India’s Tiger Population All India Tiger Estimation 2022 Report

• On the occasion of Global Tiger Day (July

State of the Tiger Report 2022 29), a detailed report on the All-India
Tiger Estimation 2022 was released.
👉 India’s Tiger Population — 3682 • Conducted by: The National Tiger
Conservation Authority (NTCA) conducts
👉 Largest Tiger state — MP (785) tiger censuses in partnership with state
forest departments, conservation NGOs,
and the Wildlife Institute of India (WII)
👉 Annual growth rate — 6.1% • India’s tiger population Increased to
3,682 in 2022
👉 Tiger IUCN status – Endangered • Last estimation – 2967
• Annual growth rate – 6.1% per annum
👉 International Tiger Day — 29 July

Tiger population
• Largest tiger population – MP (785), followed by Karnataka (563)
and Uttarakhand (560), and Maharashtra (444)
• Highest tiger population in Tiger Reserves – Corbett (260),
followed by Bandipur (150), Nagarhole (141), Bandhavgarh
(135), Dudhwa (135)
• Central India and the Shivalik Hills and Gangetic Plains
witnessed a notable increase in tiger population, while the
Western Ghats experienced localised declines, necessitating
targeted monitoring and conservation efforts.
• Some states, including Mizoram, Nagaland, Jharkhand, Goa,
Chhattisgarh and Arunachal Pradesh, have reported disturbing
trends with small tiger populations.

Imp Facts

Methodology used in All India Tiger Estimation Tiger census till now
• First census – In 2006 and tiger population was estimated to be
• Double Sampling Methodology: It involves ground surveys of all 1,411
tiger bearing forests, estimating prey abundance, understanding • Second census – In 2010, tiger population increased to 1706
habitat characteristics, mapping other tiger signs, and camera trap • Third census – In 2014, Tiger estimate has increased to 2226
pictures of tigers.
• Fourth census – In 2018-19
• Fifth census – In 2022

About Tigers (Panthera Tigris) Difference between PROJECT TIGER, GTF

• IUCN – Endangered • Project Tiger – This was launched on April 1, 1973, and an important
• WPA 1972 – schedule 1 movement aimed at the Wildlife conservation of tiger in India.
• CITES – Appendix 1 • Global Tiger Initiative – It was launched in 2008 as a global alliance
of governments, international organizations, civil society, the
• Tigers are the largest cat species and is both flagship and umbrella conservation and scientific communities and the private sector, with
species the aim of working together to save wild tigers from extinction
• World Tiger day – July 29 • Formation of the Global Tiger Initiative Council (GTIC) with two
• Project Tiger launched – April 1, 1973, at the Jim Corbett National arms – the Global Tiger Forum (GTF) and the Global Snow Leopard
Park of Uttarakhand and Ecosystem Protection Program (GSLEP)
• India marked 50 years of Project tiger in 2023
 International Big Cats Alliance NTCA
• India launched a mega Global alliance to protect big cats with • National Tiger Conservation Authority
guaranteed funding of $100 million • Formed to implement Project Tiger
• Purpose – Protection and conservation of 7 major big cats – Tiger, • Statutory body established in 2005 following the
Lion, Leopard, Snow Leopard, Jaguar, Puma, Cheetah recommendations of the Tiger Task Force.
• Members – 97 range countries and other interested nations • Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate
• Funding - $100 million grant assistance by India for first five years; Change.
later through membership fees, contribution and private sector

Tiger reserves in India

• India has 53 Tiger Reserves spread across 75,796 km2, effectively
covering 2.3% of India’s total land area.
• Approximately 35% of the tiger reserves urgently require enhanced
protection measures, habitat restoration, ungulate augmentation,
and subsequent tiger reintroduction.

Latest Tiger reserve of india Project Elephant

53rd : Ranipur tiger reserve - UP • Total no of tiger – 3167

52nd : Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve – Rajasthan • Project Tiger launched in – 1973
• International Tiger Day – 29 July
• Project Elephant was launched in 1992 as a Centrally-sponsored
51st : Srivilliputhur Megamalai - Tamil Nadu scheme
• Most Populous Tiger State – MP
50th : Kamlang - Arunachal Pradesh
• Karnataka (2nd) , Uttrakhand (3rd) • Aim – To protect elephants and improve its habitat and corridors,
49th : Orang tiger reserve (also national park)- Assam reduce human-elephant conflict and ensure their welfare.
• Namdapha Tiger Reserve – Arunachal Pradesh • Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve – Uttrakhand
• As many as 33 elephant reserves, spanning 80,777 sq km, have been
Ranthambore Tiger Reserve – Rajasthan
notified (Terai ER in Utter Pradesh became 33rd India’s ER); 101
• Indravati Tiger Reserve – Chhattisgarh •
elephant corridors identified
• Bandipur Tiger Reserve – Karnataka • Valmiki Tiger Reserve – Bihar
• Satkosia Tiger Reserve – Odisha • Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve – M. Pradesh • Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE) programme:
• Simlipal Tiger Reserve – Odisha • Melghat Tiger Reserve – Maharashtra
established by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered
• Debrigarh Tiger Reserve – Odisha • Dampa Tiger Reserve – Mizoram
Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
• Periyar Tiger Reserve – Kerala • Pilibhit Tiger Reserve – Uttar Pradesh

MIKE programme for safety of elephants

Status of Elephants in INDIA
• India has about 27,000 Asian Elephants, which is the world’s largest
population of the species.
• As per Elephant Census (2017), Karnataka has the highest number of
elephants (6,049), followed by Assam (5,719) and Kerala (3,054)
• More than 60% of the world’s elephant population is in India.
• The elephant is the Natural Heritage Animal of India
Q.
According to the 2022 tiger census, what is the When was Project Elephant started ?
प्र जेक्ट एलीफेंट की शुरुआत कब की गई थी ?
number of tigers in India ?
2022 बाघ जनगणना के अनुसार भारत में बाघ ों की सोंख्या ककतनी ै ?

• Project Tiger and Project Elephant, two

• 5th cycle of India’s Tiger Census a) 1972 significant conservation initiatives in India,
a) 2967
• The 2018 Tiger Census, released in b) 1973 have been merged under a new division
b) 3000 July 2019, had established the called ‘Project Tiger and Elephant Division’ by
presence of 2,967 tigers in India. c) 1992 the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest
c) 3167 and Climate Change (MoEFCC).
d) 1994 • Aim – To rationalize funding and improve
d) 3682 conservation by reducing overlap in areas
with both programs.
Option : C • Minister – Bhupendra Yadav
Option : D

First tiger reserve ?

India’s 33rd elephant reserve ?

a) Bandhav garh • Corbett National Park – Established in

a) Terai Elephant reserve
• Tamil Nadu and Assam have the highest 1936, Jim Corbett National Park is located
b) Reyala number of Ers (5 each) followed by b) Jim Corbett in the district of Nainital, Uttarakhand and
Kerala (4) and Odisha (3) it is the First Tiger Reserve in India.
c) kemeng • Mysore ER in Karnataka is the largest ER c) Pench
• Monitoring the Illegal Killing of d) Pakke
d) None of the above
Elephants (MIKE), an international
effort for conservation of elephants in
Option : A Asia and Africa. Option : B

Smallest tiger reserve in india

Largest tiger reserve in India ?

a) Mameri • Bor Tiger Reserve, located near Hingani in a) Simlipal TR • Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve
Wardha District in Maharashtra, is India’s • The largest tiger reserve in India is the
b) Kamlang smallest tiger reserve. b) Rajaji TR Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve.
Located in the Nallamala forest, the reserve
c) Melghat c) Buxa TR spreads over five districts, Kurnool District,
Prakasam District, Guntur District,
d) Bor d) Nagarjunsagar TR Nalgonda District and Mahabub Nagar
district.
Option : D Option : D

Which tiger reserve is highest located (altitude wise )

Highest tigers in which state reserve? in the world

a) Tamil Nadu a) Pakhii

b) Kerala b) Kamlang • Arunachal pradesh

c) Asam c) Namdafa
d) Madhya pradesh d) None of the above

Option : D Option : C

How many tiger reserves were present at the time of Which Country has recently launched
project tiger 🐯? the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) ?
ै ाल ै ी में ककस दे श ने इों टरनेशनल कबग कट अलायोंस
(IBCA) लॉन्च ककया ै ?
a) 12 • Project tiger – 1973
• project elephant – 1992 a) Nepal
b) 9 • Project crocodile-1975 • India has recently launched
• Project Hangul – 1970 b) India the International Big Cat Alliance
c) 5 • Project Vulture – 2000 (IBCA) with the aim of conserving 7
• Project rhino - 2005 c) Sri Lanka major big cat species including Tiger,
d) 15 Lion, Leopard, Snow Leopard, Puma,
d) South Africa Jaguar & Cheetah.
Option : B
Option : B
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