Increasing Tiger’s Mortality in India

National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) data reveals that 628 tigers died in India during the past five years.

National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), highlights increasing tiger mortalities as 96 tigers died in 2019, 106 in 2020, 127 in 2021, 121 in 2022, and 178 in 2023.
The number of tiger deaths in 2023 is also the highest since 2012.
349 people were killed in tiger attacks during 2019-23.
As per the NTCA data 49 people each were killed in tiger attacks in 2019 and 2020, 59 in 2021, 110 in 2022, and 82 in 2023.
Uttar Pradesh recorded 59 human deaths (highest) in tiger attacks while Madhya Pradesh reported 27.

It is a statutory body under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) constituted under enabling provisions of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
It strengthens tiger conservation in the country by retaining oversight through advisories/normative guidelines.
NTCA conducts a tiger census every four years in the country.

The number of tigers in India has increased from 2,967 in 2018 to 3,682 in 2022.
India has become home to approximately 75 percent of the world’s tiger population.
Madhya Pradesh has the maximum number (785) of tigers in the country, followed by Karnataka (563), Uttarakhand (560), and Maharashtra (444), according to the 2022 tigers census.

It is an ongoing Centrally Sponsored Scheme of the Ministry of Environment, Forests and climate change (MoEFCC).
It was launched in April 1973 with the objective “to promote conservation of the tiger, since the significance of its conservation has ramifications beyond State boundaries.
The declaration of the new Veerangana Durgavati” tiger reserve in Madhya Pradesh has increased the total number of tiger reserves in India to 54.
These reserves collectively cover more than 78,000 square kilometers, accounting for over 2.30% of India’s geographical area.