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• Cat talk Madhya Pradesh has the highest number with 526 tigers, followed by 524 in Karnataka and 442 in Uttarakhand

he Ministry of Environment, conserving their habitats, which includes
Forest and Climate Change terrestrial, inland aquatic, coastal and
has formulated the third ‘Na- marine ecosystems.
tional Wildlife Action Plan’ India now has 2,967 tigers, or 7
T that will be in force till the Conserving out of every 10 big cats in the wild in
year 2031 to save wild animals in the the world, according to the All India
country. Divulging this information Tiger Estimation Results released on the
Minister of State, Ministry of Environ- creatures occasion of International Tiger Day. The
ment, Forest & Climate Change, Babul number reflects a 33 per cent increase
Supriyo informed in a written reply to a over 2014 when there were 2,226 tigers
question in Rajya Sabha on November 25, in the country. That number itself was an
2019, he informed that the new Wildlife The Ministry of Environment improvement over 2010 (1,706) and 2006
Action Plan focuses landscape approach comes out with a new action (1,411). In the span of 12 years, India has
in conservation of all wildlife. The Policy more than doubled its number of tigers,
also gives special emphasis to recovery plan to protect endangered a feat that one expert attributed to “sov-
of threatened species of wildlife while animals, reports tehelka bureau ereign funding and field staff”.

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