Lok Sabha Question No. 4524 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-28
Subject: Veterinary Colleges Research Institutes
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Sudheer Gupta, Prataprao  Jadhav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY & DAIRYING DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4524 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 TH  MARCH, 2023

## VETERINARY COLLEGES RESEARCH INSTITUTES

4524.  SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA: SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHDAV:

## Will the Minister of MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND AIRYING मत्स्यपालन , पशुपालन और डेयरी मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a)      whether  Government  has  framed/proposes  to  frame  fresh  rules  in  view  of  growing  concerns regarding experiments conducted on animals housed in medical collages, pharmacy colleges, veterinary colleges,  research institutes etc;
- (b)    if so, the details thereof and the time by which these fresh rules are likely to be applicable;
- (c)     whether the Government also proposes to empower the Committee for the Purpose of Central and Supervision  of  Experiments  on  Animals  (CPCSEA),  2023  to  prevent  cruelty  on  animals  used  in experiments in various medical colleges and institutes and if so, the details thereof;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  such  an  amendment  or  framing  fresh  rules  will  hamper  the medical and trial procedure in medical colleges and institutes leading to less expertise among emerging medical professionals; and
- (e)   if so, the details thereof and the details of steps taken to overcome this problem?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER FOR FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING (SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

(a) & (b) The Committee for Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals (CCSEA) is a statutory body,  constituted  under  Section  15(1)  of  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Animals  (PCA) Act,  1960,  with  the mandate to take all such measures as may be necessary to ensure that the animals are not subjected to unnecessary  pains  or  suffering before,  during  or  after performance  of  experiments  on  them.  The Committee  has  formulated  the  'Experiments  on  Animals  (Control  and  Supervision)  Rules,  1968' (amended in 1996) and the 'Breeding and Experiments on Animals (Control & Supervision) Rules, 1998' (amended in 2001 & 2006) to regulate the experimentation on animals. Under the provisions of the above rules, establishments including the medical colleges, pharmacy colleges, research institutes of veterinary colleges etc., which are engaged in Bio-medical research, breeding and trading of laboratory animals are required  to  get  them  registered  with  CCSEA  and  get  the  research  projects  approved  by  Institutional Animal Ethics Committee (IAEC) or CCSEA before commencing experiments on animals. No new Rules are being proposed.

(c) As per the Section 17 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal Act, 1960, it shall be the duty of the committee  to  take  all  such  measures  as  may  be  necessary  to  ensure  that  animals  are  not  subject  to unnecessary  pain  or  sufferings  before,  during  or  after  the  performance  of  experiments  on  them.  The Committee for Control and Supervision of Experiments on animals (CCSEA) works as per the duties and powers allocated under the Section 17 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal Act, 1960.

(d)  &  (e)  These  Rules  are  in  place  since  long  and  the  existing  stakeholders  including  the  medical institutions are following those rules for conducting animal experimentation.

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