{"data": {"schema": "publicfeed.update.v1", "id": "PIB-2321791", "url": "https://publicfeed.in/orders/PIB-2321791", "headline": "National Biodiversity Authority disburses Rs 2.02 crore for biodiversity conservation", "summary": "The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change announced on 10 October 2026 that the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) has disbursed Rs 2.02 crore to 27 State Biodiversity Boards and 3 Union Territory Biodiversity Councils. These funds, collected as Access and Benefit-Sharing (ABS) contributions from seed-sector companies for using biological resources like rice and tomato, are intended to support biodiversity conservation and local community livelihoods. The release does not say when the funds take effect, but they will be used for activities such as updating People’s Biodiversity Registers and conserving traditional crops. This brings the NBA's cumulative ABS disbursement to Rs 202 crore.", "key_points": ["Rs 2.02 crore disbursed to 27 State and 3 Union Territory biodiversity bodies", "Funds sourced from seed-sector companies for use of biological resources", "Madhya Pradesh received the highest share at Rs 23,81,072", "Cumulative ABS disbursement by the NBA has reached Rs 202 crore", "Funds support Biodiversity Management Committees and traditional crop conservation"], "issued_date": "2026-10-10", "listing_date": "2026-10-10", "document": {"form": "Press release", "number": "2321791", "type": "Press release", "legal_character": "informational_communication", "functions": ["announces"], "cites": ["Biological Diversity Act, 2002", "National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) 2024–2030"]}, "issuer": "Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change", "department": "Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change", "source": {"key": "pib", "name": "Press Information Bureau", "site": "pib.gov.in", "official_url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=2321791"}, "topics": ["biodiversity conservation", "benefit-sharing", "seed sector"], "reader_topics": ["Government services"], "intent": "updates", "states": ["ap", "br", "ct", "gj", "ka", "mh", "mp", "or", "up", "wb"], "national": false, "places": ["India"], "applies_to": ["State Biodiversity Boards and Union Territory Biodiversity Councils"], "dates": [{"kind": "event", "date": "2026-10-19", "wording": "commencing on 19 October 2026", "what": "seventeenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 17)", "counts_from": null}], "revision": "92dabfcb85deb7f1", "recorded_at": "2026-10-10T15:44:05.889549+00:00", "provenance": {"method": "ai_summary", "automated_check": "pass", "human_review": "pending"}}, "meta": {"schema": "publicfeed.update.v1", "count": 1, "next": null, "plan": "free", "feed_updated_at": "2026-10-23T21:40:35.949254+00:00", "generated_at": "2026-10-23T22:21:11+00:00"}, "attribution": "Data: PublicFeed (https://publicfeed.in), summarising official documents linked in each record. Summaries are AI-generated and not legal advice; the official original is the authority.", "license": "https://publicfeed.in/terms#data-licence"}