Nature India | Indigenus
Biosecurity laws under scanner
India tabled an Agriculture Biosecurity Bill in Parliament last year (2013). The government at the Centre has changed since and the Bill is still pending. In the absence of a robust national regulation for biosecurity, the country is still dependent upon an archaic Destructive Insects and Pests Act (DIPA) and the Livestock Importation Act.
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