list recent acts for the conservation of tigers
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On International Tiger day i.e. 29 July, Shri Narendra Modi, Prime minister of India, announced that there was a 33% increase in the population of tigers in 2019 and proudly added that India was one of the biggest and most secure habitats of the tiger all around the world. There is credibility to this statement as India is home to almost 70- 80% of the world’s tigers and India has achieved the international obligation of doubling the population of tigers before 2022. Also, the Central government had allocated Rs 350 crore for tiger conservation to states in 2019.
However, there still remains a concern regarding the high number of tiger poachings on a yearly basis and the limited available territory for expanding habitats for a huge population of tigers. This article focuses on current legislation and guidelines for tiger conservation in India and discusses whether any legislation or government scheme has helped in solving the limited availability of land.
To strengthen the conservation of tigers and to follow the urgent recommendations by the Tiger Task Force, an amendment was passed in 2006 titled The Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act, 2006, creating a special statutory body named National Tiger Conservation Authority.