Overview

• The tripartite MoU involves Delhi’s National Zoological Park, Reliance’s Greens Zoological Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre and the Gujarat government to exchange expertise.
• Key provisions include staff training, best-practice workshops, veterinary aid for large animals, facility upgrades and inter-zoo animal transfers.
• Senior officials stress that the agreement is limited to knowledge sharing and will not transfer management control from the central government.
• Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh has called for transparency amid concerns that the pact could lead to partial privatization of the zoo.
• Vantara was inaugurated in Jamnagar in March 2025 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and operates as India’s largest private animal rescue centre under Reliance’s banner.