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■ KRISHNA RIVER.

◇ Second largest river of Pen*sular after Godavari.

◇ Flows through Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra and Karnataka.

◇ Rises from western ghats near Jor village of satara district of Maharashtra.

◇ Tributaries :-

• Left bank - Ghataprabha, Malprabha and Tunghbhadra.

• Right bank - Bhima, Musi and Munneru.

◇ It flows into Bay of Bengal.

◇ Krishna basin is known for its D-6 block where Reliance Industries discovered largest Natural gas reserves in 2003.

National Biodiversity authority

▪️It was created in 2003 under the Biodiversity act 2002.

▪️It is an autonomous and statutory body for advisory and regulatory functions under government for conservation, sustainable use of resources and sharing of resources.

▪️Some of the objectives are:

1. Prior approval for intellectual property rights in research in biological resources or knowledge obtained from India.

2. Protection of knowledge of local people through registration of knowledge.

3. It advises the central government relating to conservation and sustainable and equitable use of benefits.