The government is planning to set up a new autonomous body to regulate the development and release of genetically modified (GM) crops, livestock and fishes, and food, as well as recombinant pharma and industrial products. The department of biotechnology (DBT) has already drafted the National Biotechnology Regulatory Bill-2008 for setting up of the proposed National Biotechnology Regulatory Authority (NBRA). Though the proposed NBRA would be autonomous, it would attached to DBT in the same lines as the autonomous Food Safety and Standards Authority (FSSA) is attached to the Union health ministry.