Part  I

Notifications and Orders issued by the Government

GOVERNMENT OF KERALA

Abstract

Environment Department—Kerala State Biodiversity Board—Kerala State Biodiversity Fund—Constituted—Orders

issued

Environment (A) Department

G . O. (Ms.) No. 03/12/Envt.

Dated, Thiruvananthapuram, 24th February 2012.

    Read:—Letter No. 1511/A1/11/KSBB dated 4-11-2011 from the Chairman, Kerala State Biodiversity Board.

ORDER

Whereas as per Section 22 of the Biological Diversity Act 2002, the Government of Kerala has constituted the

Kerala State Biodiversity Board by G.O. (Ms.) No. 1/05/STED dated 28-2-2005;

And whereas Section 31 of the said Act require that ‘the State Government’ may after due appropriation made by

the State Legislature by law in this behalf, pay to the State Biodiversity Board by way of grants or loans such sum of

money as the State Government may think for being utilized for the purpose of the Act;

And whereas the State legislature has appropriated amounts for the purpose of the State Biodiversity Fund;

Now therefore the Government hereby constitute the Kerala State Biodiversity Fund under Section 32 of the

Biological Diversity Act 2002.

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The operation of the fund will be as per Section 32 of the Act read with Rule 15 of the Kerala Biological Diversity

Rules, 2008, and the bye-laws of the Fund. The budgetary allocation under Section 31 of the Act shall be non lapsable.

The funds being received from the State Government shall be credited in Special Treasury Savings Bank Account

No. 15176 of District Treasury, Thiruvananthapuram and shall be accounted as per sub rule (3) of Rule 15 of the

Biodiversity Rules 2008.

By order of the Governor,

James Varghese,

Principal Secretary to Government.

To

The Chairman, Kerala State Biodiversity Board, Thiruvananthapuram.

The Member Secretary, Kerala State Biodiversity Board, Thiruvananthapuram.

The Secretary to Government of India, Paryavaran Bhavan, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-15 (with covering letter).

The Member Secretary, National Biodiversity Authority, TICL Biopark 6th Floor, Taramani Road, Taramani,

  Chennai-600 113 (with covering letter).

The Director, Directorate of Environment & Climate Change, Thiruvananthapuram.

The Principal Accountant General (Audit), Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram (This issues with concurrence of Finance

  Department).

The Accountant General (A & E), Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram.

The Public Relations Department.

The Finance Department (vide U.O. No. 11574/Exp.B2/12/Fin. dated 16-2-2012).

P. A. to Principal Secretary, Environment Department.

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