Target NSSB

Tiger Reserves
&
National Parks
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Tiger Reserve (55)
Andhra Pradesh Nagarjunsagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve
Arunachal Pradesh Namdapha Tiger Reserve
Kamlang Tiger Reserve
Pakke Tiger Reserve
Assam Manas Tiger Reserve
Nameri Tiger Reserve
Orang Tiger Reserve
Kaziranga Tiger Reserve
Bihar Valmiki Tiger Reserve

Chhattisgarh Indravati Tiger Reserve

Udanti Sitanadi Tiger Reserve
Achanakmar Tiger Reserve

Jharkhand Palamau Tger Reserve

Karnataka Bandipur Tiger Reserve

Bhadra Tiger Reserve
Dandeli-Anshi Tiger Reserve
Nagarahole Tiger Reserve
Biligiri Ranganatha Temple Tiger reserve
Kerala Periyar Tiger Reserve
Parambikulam Tiger Reserve
Madhya Pradesh Kanha Tiger reserve
Panna Tiger reserve
Pench Tiger reserve
Satpura Tiger reserve
Bandhavgarh Tiger reserve
Sanjay-Dubri Tiger reserve
Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve
Maharashtra Melghat Tiger reserve
Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve
Pench Tiger Reserve
Sahyadri Tiger Reserve
Nawegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve
Bor Tiger Reserve
Mizoram Dampa Tiger Reserve

Odisha Similipal Tiger Reserve

Satkosia Tiger Reserve
Rajasthan Ranthambore Tiger Reserve
Sariska Tiger Reserve
Mukandra Hills Tiger Reserve
Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve
Dholpur karauli Tiger Reserve
Tamilnadu Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve
Anamalai Tiger Reserve
Mudumalai Tiger Reserve
Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve
Srivilliputhur Megamalai Tiger Reserve
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Telangana Kawal Tiger Reserve

Amrabad Tiger Reserve
Uttar Pradesh Dudhwa Tiger Reserve
Pilibhit Tiger Reserve
Ranipur Tiger Reserve

Uttarakhand Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve(1st)

Rajaji Tiger Reserve
West Bengal Sunderban Tiger Reserve
Buxa Tiger Reserve

 Tigers are counted in India every 4 years, as of 2022 – India has a total of 3167 tigers.

 With a 50 per cent increase in the last four years, MP has the maximum number (785) of tigers in
the country

 Tiger Reserves are notified by State Governments as per provisions of Section 38V of the Wildlife
(Protection) Act, 1972 on the advise of the National Tiger Conservation Authority.
As per International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Red List: Endangered.

 Karnataka (563),
 Uttarakhand (560),
 Maharashtra (444)

 Tiger is the national animal of India, Approximately 75% of the world's tigers are found in India.

 The Tiger Project was started by the former PM Indira Gandhi in 1973 for the conservation of
tigers due to the continuous decline in the number of tigers in India by the Government of India.

 Under this, 9 Tiger Reserves of India were protected under the Tiger Project.

 India's first tiger reserve became Jim Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand.

 Scientific Name – Panthera tigris

 Tiger State of India – Madhya Pradesh

 International Tiger Day – 29 July

 On 29 July 2010, during the Tiger Summit in the city of St. Petersburg, Russia, an agreement was
reached in the context of the declining number of tigers around the world.
That is why International Tiger Day is celebrated on 29th July.

 Under this agreement, a target has been set to double the tiger population in the world by the
year 2022.

 This target was accomplished by Nepal in 2018.

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 India accomplished this target in 2019

National Tiger Conservation Authority

 A Statutory body constituted under Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
 Established -2005
 Chairperson-the minister of Environment and Forest (Bhupendra Yadav)
 First director of Project Tiger - Kailash Sankhla
 He was known as “The Tiger Man of India”.
 Total Tiger reserves in India – 55th
 55th Tiger Reserve – Dholpur-Karauli (Rajasthan)
 54th Tiger Reserve – Veerangana Durgavati (MP)
 M-STrIPES stands for Monitoring System for Tigers : Intensive Protection and Ecological Status

 The Pench Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra has been marked as India’s First Dark Sky park and the
Fifith such park in Asia for protecting the night sky and preventing light , pollution making the
facility ideal for astronomy enthusiasts.

National Parks (106)

State/Union Territory National Parks Name

Campbell Bay National Park

Galathea Bay National Park

Mahatama Gandhi Marine (Wandoor) National Park

Middle Button Island National Park

Andaman & Nicobar Islands Mount Harriett National Park

North Button Island National Park

Rani Jhansi Marine National Park

Saddle Peak National Park

South Button Island National Park

Papikonda National Park

Andhra Pradesh Rajiv Gandhi (Rameswaram) National Park

Sri Venkateswara National Park

Mouling National Park

Arunachal Pradesh
Namdapha National Park
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Dibru-Saikhowa National Park

Kaziranga National Park

Manas National Park

Nameri National Park

Assam
Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park

Dehing Patkai National Park

Raimona National Park

Bihar Valmiki National Park

Guru Ghasidas (Sanjay) National Park

Chhattisgarh Indravati (Kutru) National Park

Kanger Valley National Park

Goa Mollem National Park

Vansda National Park

Blackbuck (Velavadar) National Park

Gujarat
Gir National Park

Marine (Gulf of Kachchh) National Park

Kalesar National Park

Haryana
SultaNational Parkur National Park

Great Himalayan National Park

Inderkilla National Park

Himachal Pradesh Khirganga National Park

Pin Valley National Park

Simbalbara National Park

Jammu and Kashmir City Forest (Salim Ali) National Park

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Dachigam National Park

Kishtwar National Park

Jharkhand Betla National Park

Anshi National Park

Bandipur National Park

Karnataka Bannerghatta National Park

Kudremukh National Park

Nagarahole (Rajiv Gandhi) National Park

Anamudi Shola National Park

Eravikulam National Park

Mathikettan Shola National Park

Kerala
Pambadum Shola National Park

Periyar National Park

Silent Valley National Park

Bandhavgarh National Park

Fossil National Park

Indira Priyadarshini Pench National Park

Kanha National Park

Madhya Pradesh Madhav National Park

Panna National Park

Sanjay National Park

Satpura National Park

Van Vihar National Park

Chandoli National Park

Gugamal National Park

Maharashtra
Nawegaon National Park

Pench (Jawaharlal Nehru) National Park

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Sanjay Gandhi (Borivali) National Park

Tadoba National Park

Manipur Keibul-Lamjao National Park

Balphakram National Park

Meghalaya
Nokrek Ridge National Park

Murlen National Park

Mizoram
Phawngpui Blue Mountain National Park

Nagaland Intanki National Park

Bhitarkanika National Park

Odisha
Simlipal National Park

Mukundra Hills National Park

Desert National Park

Rajasthan Keoladeo Ghana National Park

Ranthambhore National Park

Sariska National Park

Sikkim Khangchendzonga National Park

Guindy National Park

Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park

Tamil Nadu Indira Gandhi (Annamalai) National Park

Mudumalai National Park

Mukurthi National Park

Ladakh Hemis National Park

Kasu Brahmananda Reddy National Park

Telangana Mahaveer Harina Vanasthali National Park

Mrugavani National Park

Clouded Leopard National Park

Tripura
Bison (Rajbari) National Park
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Uttar Pradesh Dudhwa National Park

Corbett National Park

Gangotri National Park

Govind National Park

Uttarakhand
Nanda Devi National Park

Rajaji National Park

Valley of Flowers National Park

Buxa National Park

Gorumara National Park

Jaldapara National Park

West Bengal
Neora Valley National Park

Singalila National Park

Sunderban National Park

 Under the Cheetah Reintroduction Project, eight Namibian cheetahs (5 females and 3 males)
were released into enclosures at Kuno National Parks (MP) on 17 Sept 2022 by PM Modi

 A few African cheetahs translocated to Kuno National Park in MP will be relocated to the Gandhi
Sagar Wildlife sanctuary in Mansaur of the state a forest dept. official said.

 Largest National Park: Hemis National Park, Jammu & Kashmir

 Smallest National Park: South Button Island National Park, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
 Largest Wildlife Sanctuary: Rann of Kutch, Gujarat
 Smallest Wildlife Sanctuary: Bor Tiger Reserve, Maharashtra

 The Kaziranga National Park (KNP) and Tiger Reserve set all-time records during this tourism
session, both in terms of revenue collection and tourists’ footfall

 President Droupadi Murmu inaugurate the Gaj Utsav at Kaziranga

 The park, which hosts two-thirds of the world’s Indian rhinoceroses, is a UNESCO World Heritage
Site in 1985

 Much of the focus of conservation efforts in Kaziranga are focused on the ‘big four’ species—
Rhino, Elephant, Royal Bengal tiger and Asiatic water buffalo
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 National Parks are the areas that are set by the government to conserve the natural environment

 India’s first national park was established in 1936, now known as Jim Corbett National Park, in
Uttarakhand

 In 1970, India had only five national parks

 Areas established under Section 35(4) of wildlife protection act (1972) - There are currently 106
national parks in India

 Nagarahole (Rajiv Gandhi) National Park was established as a wildlife sanctuary in 1955 and was
upgraded into a national park in 1988. It was declared as the 37th Tiger reserve under Project
Tiger in 1999

 The Nagarahole River flows through the park, which joins the Kabini River which also is a
boundary between Nagarahole and Bandipur Ntional Park

 The Bhitarkanika Mahotsav, a three-day festival to be held in Nalitapatia village in Bhitarkanika

National Park (It is the second largest Mangrove ecosystems of India)

 It is the breeding place for the Salt Water Crocodiles

 It was first declared as Wildlife sanctuary in 1975. Later in 1998 due to its natural beauty,
ecology and wide species of flora and fauna it was constituted as National park. In August 2002,
the same region was designated as 2nd Ramsar site

 First National Park in India Hailey National Park is the oldest national park in India, now known
as Jim Corbett national park

 Floating National Park in India Keibul Lamjao National Park is a floating national park, located in
Manipur

 Bhavani River, a tributary of Kaveri River, and Kunthipuzha River, a tributary of Bharathappuzha
river, originate in the vicinity of Silent Valley

 Lion tailed macaques is the flagship species of the Silent valley national Park

 The Changlang district administration has declared cultivation of large cardamom in the
Namdapha National Park (NP) illegal

 The Noa-Dehing river, is a tributary of the Brahmaputra and flows in a North-South direction in
the middle of the National Park

 It was established as a National Park in 1983, and it was declared as a Tiger Reserve in the same
year of 1983 in the same year
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 It is only park in the World to have the four Feline species of big cat namely the Tiger (Panthera
Tigris), Leopard (Panthera Pardus), Snow Leopard (Panthera Uncia) and Clouded Leopard
(Neofelis Nebulosa)

 Pench National Park is on the border of Maharashtra & M Pradesh. So Pench National
Park(Jawahar Lal Nehru) is in Maharashtra and Pench(Priyardishini) National Park is in Madhya
Pradesh

 Keibul Lamjao National Park is located on which lake - Loktak lake – Manipur (The World’s Only
Floating National Park is Under Threat)

 Indravati attained the status of a national park in 1981 and a tiger reserve in 1983. It is home to
one of the last remaining populations of the endangered wild water buffalo

 Maximum National Park state- M. P. (9), Andaman & Nicobar (9)

 Gulf of Kutchh National Park was the first marine national park.