Overview

• Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav announced India’s wild tiger population has climbed to 3,682 across 58 dedicated reserves, up from 1,411 in 2014.
• Twenty-four countries committed to join the India-led International Big Cat Alliance, aiming to protect seven big-cat species globally.
• A 103-day camera-trap survey confirmed Kaziranga National Park hosts 148 tigers, securing the world’s third-highest density at 18 per 100 square kilometres.
• Government data reveals that 51 percent of tiger deaths since 2021 occurred outside protected reserves, prompting the launch of the Tigers Outside Tiger Reserves project.
• Community-driven measures such as Uttar Pradesh’s Bagh Mitra volunteers and voluntary relocations of 35 villages from Jharkhand’s Palamau Reserve are reducing human–wildlife conflicts.