Government Reconstitutes Tiger Conservation Body

With the formation of new government at the Centre, National Tiger Conservation Authority(NTCA)welcomes new faces into the organization.

Recently, UPA government has reconstituted the entire National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), after it was first set up three years ago. Jairam Ramesh, the Minister of State for Environment and Forest is the chairperson of this organization. Prominent Wildlife activist and BJP leader Mrs. Maneka Gandhi is also included in the group of its members.

Other than these two renowned Indian politicians, eight more wildlife experts having experience of wildlife conservation and the welfare of people including the indigenous tribes are also part of the core group. Brijendra Singh, Valmik Thapar, P K Sen, Prakash Mulidhar Amte, Urmila Pingle, K Ullas Karanth, Samar Singh and Aparjita Dutta are the famous wildlife experts of NTCA.

Beside them two Members of Parliament namely Rajya Sabha MP Santosh Bagrodia and Gandhi are also included in NTCA. On the basis of the recommendations made by Tiger Task Force and initiations taken by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, NTCA was constituted under the Wildlife Protection Act of 2006.

NTCA has the authority to consider on several issues relating to 38 tiger reserves spread across 17 states covering anti-poaching, infrastructure, man-animal conflict and co-existence in buffer and core areas.