PM Launched Commemoration of 50 years of Project Tiger: Facts In Brief

The Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the program ‘Commemoration of 50 years of Project Tiger’at Mysuru University in Mysuru, Karnataka. On this occassion, Prime Minister remarked on the prestigious moment of the growing tiger population in India and paid respects by giving a standing ovation to the tigers. 

He said that everyone is witness to the landmark event of Project Tiger completing 50 years today and remarked that its success is not only a moment of pride for India but the entire world. The Prime Minister emphasized that India has not only saved the tiger population from declining but also provided an ecosystem where tigers can flourish. 

The Prime Minister expressed happiness that India is home to 75% of the world’s tiger population in the 75th year of Indian independence. It is also a coincidence, the Prime Minister continued, that the tiger reserves in India cover 75,000 square kilometers of land and in the past ten to twelve years, the tiger population in the country has increased by 75 percent. 

The Prime Minister also launched the International Big Cats Alliance (IBCA). He released the publications - ‘Amrit Kaal Ka Vision For Tiger Conservation’, a summary report of the 5th cycle of Management Effectiveness Evaluation of Tiger Reserves, declared tiger numbers and released the summary report of All India Tiger Estimation (5th cycle). He also released a commemorative coin on the completion of 50 years of Project Tiger. 

Commemoration of 50 years of Project Tiger: Facts In Brief

1. The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the program ‘Commemoration of 50 years of Project Tiger’at Mysuru University in Mysuru, Karnataka
2. The Prime Minister also launched the International Big Cats Alliance (IBCA).
3. India is home to 75% of the world’s tiger population in the 75th year of Indian independence.
4. The tiger reserves in India cover 75,000 square kilometers of land.
5. In the past ten to twelve years, the tiger population in the country has increased by 75 percent. 
6. India has only 2.4 percent of the world’s land area but it contributes toward 8 percent to known global biodiversity. 
7. India is the largest tiger range country in the world.
8. The largest Asiatic elephant range country in the world with nearly thirty thousand elephants.
9. India is the largest single-horn rhino country with a population of nearly three thousand.