Question

In which year 'Project Tiger' was launched in India?
1. In 1989
2. In 1985
3. In 1973
4. In 1976

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : In 1973

The correct answer is 1973.

• The Govt. of India had launched “Project Tiger” on 1st April 1973 to promote the conservation of the tiger.
  • Project Tiger has been the largest species conservation initiative of its kind in the world. 
  • The Project Tiger Directorate of the Ministry of Environment and Forests was mandated with the task of providing technical guidance and funding support.

• Project Tiger has been converted into a statutory authority (NTCA) by providing enabling provisions in the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 through an amendment, viz. Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act, 2006.
  • The NTCA addresses the ecological as well as administrative concerns for conserving tigers, by providing a statutory basis for the protection of tiger reserves, apart from providing strengthened institutional mechanisms for the protection of ecologically sensitive areas and endangered species.
  • The Authority also ensures enforcing of guidelines for tiger conservation and monitoring compliance of the same, apart from the placement of motivated and trained officers having a good track record as Field Directors of tiger reserves.