Notification on exemption of crops listed in the Annex-I of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) from the purview of the Section 3 and 4 of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002.

This Notification exempts the crops, from amongst those listed in the Annex -I of the ITPGRFA, as notified by the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, from time to time, from the purview of the sections 3 and 4 of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002, for the purpose of utilization and conservation for research, breeding and training for food and agriculture.