Doubt Clearance Thread: UPSC 2021

The provisions of Wetlands Rules apply to:

1. a)  Wetlands designated by the Government of India to the List of Wetlands of International Importance under the provisions of the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar Convention). [Ref. Rule 3 (a) of Wetlands Rule]

2. b)  Wetlands notified under the rules by the Central Government, State Government and UT Administration. [Ref. Rule 3 (b) of Wetlands Rule]

4. All wetlands, irrespective of their location, size, ownership, biodiversity, or ecosystem services values, can be notified under the Wetlands Rules,except:

   1. a)  River channels;

   2. b)  Paddy fields;

   3. c)  Human-made waterbodies specifically constructed for drinking water purposes;

   4. d)  Human-made waterbodies specifically constructed for aquaculture purposes;

   5. e)  Human-made waterbodies specifically constructed for salt production purposes;

   6. f)  Human-made waterbodies specifically constructed for recreation purposes;

   7. g)  Human-made waterbodies specifically constructed for irrigation purposes;

   8. h)  Wetlands falling within areas covered under the Indian Forest Act, 1927; Forest

      (Conservation) Act, 1980; State Forest Acts and amendments thereof;

   9. i)  Wetlands falling within areas covered under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 and

      amendments thereof;

   10. j)  Wetlands falling within areas covered under the Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, 2011

       and amendments thereof.

   [Ref. Rule 2 (g) and Rule 3 of Wetlands Rules]

   
   

   
   

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   8. For wetlands falling within the criteria 3 (b) (supra), the exclusions mentioned at para 4 a) – 4j) shall applyonlyin cases wherein the entire wetland falls under the said category. In cases wherein areas falling within para 4 a) – 4 j) form a part of larger wetland or wetlands complex, and exclusion may result in impeded ecological contiguity and connectivity, such areas may beincludedwithin the boundary of wetland being notified. Regulations within the boundaries of areas mentioned at para 4 h) – 4 j) will, however, be as per the corresponding regulatory frameworks (Refer Illustration 1 and 2).

   
   

NOT ALLOWED-> 

1. 1)  an invention which is frivolous or which claims anything obviously contrary to well established natural laws;

2. 2)  an invention the primary or intended use or commercial exploitation of which could be contrary to public order or morality or which causes serious prejudice to human , animal or plant life or health or to the environment;

3. 3)  the mere discovery of scientific principle or the formulation of an abstract theory or discovery of any living thing or non-living substance occurring in nature;

4. 4)  the mere discovery of a new form of a known substance which does not result in enhancement of the known efficacy of that substance or the mere discovery of any new property or new use for a known substance or of the mere use of a known process, machine or apparatus unless such known process results in a new product or employs at least one new reactant;

   Explanation: For the purposes of this clause, salts, esters, ethers, polymorphs, metabolites, pure form, particle size, isomers, mixtures of isomers, complexes, combinations and other derivatives of known substance shall be considered to be the same substance, unless they differ significantly in properties with regards to efficacy;

5. 5)  a substance obtained by mere admixture resulting only in the aggregation of the properties of the components thereof or a process for producing such substance;

6. 6)  the mere arrangement or re-arrangement or duplication of known devices each functioning independently of one another in a known way;

7. 7)  a method of agriculture or horticulture;

8. 8)  any process for medicinal, surgical, curative, prophylactic (diagnostic, therapeutic) or other

   treatment of human beings or any process for a similar treatment of animals to render them

   free of disease or to increase their economic value or that of their products;

9. 9)  plants and animals in whole or any part thereof other than microorganisms but including seeds, varieties and species and essentially biological processes for production or

   propagation of plants and animals;

10. 10)  a mathematical or business method or a computer program per se or algorithms;

11. 11)  a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work or any other aesthetic creation whatsoever

    including cinematographic works and television productions;

12. 12)  a mere scheme or rule or method of performing mental act or method of playing game;

13. 13)  a presentation of information;

14. 14)  topography of integrated circuits;

15. 15)  an invention which, in effect, is traditional knowledge or which is an aggregation or

    duplication of known properties of traditionally known component or components;

16. 16)  inventions relating to atomic energy;