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Govt forms expert groups for upgrade of 50-year-old Project Tiger scheme
The New Indian Express Vellore
|February 09, 2026
THE Centre has established four working groups to review all policy decisions made over the past five decades regarding tiger conservation.
This initiative coincides with the completion of 50 years of the successful Project Tiger.Launched in 1973, Project Tiger aimed to protect the animal and its habitat. The project has helped significantly increase the tiger population, creating numerous tiger reserves, and enhancing overall ecosystem health and biodiversity conservation. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has overseen the project and conducted a total of 28 policy meetings to implement various programmes and decisions.
This story is from the February 09, 2026 edition of The New Indian Express Vellore.
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