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Annexure-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 501 ON CONSERVATION OF TIGERS AND OTHER WILD ANIMALS DUE FOR REPLY ON 27.11.2012.

List of Tiger Reserves in India

Sl. No. Name of Tiger Reserve State1 Bandipur Karnataka2 Corbett Uttarakhand3 Kanha Madhya Pradesh4 Manas Assam5 Melghat Maharashtra6 Palamau Jharkhand7 Ranthambore Rajasthan8 Similipal Orissa9 Sunderbans West Bengal10 Periyar Kerala11 Sariska Rajasthan12 Buxa West Bengal13 Indravati Chhattisgarh14 Nagarjunsagar Andhra Pradesh15 Namdapha Arunachal Pradesh16 Dudhwa Uttar Pradesh17 Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tamil Nadu18 Valmiki Bihar19 Pench Madhya Pradesh20 Tadoba-Andhari Maharashtra21 Bandhavgarh Madhya Pradesh22 Panna Madhya Pradesh23 Dampa Mizoram24 Bhadra Karnataka25 Pench Maharashtra26 Pakke Arunachal Pradesh27 Nameri Assam28 Satpura Madhya Pradesh29 Anamalai Tamil Nadu 30 Udanti-Sitanadi Chattisgarh31 Satkosia Orissa32 Kaziranga Assam33 Achanakmar Chattisgarh34 Dandeli-Anshi Karnataka35 Sanjay-Dubri Madhya Pradesh36 Mudumalai Tamil Nadu37 Nagarahole Karnataka38 Parambikulam Kerala

39 Sahyadri Maharashtra40 Biligiri Ranganatha Temple Karnataka41. Kawal Andhra Pradesh

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Annexure-II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 501 ON CONSERVATION OF TIGERS AND OTHER WILD ANIMALS DUE FOR REPLY ON 27.11.2012.

Details of tiger estimation for the year 2006 and 2010

State Tiger Population

2006 2010 Increase/Decrease/ Stable

Estimate(Number)

Statistical Lower Limit

Statistical Upper Limit

Estimate(Number)

Statistical Lower Limit

Statistical Upper Limit

Shivalik-Gangetic Plain Landscape ComplexUttarakhand 178 161 195 227 199 256 IncreaseUttar Pradesh 109 91 127 118 113 124 StableBihar 10 7 13 8 (-)*** (-)*** (-)*** StableShivalik-Gangetic landscape

297 259 335 353 320 388 Stable

Central Indian Landscape Complex and Eastern Ghats Landscape Complex

Andhra Pradesh

95 84 107 72 65 79 Decrease

Chhattisgarh 26 23 28 26 24 27 StableMadhya Pradesh

300 236 364 257 213 301 Stable

Maharashtra 103 76 131 169 155 183 Increase Odisha 45 37 53 32 20 44 Stable Rajasthan 32 30 35 36 35 37 StableJharkhand Not

assessed10 6 14 Could not be

compared since it was not assessed in 2006.

Central Indian landscape

601 486 718 601 518 685 Stable

Western Ghats Landscape ComplexKarnataka 290 241 339 300 280 320 Stable Kerala 46 39 53 71 67 75 IncreaseTamil Nadu 76 56 95 163 153 173 IncreaseWestern Ghats landscape

402 336 487 534 500 568 Increase

North Eastern Hills and Brahmaputra Flood PlainsAssam 70 60 80 143 113 173 IncreaseArunachal Pradesh

14 12 18 Not assessed

Not assessed

Not assessed

Could not be compared since it was not assessed in 2010.

Mizoram 6 4 8 5 (-)*** (-)*** (-)*** StableNorthern West Bengal

10 8 12 Not assessed

Not assessed

Not assessed

Could not be compared since it was not assessed in 2010.

North East Hills, and Brahmaputra landscape

100 84 118 148 118 178 Increase

Sundarbans Not assessed

Not assessed

Not assessed

70 64 90 Could not be compared since it was not assessed in 2006.

TOTAL 1411 1165 1657 1706 1520 1909

*** Statistical lower / upper limits could not be ascertained owing to small size of the population.

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Annexure-III(a)

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 501 ON CONSERVATION OF TIGERS AND OTHER WILD ANIMALS DUE FOR REPLY ON 27.11.2012.

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

Sl. No.

State 2009 2010 2011 2012(as on

22.11.2012)Poaching including seizure

Natural & other causes

Poaching including seizure






1 Andhra Pradesh

2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 Arunachal Pradesh

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3 Assam 1 9 2 6 3 3 1 34 Bihar 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 15 Chhattisgar

h0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0

6 Jharkhand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07 Karnataka 2 9 5 2 3 3 9 48 Kerala 0 1 2 1 1 3 3 09 Madhya

Pradesh4 11 3 5 0 5 8 5

10 Maharashtra 4 1 5 3 4 2 10 411 Mizoram 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 012 Orissa 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 013 Rajasthan 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 014 Tamil Nadu 1 0 2 2 0 3 4 215 Uttarakhand 1 8 1 4 2 0 6 616 Uttar

Pradesh1 2 1 1 1 15 5 1

17 West Bengal

1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2

18 Haryana 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 019 Delhi 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 020 Goa 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

TOTAL 21 45 28 25 16 40 50 28

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Annexure-III(b)


Details of elephant mortality for the last three years and current year, as reported by States

Elephant casualties in train accidents

S. No. State 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12

1. Assam 8 2 02. West Bengal 1 13 23. Tamil Nadu 1 0 04. Jharkhand 0 1 15. Kerala 3 0 06. Odisha 0 0 17. Tripura 0 1 0

TOTAL 13 17 4

Elephant death due to poaching

S. No. State 2009-10 2010-11 2011-121. Andhra Pradesh 0 0 02. Arunachal Pradesh 0 0 03. Assam 4 2 04. West Bengal 1 0 05. Uttarakhand 0 0 06. Uttar Pradesh 0 0 07. Tamil Nadu 3 0 18. Jharkhand 0 0 19. Kerala 4 0 010. Odisha 3 17 811. Karnataka 3 7 312. Nagaland 0 0 013. Meghalaya - 0 0

TOTAL 18 26 13

Note: Details of elephant casualties in train accident and poaching deaths have not been collated for 2012-13.

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Annexure-III(c)


Details of lion mortality for the last three years and current year, as reported by the State (Gujarat)

Year Natural death

Accidental Electrocution Poaching Falling in well

Self defence

Total

2009-10 42 2 1 0 1 2 482010-11 37 0 1 0 4 0 422011-12 41 0 2 0 3 0 462012-13 (up to October)

34 1 1 1 1 0 38

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Annexure-III(d)


Details of rhino mortality for the last three years and current year, as reported by States

Sl. No.

State 2009 2010 2011 2012(as on

22.11.2012)Natura

l & other

causes

Poaching

Natural &

other causes

Poaching

Natural &

other causes

Poaching

Natural &

other causes

Poaching

1. Assam 64 14 75 8 69 7 96 132. West

Bengal3 1 2 0 7 0 1 0

3. Uttar Pradesh

Nil Nil Nil Nil 3 0 Nil Nil

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Annexure-IV

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (c) & (d) OF THE RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 501 ON CONSERVATION OF TIGERS AND OTHER WILD ANIMALS DUE FOR REPLY ON 27.11.2012.

Details of funds released to States under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme “Project Tiger” for the last three years (2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12) and current year (2012-13)

(Rs. in lakhs)

Sl. No.

States Release2009 -10

Release2010-11

Release2011-12

Release2012-13

(as on 22.11.2012)

1 Andhra Pradesh 138.2540 155.6450 154.4060 404.8904

2 Arunachal Pradesh 64.7100 226.7020 236.7857 420.0872

3 Assam 194.2900 1509.4720 947.5088 123.608

4 Bihar 8.8560 158.3550 172.1930 247.792

5 Chhattisgarh 1383.5020 1813.7250 702.7260 425.5284

6 Jharkhand 117.1386 130.6160 156.3465 82.6878

7 Karnataka 657.0620 1660.0500 1830.6500 708.4337

8 Kerala 311.4200 323.4600 429.7700 411.868

9 Madhya Pradesh 2582.4762 3962.730 5352.710 5357.2446

10 Maharashtra 373.5170 2789.0600 3622.3420 513.941

11 Mizoram 2171.000 187.6900 225.2880 192.9848

12 Orissa 221.7400 815.2900 555.0761 142.956

13 Rajasthan 10694.1700 2368.925 67.210 2943.543

14 Tamil Nadu 258.3540 520.9450 605.9640 323.4878

15 Uttaranchal 246.2050 339.9450 399.7600 89.435

16 Uttar Pradesh 431.5170 407.4600 446.1258 234.508

17 West Bengal 298.7850 502.4800 157.6600 404.916

Total 20,152.997 17,872.391 16,062.522 13,027.9117

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Annexure-V


Details of funds released under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme “Development National Parks and Sanctuaries (Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats)” for the last three years (2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12) and current year (2012-13)

(Rs. in lakhs))

Sl. No.

Name of the State/UTs

2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13(upto

20.11.2012)1. A& N Islands 85.91 87.872 127.06 109.502. Andhra Pradesh 102.02 64.341 71.50 003. Arunachal Pradesh 193.14 213.197 168.11 004. Assam 114.79 186.63 234.17 146.005. Bihar 42.29 19.889 00 64.6856. Chhattisgarh 851.15 281.966 241.783 348.637. Chandigarh 00 12.29 19.98 008. Dadra & Nagar

Haveli14.88 00 00 00

9. Goa 71.03 32.879 21.458 148.1210. Gujarat 426.10 1106.749 1126.589 517.92611. Haryana 17.22 15.114 28.70 37.6012. Himachal Pradesh 265.92 253.80 242.1104 318.968813. Jammu & Kashmir 375.397 537.336 445.085 426.07714. Jharkhand 80.267 63.64 64.2615 81.619515. Karnataka 566.71 412.252 335.851 309.583516. Kerala 432.48 366.786 941.79 330.3617. Madhya Pradesh 541.98 635.366 506.164 467.70718. Maharashtra 273.679 343.32 322.391 353.60119. Manipur 118.31 88.316 86.65 22.4120. Meghalaya 59.75 58.03 43.80 0021. Mizoram 186.85 707.763 153.445 0022. Nagaland 34.115 33.595 30.333 25.85523. Odisha 390.95 315.331 331.2651 368.208424. Punjab 36.26 25.12 00 0025. Rajasthan 496.746 348.068 291.387 413.0026. Sikkim 240.93 183.78 131.793 177.57927. Tamil Nadu 518.67 334.449 256.027 237.6628. Tripura 13.00 2.84 00 0029. Uttar Pradesh 274.45 296.179 204.371 263.7830. Uttarakhand 145.08 134.90 201.144 00

31. West Bengal 381.318 276.385 246.425 164.13532. Daman & Diu 6.05 00 00 00

TOTAL 7357.442 7438.183 6873.643 5333.005

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Annexure-VI


Details of funds released under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Project Elephant for the last three years (2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12) and current year (2012-13)

Sl. No.

Name of the State/UTs

2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13(as on

20.11.2012)1. Andhra Pradesh 17.85 15.00 - 11.282. Arunachal Pradesh 60.00 10.00 55.00 -3. Assam 160.26 139.55 200.00 250.004. Chhattisgarh 111.22 75.00 150.00 48.005. Jharkhand 80.00 80.00 105.87 59.5126. Karnataka 247.16 300.76 261.83 192.007. Kerala 286.70 265.39 282.55 236.008. Maharashtra 49.18 29.00 20.29 16.009. Meghlaya 80.483 103.838 128.52 -10. Nagaland 50.00 41.30 25.00 15.0011. Odisha 100.00 113.50 214.60 168.0012. Tamil Nadu 358.582 226.879 228.49 200.0013. Tripura 14.80 - 6.00 5.7714. Uttar Pradesh 38.45 80.15 49.30 7.2715. Uttarakhand 221.55 206.82 141.99 125.9816. West Bengal 207.064 410.206 224.50 66.45517. Haryana - 100.00 - -

TOTAL 2083.299 2197.393 2093.94 1401.267

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Annexure-VII


Milestone initiatives taken by the Government of India for protection of tigers and other wild animals

Legal steps

1. Amendment of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 making enabling provisions for constituting the National Tiger Conservation Authority and the Tiger and Other Endangered Species Crime Control Bureau.

2. Enhancement of punishment for offence in relation to the core area of a tiger reserve or where the offence relate to hunting in the tiger reserves or altering the boundaries of tiger reserves, etc.

Administrative steps

3. Strengthening of antipoaching activities, including special strategy for monsoon patrolling, by providing funding support to tiger reserve States, as proposed by them, for deployment of antipoaching squads involving ex-army personnel or home guards, apart from workforce comprising of local people, in addition to strengthening of communication and wireless facilities.

4. Constitution of the National Tiger Conservation Authority with effect from the 4 th

September, 2006, for strengthening tiger conservation by, inter alia, ensuring normative standards in tiger reserve management, preparation of reserve specific tiger conservation plan, laying down annual audit report before Parliament, constituting State level Steering Committees under the Chairmanship of Chief Ministers and establishment of Tiger Conservation Foundation.

5. Constitution of a multidisciplinary Tiger and Other Endangered Species Crime Control Bureau (Wildlife Crime Control Bureau) with effect from the 6th June, 2007 to effectively control illegal trade in wildlife.

6. The in-principle approval has been accorded by the National Tiger Conservation Authority for creation of five new tiger reserves, and the sites are:, Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh), Ratapani (Madhya Pradesh), Sunabeda (Odisha), Mukundara Hills (including Darrah, Jawahar Sagar and Chambal Wildlife Sanctuaries) (Rajasthan) and Satyamangalam (Tamil Nadu). Final approval has been accorded to Kudremukh (Karnataka) for declaring as a tiger reserve. The State Governments have been advised to send proposals for declaring the following areas as tiger reserves: (i) Bor (Maharashtra), (ii) Suhelwa (Uttar Pradesh), (iii) Nagzira-Navegaon (Maharashtra), (iv) Guru Ghasidas National Park (Chhattisgarh), (v) Mhadei Sanctuary (Goa) and (vi) Srivilliputhur Grizzled Giant Squirrel / Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuaries / Varushanadu Valley (Tamil Nadu).

7. The revised Project Tiger guidelines have been issued to State Governments for strengthening tiger conservation, which apart from ongoing activities, inter alia, include financial support to States for enhanced village relocation or rehabilitation package for people living in core or critical tiger habitats (from Rs. 1 lakh per family to Rs. 10 lakhs per family), rehabilitation or resettlement of communities involved in traditional hunting, mainstreaming livelihood and wildlife concerns in forests outside tiger reserves and fostering corridor conservation through restorative strategy to arrest habitat fragmentation.

8. A scientific methodology for estimating tiger (including co-predators, prey animals and assessment of habitat status) has been evolved and mainstreamed. The findings of this estimation and assessment are bench marks for future tiger conservation strategy.

9. The 17 tiger States have notified the core/critical tiger habitat (35123.9547 sq. km.), and the buffer/peripheral area (28750.73421 sq.km.) of all the 41 tiger reserves in the country, under section 38V of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, as amended in 2006.

Financial steps

10. Financial and technical help is provided to the State Governments under various Centrally Sponsored Schemes, such as Project Tiger and Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats for enhancing the capacity and infrastructure of the State Governments for providing effective protection to wild animals.

International Cooperation

11. India has a bilateral understanding with Nepal on controlling trans-boundary illegal trade in wildlife and conservation, apart from a protocol on tiger conservation with China.

12. A protocol has been signed in September, 2011 with Bangladesh for conservation of the Royal Bengal Tiger of the Sunderban.

13. A sub-group on tiger and leopard conservation has been constituted for cooperation with the Russian Federation.

14. A Global Tiger Forum of Tiger Range Countries has been created for addressing international issues related to tiger conservation.

15. During the 14th meeting of the Conference of Parties to CITES, which was held from 3rd to 15th June, 2007 at The Hague, India introduced a resolution along with China, Nepal and the Russian Federation, with direction to Parties with operations breeding tigers on a commercial scale, for restricting such captive populations to a level supportive only to conserving wild tigers. The resolution was adopted as a decision with minor amendments. Further, India made an intervention appealing to China to phase out tiger farming and eliminate stockpiles of Asian big cats body parts and derivatives. The importance of continuing the ban on trade of body parts of tigers was emphasized.

16. Based on India’s strong intervention during the 62nd meeting of the Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) at Geneva from 23-27 July, 2012, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora Secretariat has issued a notification No.

2012/054 dated the 3rd September, 2012 to Parties to fully implement Decision 14.69 and report to the Secretariat by 25 September, 2012 (Progress made on restricting captive breeding operations of tigers etc.).

17. As a part of active management to rebuild Sariska and Panna Tiger Reserves where tigers have become locally extinct, reintroduction of tigers and tigresses have been done.

18. Special advisories issued for in-situ build up of prey base and tiger population through active management in tiger reserves having low population status of tiger and its prey.

Creation of Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF)

19. The policy initiatives announced by the Finance Minister in his Budget Speech of the 29th February, 2008, inter alia, contains action points relating to tiger protection. Based on the one time grant of Rs. 50.00 crore provided to the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) for raising, arming and deploying a Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF), the proposal for the said force has been approved by the competent authority for 13 tiger reserves. The States of Karnataka and Maharashtra have already created and deployed the STPF.

20. In collaboration with TRAFFIC-INDIA, an online tiger crime data base has been launched, and Generic Guidelines for preparation of reserve specific Security Plan has been evolved.

Recent initiatives

21. Implementing a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with tiger States, linked to fund flows for effective implementation of tiger conservation initiatives.

22. Rapid assessment of tiger reserves done.

23. Special crack teams sent to tiger reserves affected by left wing extremism and low population status of tiger and its prey.

24. Chief Ministers of States having tiger reserves affected by left wing extremism and low population status of tiger and its prey addressed for taking special initiatives.

25. Steps taken for modernizing the infrastructure and field protection, besides launching ‘Monitoring system for Tigers’ Intensive Protection and Ecological Status (M-STrIPES)’ for effective field patrolling and monitoring.

26. Steps taken for involvement of Non-Governmental Experts in the ongoing all India tiger estimation.

27. Initiatives taken for improving the field delivery through capacity building of field officials, apart from providing incentives.

28. Action initiated for using Information Technology to strengthen surveillance in tiger reserves.

29. The second round of country level tiger status assessment completed in 2010, with the findings indicating an increase with a tiger population estimate of 1706, lower and upper limits being 1520 and 1909 respectively, as compared to the last country level estimation of 2006, with an estimate of 1411, lower and upper limits being 1165 and 1657, respectively.

30. The second round of independent assessment of Management Effectiveness Evaluation of Tiger Reserves done in 2010-2011 for 39 tiger reserves based on globally used framework.

31. Increase in the allocation for Project Tiger with additional components.

32. Providing special assistance for mitigation of human-tiger conflicts in problematic areas.

33. As an outcome of the fourth Trans-border Consultative Group Meeting held in New Delhi, a joint resolution has been signed with Nepal for biodiversity and tiger conservation.

34. Regional Offices of the National Tiger Conservation Authority sanctioned at Nagpur, Bengaluru and Guwahati.

35. Launching of Phase-IV tiger reserve level monitoring.

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