Question 17 of 17beginner🧠 RememberMCQ1 mark

Which one of the following is a pioneering initiative of India to prevent misappropriation of country's traditional medicinal knowledge at International Patent Offices?

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Option (A) Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL) is correct. The textbook explicitly states that TKDL has been set up to curb the biopiracy of traditional medicines and is a pioneering initiative of India to prevent misappropriation of country's traditional medicinal knowledge at International Patent Offices. The context further mentions that its beginning dates back to the Indian effort on revocation of the patent on wound healing properties of turmeric at the USPTO. Options (B), (C), and (D) are incorrect as they are not mentioned in the context as initiatives related to protecting traditional medicinal knowledge from misappropriation.