MoEF Reply on tiger conservation in India

Annexure-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 501 ON CONSERVATION OF TIGERS AND
OTHER WILD ANIMALS DUE FOR REPLY ON 27.11.2012.

List of Tiger Reserves in India

Sl. No. Name of Tiger Reserve State
1 Bandipur Karnataka
2 Corbett Uttarakhand
3 Kanha Madhya Pradesh
4 Manas Assam
5 Melghat Maharashtra
6 Palamau Jharkhand
7 Ranthambore Rajasthan
8 Similipal Orissa
9 Sunderbans West Bengal
10 Periyar Kerala
11 Sariska Rajasthan
12 Buxa West Bengal
13 Indravati Chhattisgarh
14 Nagarjunsagar Andhra Pradesh
15 Namdapha Arunachal Pradesh
16 Dudhwa Uttar Pradesh
17 Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tamil Nadu
18 Valmiki Bihar
19 Pench Madhya Pradesh
20 Tadoba-Andhari Maharashtra
21 Bandhavgarh Madhya Pradesh
22 Panna Madhya Pradesh
23 Dampa Mizoram
24 Bhadra Karnataka
25 Pench Maharashtra
26 Pakke Arunachal Pradesh
27 Nameri Assam
28 Satpura Madhya Pradesh
29 Anamalai Tamil Nadu
30 Udanti-Sitanadi Chattisgarh
31 Satkosia Orissa
32 Kaziranga Assam
33 Achanakmar Chattisgarh
34 Dandeli-Anshi Karnataka
35 Sanjay-Dubri Madhya Pradesh
36 Mudumalai Tamil Nadu
37 Nagarahole Karnataka
38 Parambikulam Kerala

39 Sahyadri Maharashtra
40 Biligiri Ranganatha Temple Karnataka
41. Kawal Andhra Pradesh
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Annexure-II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE RAJYA SABHA

Details of tiger estimation for the year 2006 and 2010

State Tiger Population
2006 2010 Increase/
Decrease/
Stable
Estimat Statistic Statistica Estimat Statistic Statistica
e al l Upper e al l Upper
(Numbe Lower Limit (Numbe Lower Limit
r) Limit r) Limit
Shivalik-Gangetic Plain Landscape Complex
Uttarakhand 178 161 195 227 199 256 Increase
Uttar Pradesh 109 91 127 118 113 124 Stable
Bihar 10 7 13 8 (-)*** (-)*** (-)*** Stable
Shivalik- 297 259 335 353 320 388 Stable
Gangetic
landscape
Central Indian Landscape Complex and Eastern Ghats Landscape Complex

Andhra 95 84 107 72 65 79 Decrease
Pradesh
Chhattisgarh 26 23 28 26 24 27 Stable
Madhya 300 236 364 257 213 301 Stable
Pradesh
Maharashtra 103 76 131 169 155 183 Increase
Odisha 45 37 53 32 20 44 Stable
Rajasthan 32 30 35 36 35 37 Stable
Jharkhand Not 10 6 14 Could not be
assessed compared
since it was
not assessed
in 2006.
Central 601 486 718 601 518 685 Stable
Indian
landscape
Western Ghats Landscape Complex
Karnataka 290 241 339 300 280 320 Stable
Kerala 46 39 53 71 67 75 Increase
Tamil Nadu 76 56 95 163 153 173 Increase
Western 402 336 487 534 500 568 Increase
Ghats
landscape

North Eastern Hills and Brahmaputra Flood Plains
Assam 70 60 80 143 113 173 Increase
Arunachal 14 12 18 Not Not Not Could not be
Pradesh assessed assessed assessed compared
since it was
not assessed
in 2010.
Mizoram 6 4 8 5 (-)*** (-)*** (-)*** Stable
Northern 10 8 12 Not Not Not Could not be
West Bengal assessed assessed assessed compared
since it was
not assessed
in 2010.
North East 100 84 118 148 118 178 Increase
Hills, and
Brahmaputra
landscape
Sundarbans Not Not Not 70 64 90 Could not be
assessed assessed assessed compared
since it was
not assessed
in 2006.
TOTAL 1411 1165 1657 1706 1520 1909

*** Statistical lower / upper limits could not be ascertained owing to small size of the
population.

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Annexure-III(a)

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE RAJYA SABHA

Details of tiger mortality, as reported by States, during the last three years and current
year

Sl. State 2009 2010 2011 2012
No. (as on
22.11.2012)
Poach Natural Poach Natural Poach Natural Poach Natural
ing & other ing & other ing & other ing & other
includ causes includ causes includ causes includ causes
ing ing ing ing
seizur seizur seizur seizur
e e e e
1 Andhra 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pradesh
2 Arunachal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pradesh
3 Assam 1 9 2 6 3 3 1 3
4 Bihar 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
5 Chhattisgar 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0
h
6 Jharkhand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Karnataka 2 9 5 2 3 3 9 4
8 Kerala 0 1 2 1 1 3 3 0
9 Madhya 4 11 3 5 0 5 8 5
Pradesh
10 Maharashtra 4 1 5 3 4 2 10 4
11 Mizoram 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Orissa 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
13 Rajasthan 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 0
14 Tamil Nadu 1 0 2 2 0 3 4 2
15 Uttarakhand 1 8 1 4 2 0 6 6
16 Uttar 1 2 1 1 1 15 5 1
Pradesh
17 West 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2
Bengal
18 Haryana 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
19 Delhi 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Goa 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 21 45 28 25 16 40 50 28

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Annexure-III(b)


Details of elephant mortality for the last three years and current year, as reported by
States

Elephant casualties in train accidents

S. No. State 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12
1. Assam 8 2 0
2. West Bengal 1 13 2
3. Tamil Nadu 1 0 0
4. Jharkhand 0 1 1
5. Kerala 3 0 0
6. Odisha 0 0 1
7. Tripura 0 1 0
TOTAL 13 17 4

Elephant death due to poaching

S. No. State 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12
1. Andhra Pradesh 0 0 0
2. Arunachal Pradesh 0 0 0
3. Assam 4 2 0
4. West Bengal 1 0 0
5. Uttarakhand 0 0 0
6. Uttar Pradesh 0 0 0
7. Tamil Nadu 3 0 1
8. Jharkhand 0 0 1
9. Kerala 4 0 0
10. Odisha 3 17 8
11. Karnataka 3 7 3
12. Nagaland 0 0 0
13. Meghalaya - 0 0
TOTAL 18 26 13

Note: Details of elephant casualties in train accident and poaching deaths have not
been collated for 2012-13.

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Annexure-III(c)


Details of lion mortality for the last three years and current year, as reported by the
State (Gujarat)

Year Natural Accidental Electrocution Poaching Falling Self Total
death in well defence
2009-10 42 2 1 0 1 2 48
2010-11 37 0 1 0 4 0 42
2011-12 41 0 2 0 3 0 46
2012-13 34 1 1 1 1 0 38
(up to
October)

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Annexure-III(d)


Details of rhino mortality for the last three years and current year, as reported by
States

Sl. State 2009 2010 2011 2012
No (as on
. 22.11.2012)
Natura Poachin Natura Poachin Natura Poachin Natura Poachin
l& g l& g l& g l& g
other other other other
causes causes causes causes
1. Assam 64 14 75 8 69 7 96 13
2. West 3 1 2 0 7 0 1 0
Bengal
3. Uttar Nil Nil Nil Nil 3 0 Nil Nil
Prades
h

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Annexure-IV

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (c) & (d) OF THE RAJYA
SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 501 ON CONSERVATION OF TIGERS AND

Details of funds released to States under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme “Project
Tiger” for the last three years (2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12) and current year (2012-13)

(Rs. in lakhs)

Sl. States Release Release Release Release
No. 2009 -10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
(as on
22.11.2012)

1 Andhra Pradesh 138.2540 155.6450 154.4060 404.8904
2 Arunachal Pradesh 64.7100 226.7020 236.7857 420.0872
3 Assam 194.2900 1509.4720 947.5088 123.608
4 Bihar 8.8560 158.3550 172.1930 247.792
5 Chhattisgarh 1383.5020 1813.7250 702.7260 425.5284
6 Jharkhand 117.1386 130.6160 156.3465 82.6878
7 Karnataka 657.0620 1660.0500 1830.6500 708.4337
8 Kerala 311.4200 323.4600 429.7700 411.868
9 Madhya Pradesh 2582.4762 3962.730 5352.710 5357.2446
10 Maharashtra 373.5170 2789.0600 3622.3420 513.941
11 Mizoram 2171.000 187.6900 225.2880 192.9848
12 Orissa 221.7400 815.2900 555.0761 142.956
13 Rajasthan 10694.1700 2368.925 67.210 2943.543

14 Tamil Nadu 258.3540 520.9450 605.9640 323.4878
15 Uttaranchal 246.2050 339.9450 399.7600 89.435
16 Uttar Pradesh 431.5170 407.4600 446.1258 234.508
17 West Bengal 298.7850 502.4800 157.6600 404.916
Total 20,152.997 17,872.391 16,062.522 13,027.9117

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Annexure-V


Details of funds released under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme “Development
National Parks and Sanctuaries (Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Integrated
Development of Wildlife Habitats)” for the last three years (2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12)
and current year (2012-13)

(Rs. in lakhs))

Sl. Name of the 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
No. State/UTs (upto
20.11.2012)
1. A& N Islands 85.91 87.872 127.06 109.50
2. Andhra Pradesh 102.02 64.341 71.50 00
3. Arunachal Pradesh 193.14 213.197 168.11 00
4. Assam 114.79 186.63 234.17 146.00
5. Bihar 42.29 19.889 00 64.685
6. Chhattisgarh 851.15 281.966 241.783 348.63
7. Chandigarh 00 12.29 19.98 00
8. Dadra & Nagar 14.88 00 00 00
Haveli
9. Goa 71.03 32.879 21.458 148.12
10. Gujarat 426.10 1106.749 1126.589 517.926
11. Haryana 17.22 15.114 28.70 37.60
12. Himachal Pradesh 265.92 253.80 242.1104 318.9688
13. Jammu & Kashmir 375.397 537.336 445.085 426.077
14. Jharkhand 80.267 63.64 64.2615 81.6195
15. Karnataka 566.71 412.252 335.851 309.5835
16. Kerala 432.48 366.786 941.79 330.36
17. Madhya Pradesh 541.98 635.366 506.164 467.707
18. Maharashtra 273.679 343.32 322.391 353.601
19. Manipur 118.31 88.316 86.65 22.41
20. Meghalaya 59.75 58.03 43.80 00
21. Mizoram 186.85 707.763 153.445 00
22. Nagaland 34.115 33.595 30.333 25.855
23. Odisha 390.95 315.331 331.2651 368.2084
24. Punjab 36.26 25.12 00 00
25. Rajasthan 496.746 348.068 291.387 413.00
26. Sikkim 240.93 183.78 131.793 177.579
27. Tamil Nadu 518.67 334.449 256.027 237.66
28. Tripura 13.00 2.84 00 00
29. Uttar Pradesh 274.45 296.179 204.371 263.78
30. Uttarakhand 145.08 134.90 201.144 00
31. West Bengal 381.318 276.385 246.425 164.135
32. Daman & Diu 6.05 00 00 00
TOTAL 7357.442 7438.183 6873.643 5333.005

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Annexure-VI


Details of funds released under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Project Elephant
for the last three years (2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12) and current year (2012-13)

Sl. Name of the 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
No. State/UTs (as on
20.11.2012)
1. Andhra Pradesh 17.85 15.00 - 11.28
2. Arunachal Pradesh 60.00 10.00 55.00 -
3. Assam 160.26 139.55 200.00 250.00
4. Chhattisgarh 111.22 75.00 150.00 48.00
5. Jharkhand 80.00 80.00 105.87 59.512
6. Karnataka 247.16 300.76 261.83 192.00
7. Kerala 286.70 265.39 282.55 236.00
8. Maharashtra 49.18 29.00 20.29 16.00
9. Meghlaya 80.483 103.838 128.52 -
10. Nagaland 50.00 41.30 25.00 15.00
11. Odisha 100.00 113.50 214.60 168.00
12. Tamil Nadu 358.582 226.879 228.49 200.00
13. Tripura 14.80 - 6.00 5.77
14. Uttar Pradesh 38.45 80.15 49.30 7.27
15. Uttarakhand 221.55 206.82 141.99 125.98
16. West Bengal 207.064 410.206 224.50 66.455
17. Haryana - 100.00 - -
TOTAL 2083.299 2197.393 2093.94 1401.267

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Annexure-VII


Milestone initiatives taken by the Government of India for protection of tigers and
other wild animals

Legal steps

1. Amendment of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 making enabling provisions for
constituting the National Tiger Conservation Authority and the Tiger and Other Endangered
Species Crime Control Bureau.

2. Enhancement of punishment for offence in relation to the core area of a tiger reserve
or where the offence relate to hunting in the tiger reserves or altering the boundaries of tiger
reserves, etc.

Administrative steps

3. Strengthening of antipoaching activities, including special strategy for monsoon
patrolling, by providing funding support to tiger reserve States, as proposed by them, for
deployment of antipoaching squads involving ex-army personnel or home guards, apart from
workforce comprising of local people, in addition to strengthening of communication and
wireless facilities.

4. Constitution of the National Tiger Conservation Authority with effect from the 4 th
September, 2006, for strengthening tiger conservation by, inter alia, ensuring normative
standards in tiger reserve management, preparation of reserve specific tiger conservation
plan, laying down annual audit report before Parliament, constituting State level Steering
Committees under the Chairmanship of Chief Ministers and establishment of Tiger
Conservation Foundation.

5. Constitution of a multidisciplinary Tiger and Other Endangered Species Crime
Control Bureau (Wildlife Crime Control Bureau) with effect from the 6 th June, 2007 to
effectively control illegal trade in wildlife.

6. The in-principle approval has been accorded by the National Tiger Conservation
Authority for creation of five new tiger reserves, and the sites are:, Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh),
Ratapani (Madhya Pradesh), Sunabeda (Odisha), Mukundara Hills (including Darrah,
Jawahar Sagar and Chambal Wildlife Sanctuaries) (Rajasthan) and Satyamangalam (Tamil
Nadu). Final approval has been accorded to Kudremukh (Karnataka) for declaring as a tiger
reserve. The State Governments have been advised to send proposals for declaring the
following areas as tiger reserves: (i) Bor (Maharashtra), (ii) Suhelwa (Uttar Pradesh), (iii)
Nagzira-Navegaon (Maharashtra), (iv) Guru Ghasidas National Park (Chhattisgarh), (v)
Mhadei Sanctuary (Goa) and (vi) Srivilliputhur Grizzled Giant Squirrel / Megamalai Wildlife
Sanctuaries / Varushanadu Valley (Tamil Nadu).

7. The revised Project Tiger guidelines have been issued to State Governments for
strengthening tiger conservation, which apart from ongoing activities, inter alia, include
financial support to States for enhanced village relocation or rehabilitation package for people
living in core or critical tiger habitats (from Rs. 1 lakh per family to Rs. 10 lakhs per family),
rehabilitation or resettlement of communities involved in traditional hunting, mainstreaming
livelihood and wildlife concerns in forests outside tiger reserves and fostering corridor
conservation through restorative strategy to arrest habitat fragmentation.

8. A scientific methodology for estimating tiger (including co-predators, prey animals
and assessment of habitat status) has been evolved and mainstreamed. The findings of this
estimation and assessment are bench marks for future tiger conservation strategy.

9. The 17 tiger States have notified the core/critical tiger habitat (35123.9547 sq. km.),
and the buffer/peripheral area (28750.73421 sq.km.) of all the 41 tiger reserves in the
country, under section 38V of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, as amended in 2006.

Financial steps

10. Financial and technical help is provided to the State Governments under various
Centrally Sponsored Schemes, such as Project Tiger and Integrated Development of Wildlife
Habitats for enhancing the capacity and infrastructure of the State Governments for providing
effective protection to wild animals.

International Cooperation

11. India has a bilateral understanding with Nepal on controlling trans-boundary illegal
trade in wildlife and conservation, apart from a protocol on tiger conservation with China.

12. A protocol has been signed in September, 2011 with Bangladesh for conservation of
the Royal Bengal Tiger of the Sunderban.

13. A sub-group on tiger and leopard conservation has been constituted for cooperation
with the Russian Federation.

14. A Global Tiger Forum of Tiger Range Countries has been created for addressing
international issues related to tiger conservation.

15. During the 14th meeting of the Conference of Parties to CITES, which was held from
3 to 15th June, 2007 at The Hague, India introduced a resolution along with China, Nepal
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and the Russian Federation, with direction to Parties with operations breeding tigers on a
commercial scale, for restricting such captive populations to a level supportive only to
conserving wild tigers. The resolution was adopted as a decision with minor amendments.
Further, India made an intervention appealing to China to phase out tiger farming and
eliminate stockpiles of Asian big cats body parts and derivatives. The importance of
continuing the ban on trade of body parts of tigers was emphasized.

16. Based on India’s strong intervention during the 62 nd meeting of the Standing
Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna
and Flora (CITES) at Geneva from 23-27 July, 2012, the Convention on International Trade
in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora Secretariat has issued a notification No.

2012/054 dated the 3rd September, 2012 to Parties to fully implement Decision 14.69 and
report to the Secretariat by 25 September, 2012 (Progress made on restricting captive
breeding operations of tigers etc.).

17. As a part of active management to rebuild Sariska and Panna Tiger Reserves where
tigers have become locally extinct, reintroduction of tigers and tigresses have been done.

18. Special advisories issued for in-situ build up of prey base and tiger population through
active management in tiger reserves having low population status of tiger and its prey.

Creation of Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF)

19. The policy initiatives announced by the Finance Minister in his Budget Speech of the
29th February, 2008, inter alia, contains action points relating to tiger protection. Based on
the one time grant of Rs. 50.00 crore provided to the National Tiger Conservation Authority
(NTCA) for raising, arming and deploying a Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF), the
proposal for the said force has been approved by the competent authority for 13 tiger
reserves. The States of Karnataka and Maharashtra have already created and deployed the
STPF.

20. In collaboration with TRAFFIC-INDIA, an online tiger crime data base has been
launched, and Generic Guidelines for preparation of reserve specific Security Plan has been
evolved.

Recent initiatives

21. Implementing a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with tiger States,
linked to fund flows for effective implementation of tiger conservation initiatives.

22. Rapid assessment of tiger reserves done.

23. Special crack teams sent to tiger reserves affected by left wing extremism and low
population status of tiger and its prey.

24. Chief Ministers of States having tiger reserves affected by left wing extremism and
low population status of tiger and its prey addressed for taking special initiatives.

25. Steps taken for modernizing the infrastructure and field protection, besides launching
‘Monitoring system for Tigers’ Intensive Protection and Ecological Status (M-STrIPES)’ for
effective field patrolling and monitoring.

26. Steps taken for involvement of Non-Governmental Experts in the ongoing all India
tiger estimation.

27. Initiatives taken for improving the field delivery through capacity building of field
officials, apart from providing incentives.

28. Action initiated for using Information Technology to strengthen surveillance in tiger
reserves.

29. The second round of country level tiger status assessment completed in 2010, with the
findings indicating an increase with a tiger population estimate of 1706, lower and upper
limits being 1520 and 1909 respectively, as compared to the last country level estimation of
2006, with an estimate of 1411, lower and upper limits being 1165 and 1657, respectively.

30. The second round of independent assessment of Management Effectiveness
Evaluation of Tiger Reserves done in 2010-2011 for 39 tiger reserves based on globally used
framework.

31. Increase in the allocation for Project Tiger with additional components.

32. Providing special assistance for mitigation of human-tiger conflicts in problematic
areas.

33. As an outcome of the fourth Trans-border Consultative Group Meeting held in New
Delhi, a joint resolution has been signed with Nepal for biodiversity and tiger conservation.

34. Regional Offices of the National Tiger Conservation Authority sanctioned at Nagpur,
Bengaluru and Guwahati.

35. Launching of Phase-IV tiger reserve level monitoring.

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