Lok Sabha Question No. 2565 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-10
Subject: Tiger Population
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: POONAMBEN HEMATBHAI MAADAM

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 2565

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.05.2016

## Tiger Population

## 2565 SHRIMATI POONAMBEN MAADAM:

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

- (a) whether there has been a rise in India's tiger population in the last five years and if so, the details thereof, State-Wise;
- (b) whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  according  to  the  Wildlife  Institute  of  India, some   areas   like the Corbett National Park, the Sunderbans and even parts of Odisha are close to saturation and the forest corridors are degraded; and
- (c) if so, whether the Government has taken any measures for the required infrastructure development for making space for the tigers and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  FOR  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

(SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

- (a) Yes Madam. The third country wide  assessment of  the status of tigers, copredators and their prey, using the refined methodology has shown a country wide  30%  increase  in  tiger  numbers  in  2014  with  an  estimated  number  of 2226  tigers  (range  1945-2491)  as  compared  to  second  assessment  done  in 2010  with  estimated  number  of  1706  tigers    (range  1520-1909).  The  State wise details are at Annexure.
- (b) & (c) No  Madam.  There  is  no  saturation  as  such  in  the  said  areas.  However,  to address the issue of increased population or very dense population in certain areas, the National Tiger Conservation  Authority has issued Standard Operating Procedure on Active management towards rehabilitation of tigers from  source  areas  at  the  landscape  level  following  which  tiger  from  high density areas in a landscape can be translocated in the low density areas.

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## Tiger Population

| State                                                                | Year 2010           | Year 2014         |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
| Shivalik- Gangetic Plain Landscape Complex                           |                     |                   |
| Uttarakhand                                                          | 227 (199-256)       | 340               |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                        | 118 (113-124)       | 117               |
| Bihar                                                                | 8 (-)               | 28                |
| Shivalik-Gangetic                                                    | 353 (320-388)       | 485 (427-543)     |
| Central Indian Landscape Complex and Eastern Ghats Landscape Complex |                     |                   |
| Andhra Pradesh (including Telengana)                                 | 72 (65-79)          | 68                |
| Chhattisgarh                                                         | 26 (24-27)          | 46                |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                       | 257(213-301)        | 308*              |
| Maharashtra                                                          | 169 (155-183)       | 190               |
| Odisha                                                               | 32 (20-44)          | 28                |
| Rajasthan                                                            | 36 (35-37)          | 45                |
| Jharkhand                                                            | 10 (6-14)           | 3+                |
| Central India                                                        | 601 (518-685)       | 688 (596-780)     |
| Western Ghats Landscape Complex                                      |                     |                   |
| Karnataka                                                            | 300 (280-320)       | 406               |
| Kerala                                                               | 71 (67-75)          | 136               |
| Tamil Nadu                                                           | 163 (153-173)       | 229               |
| Goa                                                                  | -                   | 5                 |
| Western Ghats                                                        | 534 (500-568)       | 776 (685-861)     |
| North Eastern Hills and Brahmaputra Flood Plains                     |                     |                   |
| Assam                                                                | 143 (113-173)       | 167               |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                    | -                   | 28#               |
| Mizoram                                                              | 3                   | 3+                |
| Northern West Bengal                                                 | -                   | 3                 |
| North East Hills, and Brahmaputra                                    | 148 (118-178)       | 201 (174-212)     |
| Sunderbans                                                           | 70 (64-90)          | 76 (62-96)        |
| Total                                                                | 1,706 (1,520-1,909) | 2,226 (1945-2491) |