Lok Sabha Question No. 1194 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-28
Subject: Tiger Population
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: M. K. Raghavan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1194

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.06.2019

## Tiger Population

## 1194.  SHRI M.K. RAGHAVAN:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) the tiger population in the country, State-wise along with the details of increase in number of tigers in the last ten years;
- (b) whether large scale projects coming up near sanctuaries have threatened the dwelling of tigers and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the measures being taken to ensure safety of tigers; and
- (d) the details of steps undertaken to map the tiger corridor as well as the routes taken by tigers during migration or relocation?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE  IN THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

- (a) Details of tiger population in India as per the quadrennial All India Tiger Estimation Exercise are at Annexure-I .
- (b) & (c) Any  project  coming  in  the  vicinity  of  a  tiger  reserve  or  identified  tiger  corridors  is addressed  as  per  provisions  of  section  38  O  (1)  (g)  of  the  Wildlife  (Protection)  Act, 1972.
- (d) The National Tiger Conservation Authority alongwith the Wildlife Institute of India, in letter  and  spirit  of  section  38  O  (1)  (g)  of  the  Wildlife  (Protection)  Act,  1972  have identified  32  major  tiger  corridors  in  the  country  and  published  them  in  a  document titled 'Connecting Tiger Populations for Long-term Conservation', which are operationalized  through  prescriptions  of  a  Tiger  Conservation  Plan  mandated  under section 38V of the said Act.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1194 ON TIGER POPULATION DUE FOR REPLY ON 28.06.2019

## Details of tiger estimation pertaining to tiger landscapes in the country, for the years 2006, 2010 and 2014

| State                                                                | Tiger Population   | Tiger Population   | Tiger Population   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|                                                                      | 2006               | 2010               | 2014               |
| Shivalik-Gangetic Plain Landscape Complex                            |                    |                    |                    |
| Uttarakhand                                                          | 178                | 227                | 340                |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                        | 109                | 118                | 117                |
| Bihar                                                                | 10                 | 8                  | 28                 |
| Shivalik Gangetic                                                    | 297                | 353                | 485                |
| Central Indian Landscape Complex and Eastern Ghats Landscape Complex |                    |                    |                    |
| Andhra Pradesh (including Telangana)                                 | 95                 | 72                 | 68                 |
| Chhattisgarh                                                         | 26                 | 26                 | 46                 |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                       | 300                | 257                | 308                |
| Maharashtra                                                          | 103                | 169                | 190                |
| Odisha                                                               | 45                 | 32                 | 28                 |
| Rajasthan                                                            | 32                 | 36                 | 45                 |
| Jharkhand                                                            | -                  | 10                 | 3*                 |
| Central India                                                        | 601                | 601                | 688                |
| Western Ghats Landscape Complex                                      |                    |                    |                    |
| Karnataka                                                            | 290                | 300                | 406                |
| Kerala                                                               | 46                 | 71                 | 136                |
| Tamil Nadu                                                           | 76                 | 163                | 229                |
| Goa                                                                  | -                  | -                  | 5                  |
| Western Ghats                                                        | 412                | 534                | 776                |
| North Eastern Hills and Brahmaputra Flood Plains                     |                    |                    |                    |
| Assam                                                                | 70                 | 143                | 167                |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                    | 14                 | -                  | 28 ♣               |
| Mizoram                                                              | 6                  | 5                  | 3*                 |
| North West Bengal                                                    | 10                 | -                  | 3                  |
| North East Hills, and Brahmaputra                                    | 100                | 148                | 201                |
| Sunderbans                                                           | -                  | 70                 | 76                 |
| TOTAL                                                                | 1411               | 1706               | 2226               |