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70%
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50%
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10%
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90%
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Detailed explanation-1: -The bench noted that as per the 2018 census, India has 2, 967 tigers spread out in 53 tiger reserves and this number constitutes 70 per cent of the global number and figures point to the growth of the tigers.
Detailed explanation-2: -The tiger population in India in 2021 was 2967. It is about 70% of the international tiger population. The population growth rate of tigers is 6% annually, and the total tiger reserves in India have also increased to 53.
Detailed explanation-3: -India is the largest tiger range country with 70% of the global tiger population, but 30% of India’s tiger population (around 1000+ tigers) reside outside protected reserves; this number has gone up even as the number of tiger reserves has increased, from nine in 1973 to 53 in 2022.
Detailed explanation-4: -India now home to 70% of world’s tigers.
Detailed explanation-5: -Tiger Reserves in India: Project Tiger, which is run by the National Tiger Conservation Authority, is in charge of 53 of India’s tiger reserves (NTCA). 80% of the tigers in the world reside in India. There were 1, 411 tigers in 2006; by 2010, there were 1, 706; by 2014, there were 2, 226; and by 2018, there were 2967.