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Project Tiger Review: Four Expert Working Groups Formed

11 February 20261 min read
ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGYProject TigerReview: FourExpert WorkingGroups Formed11 February 2026safalsetu.com

Why in the news

As India’s flagship wildlife conservation programme completes half a century, the Centre set up four expert working groups to examine and update the way Project Tiger operates.

Key facts

  • Expert groups: four, to review and modernise Project Tiger.
  • Milestone: Golden Jubilee, 50 years of the programme.
  • Launched: 1973.
  • Type: Centrally Sponsored Scheme conserving tigers and habitats through a scientifically designed core-buffer approach.
  • Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC).
  • Implementing authority: National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA).

About Project Tiger

  • Counted among the earliest large-scale species conservation programmes anywhere in the world.
  • NTCA is a statutory body created under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.

Exam angle

  • Start year 1973; review in the 50th year.
  • Nodal ministry: MoEFCC; implementer: NTCA.
  • Related terms: core-buffer approach, Centrally Sponsored Scheme.

Test yourself

1. How many expert working groups did the Union Government form to review Project Tiger?

The notes say four expert working groups were constituted.

2. In which year was Project Tiger launched?

Project Tiger began in 1973 and has now completed 50 years.

3. Which statutory body implements Project Tiger under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972?

The National Tiger Conservation Authority is the implementing authority.

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