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Commemoration of 50 years of Project Tiger

Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated a program, ‘Commemoration of 50 years of Project Tiger” in Mysuru, Karnataka and also launched International Big Cats Alliance (IBCA).

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The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated a program, ‘Commemoration of 50 years of Project Tiger’ at Mysuru University, Mysuru in Karnataka and also launched International Big Cats Alliance (IBCA).

He released a commemorative coin on the completion of 50 years of Project Tiger .

Also, released the publications – Amrit Kaal ka vision for tiger conservation, a summary report of the 5th cycle of management effectiveness evaluation of tiger reserves, declared tiger numbers and released the summary report of all India tiger estimation (5th cycle).

At present, India is home to 75% of the world tiger population and the tiger reserves in India cover 75,000 square kilometres of land.

During the past 10-12 years, the tiger population in the country has increased by 75%.

India contributes 8% to the known global biodiversity, though it has only 2.4 % of the total world’s land area.

India is the largest tiger range country in the world, the largest elephant range country in the world and also the largest single horn rhino country in the world.

India is the only country in the world to have asiatic lions.

The total number of Ramsar Sites in India are 75.

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