1. 7. The regulation of environmental protection
2. Thus, by comparing both the TRIPS agreement and the Indian law we find that the Indian law in Section 3 (i), by the amendment of 2002, omitted the word "or plants" from the purview of Section 3 and with it methods of agriculture was also excluded from patentability in the Indian Patent Act to ensure that the seed, which is the first link in the food chain, was held as a common property resource in the public domain. This amendment was a bolt from the blue for the Indian Farmers on their inalienable right to save, exchange and improve upon the seed. Thus, patents can now be granted for a process for treatment of plants;see Wani, Tabasum, Patenting Seeds in India: Boon or Bane for Indian Farmers,2008