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India's tiger count stands at 3,682 across 58 Tiger Reserves; NTCA launched a new Eco-tourism webpage integrating booking links for all reserves on Global Tiger Day 2026
The Prime Minister noted India is home to almost 70% of the world's wild tiger population
Global Tiger Day (29 July) marks the 2010 St Petersburg Tiger Summit's TX2 goal to double the world's wild tiger population
Statutory body overseeing tiger conservation, Project Tiger and Tiger Reserve management
India-led global alliance for big-cat conservation knowledge-sharing
Statutory basis for NTCA, constituted December 2005 and formalised by the 2006 amendment
Project Tiger, launched in 1973, is India's flagship tiger-conservation programme, administered today through NTCA. Its central monitoring tool is the All India Tiger Estimation, conducted every four years using camera traps and sign surveys; the 2022 cycle (declared on Project Tiger's 50th anniversary) put India's tiger population at an average of 3,682 (range 3,167-3,925), a growth rate of about 6.1% per annum — the next full cycle falls due in 2026.
Simple Analogy: A four-yearly national tiger census, much like a population census but conducted with camera traps.
Conducted every 4 years; the 2022 cycle gave 3,682 as the average estimate — the next full cycle is due in 2026, the same year as this report
India-led initiative taking tiger/big-cat conservation knowledge-sharing global, referenced by the Minister for capacity-building of forest staff
GS Paper 3 > Environment > Wildlife Conservation
"Project Tiger" was launched in India in which year?
Answer: 1973
Annual — Global Tiger Day recurs every 29 July
Global commitment made at the 2010 St Petersburg Tiger Summit to double the world's wild tiger population by 2022
National Tiger Conservation Authority — statutory body (2005/2006) overseeing India's Tiger Reserves