NBA releases ₹18.3 lakh benefit-sharing money to BMCs in Uttar Pradesh and Sikkim
The National Biodiversity Authority released ₹18.3 lakh in Access and Benefit Sharing money to two Biodiversity Management Committees in Uttar Pradesh and Sikkim.
Summary
The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) released ₹18.3 lakh to two Biodiversity Management Committees (BMCs), as announced on 25 October 2025. The money is Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) under the Biological Diversity Act, 2002, and went through the State Biodiversity Boards. One recipient is the Narrau village BMC in Akrabad Kaul taluk, Aligarh district, Uttar Pradesh, where a company used crop material to produce fermentable compounds from lignocellulosic biomass. The other is the BMC of the Lampokhari Lake area in Aritar, Sikkim, where a company collected microorganisms from water and soil for research. Under ABS, users of biological resources share benefits with the local communities that conserve them.
Key facts
- Amount
- ₹18.3 lakh
- Law
- Biological Diversity Act, 2002 (Access and Benefit Sharing)
- UP recipient
- Narrau village BMC, Aligarh district
- Sikkim recipient
- Lampokhari Lake area BMC, Aritar
- Route
- Through State Biodiversity Boards
Practice MCQs 2 questions
The Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) amount of ₹18.3 lakh released by the National Biodiversity Authority in October 2025 operates under which law?
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Correct answer: B — Biological Diversity Act, 2002
PIB: the amount is Access and Benefit Sharing money under the framework of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002.
The Lampokhari Lake area, whose Biodiversity Management Committee received ABS money from the NBA in October 2025, is in which state?
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Correct answer: A — Sikkim
PIB: the BMC is in the Lampokhari Lake area, Aritar, Sikkim; the other recipient was Narrau village BMC in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh.