On February 5, 2026, the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, launched a digital portal for electronic issuance of Certificates of Origin for cultivated medicinal plants, aimed at stakeholders seeking Access and Benefit Sharing exemptions. The portal, functioning as a single-window, end-to-end online system, can be accessed at https://absefiling.nbaindia.in/. This initiative follows the Biological Diversity (Amendment) Act, 2023, enacted by Parliament in July and August 2023, with the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change notifying the Biological Diversity Rules in 2024 and 2025 to address procedural requirements across various stakeholder groups, including the AYUSH sector, seed sector, and research institutions. The amended Rules facilitate the electronic generation of Certificates of Origin through this digital platform. (Release ID: 2223522) Visitor Counter : 976. The release is available in multiple languages including Urdu, Marathi, Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati, Tamil, and Telugu.
Key Entities Referenced
Biological Diversity (Amendment) Act, 2023: Amended Act to address procedural requirements related to Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) exemptions for cultivated medicinal plants, enacted by Parliament
Certificates of Origin: Certificates for cultivated medicinal plants that the digital portal facilitates the electronic issuance of.
National Biodiversity Authority (NBA): Statutory body under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change that developed and operationalised the digital portal for Certificates of Origin.
Biological Diversity Rules: Rules notified by MoEFCC to operationalise the provisions of the Biological Diversity (Amendment) Act, 2023.
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change: Ministry under which NBA operates, and which notified the Biological Diversity Rules.
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Government Launches Digital Portal for Issuance
of Certificates of Origin for Cultivated Medicinal
Plants
Posted On: 05 FEB 2026 9:07AM by PIB Delhi
The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), a statutory body under the Ministry of Environment, Forest
and Climate Change, has developed and operationalised a digital portal to facilitate the electronic issuance
of Certificates of Origin to stakeholders seeking Access and Benefit Sharing exemptions for cultivated
medicinal plants.
The portal functions as a single-window, end-to-end online system for processing applications and issuing
Certificates of Origin. It can be accessed at https://absefiling.nbaindia.in/.
The Biological Diversity (Amendment) Act, 2023 was enacted by Parliament with the passage of the Bill
by the Lok Sabha on 25 July 2023 and the Rajya Sabha on 1 August 2023. MoEFCC notified the
Biological Diversity Rules in 2024 and 2025.
To operationalise the provisions of the amended Act and address procedural requirements across
stakeholder groups, including the AYUSH sector, seed sector and research institutions, the Ministry of
Environment, Forest and Climate Change notified the Biological Diversity Rules in 2024 and 2025.
The amended Rules provide for the electronic generation of Certificates of Origin for cultivated medicinal
plants through a designated digital platform.
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