The Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Climate Change has achieved the 100-day target on integrated development of wildlife habitats. Recently, the Union Cabinet had approved the continuation of the Wildlife Habitat Development Scheme with an outlay of over two thousand six hundred crore rupees.
The scheme includes the critical Project Tiger subcomponent along with Project Elephant and Development of Wildlife Habitat. The Ministry said the scheme has a livelihood generation of more than 50 lakh mandays through direct engagement.
A total of 55 tiger reserves, 33 elephant reserves, and 718 protected areas and their zones will benefit from the scheme. It said that the continuation of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats reiterates the commitment of the government towards tiger and wildlife conservation, ensuring that economy and ecology grow together.
