Lok Sabha Question No. 2066 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-13
Subject: Funds for Tiger Protection
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Keshari Devi Patel, Sanghamitra Maurya, Jadon Chandra Sen

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 2066

ANSWERED ON- 13/03/2023

## Funds for Tiger Protection

2066.  SHRIMATI KESHARI DEVI PATEL: DR. SANGHMITRA MAURYA: DR. CHANDRA SEN JADON:

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

- (a) whether it is a fact that one tiger dies in every 40 hours in the country and if so, the various steps taken by the Union Government to address the same during the last three years;
- (b) the total funds allocated for the protection and care of tigers during the last three years;
- (c) the  details  of  the  deaths  of  tigers  reported  along  with  the  names  of  the  States  whether maximum occurance of death of tigers are being reported, State-wise; and
- (d) the  details  of  the  deaths  of  tigers  during  the  last  three  years  as  reported  in  the  daily newspaper Hindustan dated 21 February, 2023?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) & (b) No Sir.  The average life span of the tigers in the wild is generally 10-12 years and in the  wild  several  factors  like  old  age,  diseases,  internecine  fights,  high  infant mortality, electrocution, snaring, drowning, road/rail hits etc. account for majority of tiger deaths. As per All India Tiger Estimation 2018, tiger population in India was estimated to be 2967 (SE range 2,603 to 3,346). Tiger population is increasing at a rate of 6% per annum in India when consistently sampled areas were compared from 2006  to  2018.    Funding  assistance  is  provided  under  the  ongoing  Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Project Tiger to tiger range States for conservation of tigers, raising  awareness  on  tiger  &  other  wildlife  conservation,  habitat  management, protection, eco-development, human  resource and infrastructure development, voluntary village relocation.  The details of funds allocated and released to the tiger range States under the ongoing Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Project Tiger during last three years and the current year are at Annexure-I.
- (c) & (d) The  details  of  tiger  deaths  as  reported  by  States,  during  last  three  years  are  at Annexure-II.

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Annexure-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a)  &  (b) OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2066 ON FUNDS FOR TIGER PROTECTION DUE FOR REPLY ON 13.03.2023

Details of funds allocated and released to the tiger range States under the ongoing Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Project Tiger during last three years and the current year

(Rs. in lakhs)

| 2019-20   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | 2021-22   | 2022-23 (as on 28.02.2023)   | 2022-23 (as on 28.02.2023)   |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
| Allocated | Released  | Allocated | Released  | Allocated | Released  | Allocated                    | Released                     |
| 282.57    | 282.23    | 195.00    | 194.68    | 220.00    | 219.94    | 188.00                       | 78.70                        |

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO  IN REPLY TO  PARTS  (c)  &  (d)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2066 ON FUNDS FOR TIGER PROTECTION DUE FOR REPLY ON 13.03.2023

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

## 1. Details of tiger mortality for the year 2020, as reported by States

| State             |   Number of tiger deaths |
|-------------------|--------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    |                        1 |
| Arunachal Pradesh |                        0 |
| Assam             |                        6 |
| Bihar             |                        1 |
| Chattisgarh       |                        1 |
| Delhi             |                        0 |
| Goa               |                        4 |
| Jharkhand         |                        1 |
| Karnataka         |                       12 |
| Kerala            |                       10 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |                       29 |
| Maharashtra       |                       16 |
| Nagaland          |                        0 |
| Odisha            |                        0 |
| Rajasthan         |                        3 |
| Tamil Nadu        |                        8 |
| Telangana         |                        0 |
| Uttar Pradesh     |                        9 |
| Uttarakhand       |                        4 |
| West Bengal       |                        1 |
| Total             |                      106 |

2. Details of tiger mortality for the year 2021, as reported by States
3. Details of tiger mortality for the year 2022, as reported by States
4. Details of tiger mortality for the year 2023, as reported by States (as on 05.03.2023)

| State             |   Number of tiger deaths |
|-------------------|--------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    |                        1 |
| Arunachal Pradesh |                        0 |
| Assam             |                        6 |
| Bihar             |                        4 |
| Chattisgarh       |                        4 |
| Delhi             |                        0 |
| Goa               |                        0 |
| Jharkhand         |                        0 |
| Karnataka         |                       15 |
| Kerala            |                        6 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |                       42 |
| Maharashtra       |                       27 |
| Nagaland          |                        0 |
| Odisha            |                        0 |
| Rajasthan         |                        1 |
| Tamil Nadu        |                        4 |
| Telangana         |                        4 |
| Uttar Pradesh     |                        9 |
| Uttarakhand       |                        3 |
| West Bengal       |                        1 |
| Total             |                      127 |

| State             |   Number of tiger deaths |
|-------------------|--------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    |                        3 |
| Arunachal Pradesh |                        0 |
| Assam             |                        6 |
| Bihar             |                        2 |
| Chattisgarh       |                        3 |
| Delhi             |                        0 |
| Goa               |                        0 |
| Jharkhand         |                        0 |
| Karnataka         |                       19 |
| Kerala            |                        7 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |                       34 |
| Maharashtra       |                       28 |
| Nagaland          |                        0 |
| Odisha            |                        2 |
| Rajasthan         |                        5 |
| Tamil Nadu        |                        3 |
| Telangana         |                        0 |
| Uttar Pradesh     |                        3 |
| Uttarakhand       |                        6 |
| West Bengal       |                        0 |
| Total             |                      121 |

| State             |   Number of tiger deaths |
|-------------------|--------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    |                        0 |
| Arunachal Pradesh |                        0 |
| Assam             |                        4 |
| Bihar             |                        1 |
| Chattisgarh       |                        0 |
| Delhi             |                        0 |
| Goa               |                        0 |
| Jharkhand         |                        0 |
| Karnataka         |                        3 |
| Kerala            |                        2 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |                       10 |
| Maharashtra       |                        9 |
| Nagaland          |                        0 |
| Odisha            |                        0 |
| Rajasthan         |                        3 |
| Tamil Nadu        |                        1 |
| Telangana         |                        0 |
| Uttar Pradesh     |                        1 |
| Uttarakhand       |                        6 |
| West Bengal       |                        0 |
| Total             |                       40 |

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