Under which provision must the State Biodiversity Boards use the ABS funds they receive?
- A.Section 21 of the Environment Protection Act
- B.Section 32(2) of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002
- C.Section 6 of the Wildlife Protection Act
- D.Section 15 of the Forest Conservation Act
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Explanation
The correct answer is Section 32(2) of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002. The release states that the boards and councils are required to spend the funds on the activities listed in that provision, and it lists them: documentation and updating of People's Biodiversity Registers, conservation of biological resources both in their natural habitat and outside it, restoration of degraded ecosystems, strengthening of Biodiversity Heritage Sites, capacity building of Biodiversity Management Committees, and improvement of community livelihoods. Options A, C and D name well-known environmental laws of India, and each is the kind of answer a candidate reaches for when the exact statute has slipped from memory, but the ABS framework sits entirely within the Biological Diversity Act. Link the whole chain in your notes: the Act of 2002 creates the National Biodiversity Authority, the State Biodiversity Boards and the Biodiversity Management Committees, and the same Act carries the access and benefit-sharing provisions that this disbursement follows.
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Practice Questions
How much fresh Access and Benefit-Sharing money did the National Biodiversity Authority sanction to State boards and UT councils?
- A.₹8.23 crore
- B.₹82.3 crore
- C.₹200 crore
- D.₹23.8 crore
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The release records that the Authority sanctioned that amount in ABS proceeds to 27 State Biodiversity Boards and 5 Union Territory Biodiversity Councils, arising from access to biological resources of four vegetable crops.
Read the full explanation →Which State is the largest cumulative recipient of the latest ABS proceeds across the four crops?
- A.Maharashtra
- B.Madhya Pradesh
- C.Andhra Pradesh
- D.Karnataka
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The table in the release ranks the recipients, and Madhya Pradesh stands at the top, ahead of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Gujarat.
Read the full explanation →Since ethanol supply year 2014-15, how much foreign exchange has the ethanol blending programme saved?
- A.More than Rs 62,000 crore
- B.More than Rs 1.01 lakh crore
- C.More than Rs 1.66 lakh crore
- D.More than Rs 1.97 lakh crore
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The ministry listed four cumulative outcomes of the blending programme since ethanol supply year 2014-15: foreign exchange savings above that amount, substitution of about 316 lakh metric tonnes of crude oil, avoidance of about 952 lakh metric tonnes of carbon dioxide, and transfers of more than Rs 1.66 lakh crore…
Read the full explanation →What ethanol content was recorded on average in the samples tested in Karnataka?
- A.19.30 per cent
- B.21.50 per cent
- C.26 per cent
- D.31 per cent
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All 56 samples tested in Karnataka, taken from different locations and from all three oil marketing companies, conformed to the prescribed specification, with ethanol content ranging between 19 and 20 per cent and averaging that figure.
Read the full explanation →Which Bureau of Indian Standards specification applies to ethanol-blended motor gasoline?
- A.IS 1460
- B.IS 2796
- C.IS 17021
- D.IS 15607
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This is the Bureau of Indian Standards specification for ethanol-blended motor gasoline, and E20 petrol supplied by the three public sector oil marketing companies across the country is required to conform to it.
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