National Biodiversity Authority disburses about Rs 1.04 crore in access and benefit-sharing money to state boards
24 October 2026
The National Biodiversity Authority has disbursed around Rs 1.04 crore of Access and Benefit-Sharing money among 27 State Biodiversity Boards and two Union Territory Biodiversity Councils. The announcement was made on 24 October 2026. The amount represents benefit-sharing contributions received from Crystal Crop Protection Limited, Savannah Seeds Pvt. Ltd. and Nunhems India Pvt. Ltd. The contributions relate to access to pearl millet, jowar, maize, rice and bottle gourd for research and commercial purposes. The National Biodiversity Authority has adopted an area-based approach where resources are procured through markets or traders and individual benefit claimers cannot be identified. Allocations were worked out from the cultivation area of the crops using agricultural statistics published through the Unified Portal for Agricultural Statistics. Uttar Pradesh received the largest share at Rs 10,35,790.
In plain words
ABS Access and Benefit-Sharing — The mechanism under which users of biological resources share benefits with the communities and states that conserve them.
NBA National Biodiversity Authority — The statutory body set up under the Biological Diversity Act with its headquarters at Chennai.