CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has recorded 126 tiger deaths in the year 2021. The number of deaths is the highest since NTCA began collecting the data a decade ago.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 2021, the official figures said the country had lost 127 tigers, the highest ever recorded. In 2020 the number of tiger deaths in India was 106, while it was 96 in 2019.

Detailed explanation-3: -New Delhi: Madhya Pradesh, which is considered the ‘tiger state’ of India, has recorded the highest number of tiger deaths this year according to the data published by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) on its website.

Detailed explanation-4: -India has recorded the highest number of tiger deaths in the last five years with fatalities reaching 127 in 2021, thanks to major contributions from Madhya Pradesh (42), Maharashtra (27) and Karnataka (15). About 21 states in the country have reported tiger deaths in the country at least once in the last five years.

Detailed explanation-5: -Tiger deaths too have increased from 88 in 2012 to 127 in 2021. So much so that 1,059 tigers have died in the country in the past decade, with the highest deaths in 2021 (127).