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ANNUAL PLAN OF OPERATION (APO)

The "Project Tiger" was launched in April, 1973 with the objective "to ensure maintenance of a viable population of Tigers in India for scientific, economic, aesthetic, cultural and ecological values, and to preserve for all times, areas of biological importance as a national heritage for the benefit, education and enjoyment of the people".

In order to achieve its objective, every financial year the NTCA provides funding support to Tiger Reserve which submit their funding requirements through Annual Plan Operation (APO) proposals. As it is a centrally sponsored (plan) scheme and 90:10 Central assistance would be provided for non-recurring expenditure and 60:40 Central assistance would be provided for recurring ones.

The major non-recurring activities are construction of buildings, development of communication – road, wireless etc., purchase of various equipments, scientific items, protections, development of water facilities, eco-development works, shifting of villages and cattle, miscellaneous tools, development of veterinary research and compensation to the legal heirs of staff/person killed while performing official duty of Tiger Reserve, and any other non-recurring item specific to the Tiger Reserves.

Activities List for Funding under CSS-PT
  1. Anti-poaching initiatives;
  2. Strengthening infrastructure within tiger reserves;
  3. Habitat improvement and water development;
  4. Addressing man-animal conflicts;
  5. Co-existence agenda in buffer and fringe areas with landscape approach;
  6. Deciding inviolate spaces and relocation of villages from critical tiger habitats within a time-frame by providing a better relocation package, apart from supporting States for settlement of rights of such people;
  7. Rehabilitation of traditional hunting tribes living in and around tiger reserves;
  8. Providing support to States for research and field equipment;
  9. Supporting States for staff development and capacity building in tiger reserves;
  10. Mainstreaming wildlife concerns in tiger bearing forests outside tiger reserves, and fostering corridor conservation in such areas through restorative strategy involving local people to arrest fragmentation of habitats;
  11. Providing safeguards and retrofitting measures in and around tiger reserves and tiger bearing forests for wildlife conservation;
  12. Strengthening the infrastructure of National Tiger Conservation Authority at the Centre;
  13. Carrying out independent monitoring and the evaluation of tiger reserves;
  14. Establishment and development of eight new tiger reserves;
  15. Provision of project allowance to all categories of staff working in tiger reserves;
  16. Providing residential amenities to facilitate basic education to children of frontline field staff posted in tiger reserves;
  17. Providing assistance to States for fostering ecotourism to benefit local people

The recurring activities are allowance of the staff, habitat improvement, water facilities, fire protection, maintenance of various items, publicity and extension, protection measures and legal assistance for dealing with wildlife offences and any other item, recurring in nature, specific to the Tiger Reserve.

In this page you will find financial year wise APO sanction orders for all the tiger reserves.

APO Sanctions for 2024-25
APO Sanctions for 2023-24
APO Sanctions for 2022-23
APO Sanctions for 2021-22 (2nd installment)
APO Sanctions for 2021-22 (Revised Sanctions)
APO Sanctions for 2021-22
APO Sanctions for 2021-22 [2nd installment]
APO Sanctions for 2020-21
APO Sanctions for 2020-21 [2nd Installment]
APO Sanctions for 2020-21 [3rd & Final Installment]
APO Sanctions for 2019-20
APO Sanctions for 2018-19

2nd Installment Sanction Orders

The 2nd and final APO installment sanction orders for 2018-19 are given below:

APO Sanctions for 2017-18
APO Sanctions for 2016-17
APO Sanctions for 2015-16
APO Sanctions for 2014-15

NTCA has issued advisories to Tiger Reserves and Tiger Range States on various management related issues. In this page, you will find various advisories/ guidelines issued so far.

Annual Plan of Operation (APO)
Preparing areas to harbour tigers
Anti-poaching Advisory
Avian Influenza Advisory
Camera trap Repository
Canine Distemper Virus advisory
Centrally Sponsored Scheme – Project Tiger Guidelines
Compendium of Guidelines/ Advisories/ Gazette notification
Compliance of provisions for infrastructure development projects
Covid-19-Guidelines
Ecosensitive Zone notification in Tiger Reserves
Electrocution Related Advisory
Funding for NGO / voluntary organizations
Funding for outside Tiger Reserve areas
Habitat Interventions in Tiger Reserves
NTCA (Normative Standards for Tourism and Project Tiger) Guidelines, 2012


Phase IV Tiger Monitoring Protocols
Revised Procedure for Fund Release under Centrally Sponsored Scheme – Project Tiger
Reward to field staff of Tiger Reserves

Tiger Conservation Foundation Guidelines
Tiger Conservation Plan Preparation Guidelines
Tiger Reintroduction / Translocation
Tiger Safari
Tourism Related Advisories
Transboundary meetings
Tripartite Memorandum of Understanding
Village Relocation

NTCA organizes regular meetings with Field Directors of Tiger Reserves, Chief Wildlife Wardens of Tiger Range States and other stakeholders. The details of such meetings and meeting minutes are given in this page.

Meeting Notices
Meeting Minutes

Acts and Regulations
Appointment of members to NTCA
Tiger Reserve Notifications

This page contains the latest orders and circulars issued by NTCA.

Compendium of Guidelines/ Advisories/ Gazette notification

1. Compendium of Guidelines/ Advisories/ Gazette Notification – 2020. Click on image to download file:

2. Compendium of Guidelines/ Advisories/ Gazette Notification – 2010. Click on image to download file:

3. Compendium of Guidelines/ Advisories/ Gazette Notification – 2004. Click on image to download file:

The NTCA has come out with several technical reports on subjects such as All India Tiger Monitoring, Management Effective Evaluation of Tiger Reserves, Preparation of Tiger Conservation Plans/ Security plans and movement ecology of tigers for their conservation at landscape level and cheetah introduction in India.

You can download these reports from the links given below.

All India Tiger Estimation Reports

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Monitoring Tiger Status and Habitat, Part – I, A Field Guide

2004

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Status of Tigers, Co-predators and Prey in India-2006

2008

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Field Guide – Monitoring Tigers, Co-predators, Prey and Their Habitats-2009

2009

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Counting Tigers – The Tiger Estimation Procecure (2008)Information sheet

2010

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Status of Tigers, Co-predators and Prey in India-2010

2011

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India Tiger Estimate 2010

2011

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Field Guide – Monitoring Tigers, Co-predators, Prey and Their Habitats-2013

2013

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Status of Tigers, Co-predators and Prey in India-2014

2015

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Status of Tigers, Co-predators and Prey in India-2014 – Individual Tigers Photo-captured

2015

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Field Guide – Monitoring Tigers, Co-predators, Prey and Their Habitats

2017

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Counting Tigers – All India Tiger Estimation 2018 brochure

2018

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Status of Tigers in India-2018

2019

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Status of Tigers, Copredators & Prey in India-2018

2020

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Camera Trapped Tiger Photo Album-2018

2020

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Field Guide-Monitoring Tigers, Co-predators, prey and their habitats

2021

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Phase III Camera Trapping Protocol

2023

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Status of Tigers-2022

2023

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Status of Tigers, co-predators and prey in India-2022-Final Report

2023

All India Leopard Estimation Reports

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Status of Leopard in India, 2018-Summary Report

2020

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Status of Leopard in India, 2018-Final Report

2021

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Status of Leopard in India, 2022-Summary Report

2024

Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav

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India for tigers: A rally on wheels

2022

Cheetah Introduction in India - Project Cheetah Reports

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Action Plan for Introduction of Cheetah in India

2022

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Cheetah Introduction Brochure

2022

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Introduction of Cheetah in India – Annual Report

2023

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Brochure on Project Cheetah in India

2024

Economic Valuation of Tiger Reserves Report

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Economic Valuation of Tiger Reserves in India- A Value+ Approach

2015

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Economic Valuation of Tiger Reserves in India- A Value+ Approach-phase II

2019

Management Effective Evaluation Reports

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Evaluation Reports of Tiger Reserves in India

2006

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Management Effectiveness Evaluation of Tiger Reserves in India- Process and Outcomes 2010-2011

2011

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Management Effectiveness Evaluation of Tiger Reserves in India: Process and Outcomes

2014

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TIGER-MEETR – Measuring the Management Effectiveness of Tiger Reserves in India

2015

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Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE) of Tiger Reserves (TRs) in India – 2017-18, Technical Manual

2017

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4th Cycle of Management Effectiveness Evaluation of Tiger Reserves in India -2018 (High Resolution PDF-153 MB),

2019

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Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE) of Tiger
Reserves in India-Technical Manual, 2022,

2022

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Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE) of Tiger
Reserves in India (5th cycle) summary report

2023

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Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE) of Tiger
Reserves in India (5th cycle) – Final report

2023

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BRIDGING THE GAP.
Unveiling Effectiveness of India’s Tiger Reserve Management

2024

Mitigation manual for Linear Infrastructure

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Eco-Friendly Measures to Mitigate Impacts of Linear Infrastructure on Wildlife

2016

NTCA Annual Reports

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Annual Report of NTCA (2008-09)

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Annual Report of NTCA (2009-10)

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Annual Report of NTCA (2010-11)

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Annual Report of NTCA (2011-12)

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Annual Report of NTCA (2012-13)

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Annual Report of NTCA (2013-14)

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Annual Report of NTCA (2014-15)

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Annual Report of NTCA (2015-16)

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Annual Report of NTCA (2016-17)

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Annual Report of NTCA (2017-18)

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Annual Report of NTCA (2018-19)-Hindi

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Annual Report of NTCA (2018-19)-English

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Annual Report of NTCA (2019-20)-English

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Annual Report of NTCA (2019-20)-Hindi

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Annual Report of NTCA (2020-21)-Hindi

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Annual Report of NTCA (2020-21)-English

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Annual Report of NTCA (2021-22)-English

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Annual Report of NTCA (2021-22)-Hindi

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Annual Report of NTCA (2022-23)-English

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Annual Report of NTCA (2022-23)-Hindi

2023

NTCA Guidelines & Other Reports

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Intensive Project Performance Review – India Ecodevelopment Project (Phase III)

2004

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Joining the dots

2006

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Tales of the Tiger – An Information and Activity Manual for Teachers

2006

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Guidelines for Preparation of Tiger Conservation Plan

2007

Supplementary Guidelines for Preparation of Tiger Conservation Plan

2014

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Generic Guidelines for Preparation of Security Plan for Tiger Reserves

2009

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Project Cheetah

2010

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Compendium of Guidelines/Advisories/Gazette Notifications – Updated upto 31st March, 2010.

2011

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Status, Density and Change in Forest Cover of Tiger Reserves in respect of Shivalik Gangetic Plain Landscape‘

2014

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Patterns of Mortality in Free Ranging Tigers

2016

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Protocol for Security Audit of Tiger Reserves

2017

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E-bird Technology-Introductory Manual for Managers and Biologists

2018

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Action Tiger – Tiger Action Plans of 13 Tiger Range Countries – 4th Edition

2019

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Standard Operating Procedures and Tiger Safari Guidelines

2019

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Compendium of Guidelines/Advisories/Gazette Notifications – Updated upto January, 2020.

2020

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Forest Fire Audit Protocol for Tiger Reserves

2022

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Amarit kaal ka Tiger Vision

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Tigers a Bibliograhic Odyssey (2019-2023)

2024

Other Reports

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National Wildlife Action Plan 2017-2031

2017

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Water Resource Atlas of Tiger Reserves

2022

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Tigers a Bibliograhic Odyssey (2019-2023)

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Project Tiger 50 Years of Tiger Conservation in India

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Project Tiger 50 Years of Tiger Conservation in India

2023

Sabarimala Master Plan

Sabarimala temple, dedicated to Lord Ayyappa, is situated in a deep, dense forest of Sabari Hills, in the Ranni-Perunad Panchayat of Pathanamthitta District of Kerala. The region falls under the Periyar Tiger Reserve (PTR) of the Western Ghats.

Considering the unique location of the temple, the heavy pilgrim flow during the peak pilgrim season (usually from mid-November to mid-January) converging at Pampa and Sannidhanam, the influence of the pilgrimage on the region and the resultant impacts on pilgrim safety,facilities and the environment; the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Parliament of India and other stakeholders recognized the need for a comprehensive Master Plan for Sabarimala.

In view of the above, IL&FS Ecosmart Limited (Ecosmart) was commissioned by the Government of Kerala (GoK) for preparation of an “Outline of the Master Plan for Sabarimala” (Concept Plan) that would form the basis for a Master Plan for Sabarimala, based on the Terms of Reference prepared by the GoK. The Concept Plan was submitted to the GoK on March 24, 2005 and was accepted by the GoK on May 9, 2005.

You can download the different modules of Sabariamala Master Plan by using the links given below:

Tiger Corridor Reports

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Connecting Tiger Populations For Long-Term Conservation

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Tiger Corridors of Eastern Vidarbha Landscape

2016

Tiger Reserve Profile

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An illustrative profile of Tiger Reserves of India

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Water Source Atlas of Tiger Reserves

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Water Source Atlas of Tiger Reserves

2022

Revised Procedure for Fund Release under Centrally Sponsored Scheme – Project Tiger

With a view to have more effective cash management and enhance the efficiency in the public expenditure management, the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, Government of India has introduced the revised procedure for release and monitoring utilization of funds under Centrally Sponsored Scheme. The revised procedure of fund release will have to be followed by all the State Governments and Ministries/ Departments of the Government of India with effect from 1st July 2021.

In order to facilitate implementation of revised fund release procedure, the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance has been issuing Office Memorandums (OMs) from time to time. All such OMs are given below for ready reference.

The OMs are also available on the website of Department of Expenditure at this link.

  1. Procedure for release of funds under the Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) and monitoring utilization of the funds released – Dated 23-03-2021
  2. MOF clarification on interest earned (point 10) of MOF guidelines dated 23.03.2021 – Dated 23-03-2021
  3. MOF clarification on point 11 and 13 of MOF guidelines dated 23.03.2021 – Dated 23-03-2021
  4. FAQ issued by MOF on the procedure for fund releases under CSS – Dated 07-07-2021
  5. SOP on implementation of release of funds under CSS – 30th July 2021 Dated – 30-07-2021
  6. DO letter of Finance Secretary and Secretary (Expenditure) on new procedure for fund released under CSS Dated 10-08-2021
  7. MoF delegate certain powers to FA of the Ministry/Department to grant relaxation – Dated 30-09-2021
  8. Transfer of funds from the Account of Implementing Agencies to the single nodal account of each centrally sponsored scheme – Dated 08-12-2021
  9. Procedure for release of funds under the Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) and monitoring utilization of the funds released- Dated 23-03-2022
  10. Procedure for release of funds under the Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) and monitoring utilization of the funds released- Dated 05-05-2022
  11. Procedure for release of funds under the Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) and monitoring utilization of the funds released- IFD OM – Dated 25-05-2022
  12. OM regarding revalidation ofu CSS funds – Dated 25-05-2022
  13. IFD OM Dated 17th June 2022 OM regarding procedure for release of funds during 2022-23 under CSS – Dated 17-06-2022
  14. IFD OM Dated 21st June 2022 OM regarding procedure for release of funds during 2022-23 under CSS -Dated 21-06-2022
  15. IFD OM Dated 7th July- One time relaxation from DOE’s instructions issued vide OM dated 25th May, 2022 – Dated 07-07-2022
  16. Procedure for remitting the interest earned from the funds released in the single nodal account of Single Nodal Agencies (SNAs) – Dated 15-07-2022
  17. Procedure regarding State Government contribution in excess of the proportionate State share – Dated 23-08-2022
  18. Procedure for remitting the interest earned on the funds lying in SNA to Central Government through Bharatkosh-PFMS – Dated 30-08-2022
  19. Procedure regarding return of the Central share released to the State treasury but not released further to the SNA account within the stipulated time frame to the Consolidated Fund of India – Dated 14-09-2022
  20. Revised procedure fo flow of funds under Centrally Sponsored Schemes – updates in PFMS -Dated 28-09-2022
  21. Live Deployment of CNA 01 and SNA 10 Reports -Dated 12-11-2022
  22. Revised procedure for flow of funds under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme – Transfer of Central and State share of funds to the Single Nodal Agency (SNA) account and levy of interest for delay in such transfer-reg. Dated 16-02-2023
  23. SOP for deposit of SNA Account Interest in CFI on change of Bank Account-reg. Dated 25-03-2023
  24. Procedure for release of funds under the Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS)-reg. Dated 30-03-2023
  25. Facility to change the bank of SNAs and CNAs-reg. Dated 03-04-2023
  26. Security Advisory-reg. Dated 06-04-2023
  27. Revised procedure for flow of funds under Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) delay in transfer of scheme funds from State treasury to the SNA account-reg. Dated 02-05-2023
  28. Implementation of New Window based Digital Signing Utility in place of existing Jawa based Utility in the Sanction Module of PFMS -reg. Dated 24-05-2023
  29. Revised Procedure for flow of funds under Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) Deletion of para 23 of the guidelines -reg. Dated 24-05-2023
  30. Procedure for release of funds under Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) and monitoring utilization of the funds released – Conditions for release of 1st instalment -reg. Dated 06-06-2023
  31. Procedure for release of funds under Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) -reg. Dated 08-06-2023
  32. Procedure for release of funds under Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) and monitoring utilization for the funds released -relaxation in certain provisions for release of funds in 2023-24 -reg. Dated 01-09-2023

NTCA brings out ‘STRIPES’,a bi-monthly journal highlighting the tiger conservation related initiatives, best practices by NTCA as well as tiger reserves across India.

In this page you will find all the ‘STRIPES’ issues published so far by NTCA. For viewing the journal, you will require PDF readers like ‘Document Viewer’ or ‘Adobe’.

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