TNPSC Thervupettagam

Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2021

August 5 , 2022 739 days 862 0
  • The Lok Sabha passed the Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill 2021.
  • It seeks to provide for the implementation of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
  • The bill also provides powers to the central government to regulate and stop the import, trade, possession, or proliferation of invasive alien species.
  • The new bill will ensure that the government designates a management authority to provide export, and import permits for species, and a scientific authority to advise the government on it.
  • The amendment bill was first introduced in Parliament on December 17, 2021.
  • It was sent to a standing committee on December 25 of the same year.

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