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Biodiversity Management Committee (BMC)

As per the Biological Diversity Act, 2002 (section 41), every local body shall constitute a Biodiversity Management Committee (BMC) within its area of jurisdiction.

These BMCs have been constituted for the purpose of promoting conservation, sustainable use and documentation of biological diversity including preservation of habitats, conservation of land races, folk varieties and cultivars, domesticated stocks and breeds of animals and microorganisms and chronicling of knowledge related to biological diversity.

The Composition of BMC in Jharkhand State :-

As per Rule-20 of Jharkhand Biological Diversity Rules 2007, the Biodiversity Management Committee shall consist of a chairperson and not more than six persons nominated by the local body of whom not less than one third should be women and not less than 36% should belong to Scheduled castes/Scheduled Tribes.

The Chairperson of the Biodiversity Management Committee shall be elected from amongst the members of the committee in a meeting to be chaired by the Chairperson of the local body. The Chairperson of the local body shall have the casting vote in case of a tie.

The function of BMCs :-

The main function of the BMC is to prepare People???s Biodiversity Register in consultation with the local people. The Register shall contain comprehensive information on the availability and knowledge of local biological resources, their medicinal or any other use or any other traditional knowledge associated with them.

The Status of BMCs constitution (as on 31 May, 2022) :-

A total of 4684 BMCs (4351 Gram/Village Panchayat level, 263 Block level, 23 Zila Panchayat level and 47 Nagar Nigam/Parishad/Panchayat level BMCs) have been constituted in Jharkhand State.

Level of local body No. of Local bodies BMC Constituted Remaining
Gram Panchayat Level 4351 4351 NIL
Block Panchayat Level 263 263 NIL
Zila Panchayat Level 24 23 01
Urban body Level 51 47 04
Total :- 4689 4684 05

To view the break-up of above BMCs at different local bodies level please click here.


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