.) Signature of the Authorised person of the Biodiversity Management Committee RAGHU KUMAR KODALI, Scientist ‘G’ Note. – The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide

G.S.R. 665(E), dated the 22nd October, 2024.

and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.

GORAKHA NATH YADAVA

Provisions this rule answers to

Read out of the instrument itself: an enabling provision is one it says it was made under, which is the power it rests on. The rest it names without resting on.

Other instruments under the same Act

All of the The Biological Diversity Act, 2002