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Complete List of Tiger Reserves in India

Tiger Reserves in India. List of Tiger Reserves in India in PDF. Tiger Reserves in India PDF. Tiger Reserves in India Map. Welcome to the  LST online learning section. General Awareness for Banking and others competitive exams like SSC, NABARD, RBI, IBPS, SBI, PGDBF, Railways and Insurance exams requires knowledge on many different subjects, one such subject is Tiger Reserves in India. Although the number of questions related to Tiger Reserves in India asked in the exams are relatively less but it is advisable that every aspirant should be aware of Important Tiger Reserves in India.

There are 50 tiger reserves in India which are governed by Project Tiger which is administrated by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA). India is home to 70 percent of tigers in the world. In 2006, there were 1,411 tigers which increased to 1,706 in 2011 and 2,226 in 2014. The total number of wild tigers has risen to 3,891 in 2016 according to World Wildlife Fund and Global Tiger Forum.

Tiger Reserves in India

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List of Tiger Reserves in India

Tiger Reserves in India Map

After reading above “Tiger Reserves  in India” table you can download and see the Tiger Reserves in India Map. Here we have provided the state-wise list of tiger reserves of India in  map format. See tiger reserves in india map below-

Interesting Facts about Tigers and Tiger Reserves in India

• Today, there are five subspecies of tiger: Bengal, South China, Indochinese, Sumatran and Siberian. Sadly, three subspecies of tiger have become extinct – Caspian, Bali and Javan.
• Less than 100 years ago, tigers could be found throughout Asia. Sadly, hunting and habitat loss have put populations at risk, and today their range has been reduced to around 7% of its former size.
• A group of tigers is known as an ‘ambush’ or ‘streak’.
• Kamlang Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh is India’s 50th Tiger Reserve.
• Tigers are the largest wild cats in the world. Adults can weigh up to 363kg.
• The roar of a Bengal tiger can carry for over 2km at night.
• Tigers are carnivores, eating only meat. They mainly feed on large mammals such as deer, wild pigs, antelope and buffalo.
• Project Tiger is an ongoing Centrally Sponsored Scheme of the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change providing central assistance to the tiger States for tiger conservation in designated tiger reserves.
• The NTCA / Project Tiger also conducts the country level assessment of the status of tiger, co-predators, prey and habitat once in four years, using the refined methodology, as approved by the Tiger Task Force.

National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA)

It is a statutory body under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change constituted under enabling provisions of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, as amended in 2006, for strengthening tiger conservation, as per powers and functions assigned to it under the said Act.  The National Tiger Conservation Authority is set up under the Chairmanship of the Minister for Environment and Forests. The Authority will have eight experts or professionals having qualifications and experience in wildlife conservation and welfare of people including tribals, apart from three Members of Parliament of whom two will be elected by the House of the People and one by the Council of States.  The Inspector General of Forests, in charge of project Tiger, will be ex-officio Member Secretary.

As per the recommendations of a special task-force of the Indian Board of Wildlife, Project Tiger was launched in 1973 with the following objectives:

• Providing statutory authority to Project Tiger so that compliance of its directives become legal.
• Fostering accountability of Center-State in management of Tiger Reserves, by providing a basis for MoU with States within our federal structure.
• Providing for an oversight by Parliament.
• Addressing livelihood interests of local people in areas surrounding Tiger Reserves
• To ensure maintenance of the available population of tigers in India for scientific, economic, aesthetic, cultural and ecological value.
• To preserve, for all times, the areas of such biological importance as a national heritage for the benefit, education and enjoyment of the people.

NTCA Important points –

• Chairman of the National Tiger Conservation Authority is Minister for Environment & Forests.
• The Inspector General of Forests, in charge of project Tiger, will be ex-officio Member Secretary.
• It has eight experts or professionals having qualifications and experience in wildlife conservation and welfare of people including tribals, apart from three Members of Parliament (1 Rajya Sabha, 2 Lok Sabha).

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