National Biodiversity Authority:

• National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) was established in 2003 to implement India’s Biological Diversity Act (BDA). It is a statutory, autonomous body and it performs regulatory and advisory functions for the Government of India on issues of conservation, sustainable use of biological resources and fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising out of the use of biological resources.
• NBA checks biopiracy and protects the indigenous and traditional genetic resources. Anybody seeking any kind of IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) on a research based upon biological resource or knowledge obtained from India requires prior approval of NBA.
• No person who has been granted approval, shall transfer any biological resource or knowledge associated to others except with the prior permission of the NBA.The State Biodiversity Boards (SSBs) also regulate, by granting approvals or otherwise requests for commercial utilization or bio-survey and bio-utilization of any biological resource by Indians.

Source: ForumIAS