The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA)
The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) is a statutory body under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change constituted under enabling provisions of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, as amended in 2006, for strengthening tiger conservation, as per powers and functions assigned to it under the said Act.
NTCA has been fulfilling its mandate within the ambit of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 for strengthening tiger conservation in the country by retaining an oversight through advisories/normative guidelines, based on appraisal of tiger status, ongoing conservation initiatives and recommendations of specially constituted Committees.
The ‘Project Tiger’ is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) of the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, providing funding support to tiger range States for in-situ conservation of tigers in designated tiger reserves, and has put the endangered tiger on an assured path of recovery by saving it from extinction, as revealed by the recent findings of the All India tiger estimation using the refined methodology.
On Ground Tiger Protection Fleet and Infrastructure
53
Tiger Reserves in the Country
18
Tiger Ranging States
< 75000 sq. km
Total Area Covered by Tiger Reserves
~ 200
Forest Officers
~ 20000
Uniformed Field Staff
~ 30000
Contractual Support Staff
~ 15000
Total number of watch towers/ anti-poaching camps/transit camps in Tiger Reserves
< 510 km/Sq. km
Total Patrolling