Overview
- Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav ordered an audit of 28 NTCA meeting decisions to be consolidated into a formal policy and placed as the first agenda item at the next NTCA meeting.
- Four expert working groups for the North, South, East and West zones will assess region‑specific challenges, population and prey trends, frontline needs and scheme gaps, with reports due before the 29th NTCA meeting.
- Standardised rescue, rehabilitation and transit‑treatment systems were prioritized to enable timely interventions as tigers increasingly move beyond core reserve areas.
- NTCA data cited at the Alwar conference recorded 21 tiger deaths through February 2, including seven outside reserves, with recent years showing more than half of deaths outside reserves in some years, peaking near 55% in 2023.
- The cheetah reintroduction effort was described as reaching a third India‑born generation, with a fresh batch from Botswana expected around late February.