UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2020

If a particular plant species is placed under Schedule VI of The Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, what is the implication?

  1. A licence is required to cultivate that plant.
  2. Such a plant cannot be cultivated under any circumstances.
  3. It is a Genetically Modified crop plant.
  4. Such a plant is invasive and harmful to the ecosystem.

Answer

Correct Answer

A licence is required to cultivate that plant.

Explanation

Schedule VI lists specified plants, whose cultivation and trade are allowed only under a licence (Section 17B), while collecting them from the wild is prohibited. It does not concern GM crops or invasive species.

Topics: environmental laws & policies, environment & ecology, schedule vi - specified plants, wildlife protection act 1972