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When was 'Project Tiger' launched in India?


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The Government of India launched the Project Tiger with the aim of saving the steadily declining population of tigers in India on 1 April 1973. Project Tiger was launched by the Indira Gandhi government in 1973 from the Jim Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand. It aims at conserving the Bengal tigers and conserving this is the biological and national heritage of our country.

Main objectives of the project

The chief objectives of the project are listed below

  • Reduce factors that cause the diminishing of tiger habitats and manage them.
  • Ensure a viable tiger population for scientific, ecological, economic, aesthetic and cultural values.

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