Ahead of the International Tiger Day on July 29, Union Environment

Minister Prakash Javadekar stated that despite India's constraint of 2.5%

of global land, four per cent of rainfall and 16% of world's human
population, India is home to 8% of world's biodiversity which includes
70% of world's Tiger population. The Ministry of Environment released its
fourth detailed report on National Tiger Estimation.

As per the 600-page of the fourth All India Tiger Estimation 2018, three
reserves in the country have no Tigers left-- Dampa (Mizoram), Buxa
(West Bengal) and Palamau (Jharkhand).  

As per the state-wise distribution of the Tigers, Madhya Pradesh has the
highest number of Tigers at 526, followed by Karnataka and Uttarakhand
at 524 and 442 respectively. 

Important facts about Wildlife

The Project Tiger Reserves of India is administered by the National Tiger
Conservation Authority. The tiger conservation programme was launched
in the year 1973 by the Government of India to ensure the maintenance
of viable populations of the conservation dependent Bengal tigers in India.

The tigers are conserved for-- scientific, economic, aesthetic, cultural and
ecological values. The tigers are also of biological importance as a
national heritage for the benefit, education and the enjoyment of the
people.

At present, there are 50 Tiger Reserves in India. It is interesting to note

that India is home to 70% Tigers of the world. 

In the year 2006, the official number of tigers was 1,411, which rose to
1,706 in four years, i.e., in 2010. The population of Tigers was recorded
as 2,967 in the year 2018. 
As per the report by World Wildlife Fund and Global Tiger Forum, the
population of Tigers rose to 3,890 in the year 2016 from earlier 3,159 in
the year 2010.