Biopiracy is when foreign companies try to patent our biological resources, like they did with neem's medicinal properties and Basmati rice's unique strains—taking what is ours. Our law, the Biological Diversity Act, now requires permission and benefit-sharing for any use of these resources. It's not just paperwork; it's justice for our villages. I know because my own district's turmeric almost got patented abroad, and now every application on my desk carries the weight of that fight.
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