India, Oct. 12 -- Will it become easier to experiment on animals in India? The Centre's proposed overhaul of rules governing animal experimentation may possibly reduce the number of experiments requiring central regulatory approval, while permitting the use of certain animals that are otherwise barred, subject to specified exceptions, experts said.

The new draft Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Control and Supervision of Experiment, Breeding and Trading of Laboratory Animals) Rules, 2026 - issued by the Committee for Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals (CCSEA) under the Union ministry of fisheries, animal husbandry and dairying - proposes replacing the existing frameworks established under the 1968 and 1998 rules. The chan...