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
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Status of Tigers, Co-predators and Prey in India-2006
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2008
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Field Guide – Monitoring Tigers, Co-predators, Prey and Their Habitats-2009
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Counting Tigers – The Tiger Estimation Procecure (2008)Information sheet
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Status of Tigers, Co-predators and Prey in India-2010
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India Tiger Estimate 2010
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Field Guide – Monitoring Tigers, Co-predators, Prey and Their Habitats-2013
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Status of Tigers, Co-predators and Prey in India-2014
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Status of Tigers, Co-predators and Prey in India-2014 – Individual Tigers Photo-captured
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Field Guide – Monitoring Tigers, Co-predators, Prey and Their Habitats
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Counting Tigers – All India Tiger Estimation 2018 brochure
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Status of Tigers in India-2018
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Status of Tigers, Copredators & Prey in India-2018
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Camera Trapped Tiger Photo Album-2018
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Field Guide-Monitoring Tigers, Co-predators, prey and their habitats
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Phase III Camera Trapping Protocol
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Status of Tigers-2022
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Status of Tigers, co-predators and prey in India-2022-Final Report
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All India Leopard Estimation Reports
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Status of Leopard in India, 2018-Summary Report
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Status of Leopard in India, 2018-Final Report
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Status of Leopard in India, 2022-Summary Report
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Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav
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India for tigers: A rally on wheels
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Cheetah Introduction in India - Project Cheetah Reports
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Action Plan for Introduction of Cheetah in India
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Cheetah Introduction Brochure
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Introduction of Cheetah in India – Annual Report
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Brochure on Project Cheetah in India
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Cheetah Annual Progress Report, 2023-24
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Economic Valuation of Tiger Reserves Report
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Economic Valuation of Tiger Reserves in India- A Value+ Approach
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Economic Valuation of Tiger Reserves in India- A Value+ Approach-phase II
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Management Effective Evaluation Reports
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Evaluation Reports of Tiger Reserves in India
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Management Effectiveness Evaluation of Tiger Reserves in India- Process and Outcomes 2010-2011
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Management Effectiveness Evaluation of Tiger Reserves in India: Process and Outcomes
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TIGER-MEETR – Measuring the Management Effectiveness of Tiger Reserves in India
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Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE) of Tiger Reserves (TRs) in India – 2017-18, Technical Manual
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4th Cycle of Management Effectiveness Evaluation of Tiger Reserves in India -2018 (High Resolution PDF-153 MB),
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Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE) of Tiger
Reserves in India-Technical Manual, 2022,
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Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE) of Tiger
Reserves in India (5th cycle) summary report
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Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE) of Tiger
Reserves in India (5th cycle) – Final report
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BRIDGING THE GAP.
Unveiling Effectiveness of India’s Tiger Reserve Management
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Mitigation manual for Linear Infrastructure
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Eco-Friendly Measures to Mitigate Impacts of Linear Infrastructure on Wildlife
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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
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NTCA Guidelines & Other Reports
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Intensive Project Performance Review – India Ecodevelopment Project (Phase III)
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Joining the dots
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Tales of the Tiger – An Information and Activity Manual for Teachers
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Guidelines for Preparation of Tiger Conservation Plan
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Supplementary Guidelines for Preparation of Tiger Conservation Plan
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Generic Guidelines for Preparation of Security Plan for Tiger Reserves
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Project Cheetah
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Compendium of Guidelines/Advisories/Gazette Notifications – Updated upto 31st March, 2010.
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Status, Density and Change in Forest Cover of Tiger Reserves in respect of Shivalik Gangetic Plain Landscape‘
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Patterns of Mortality in Free Ranging Tigers
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Protocol for Security Audit of Tiger Reserves
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E-bird Technology-Introductory Manual for Managers and Biologists
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Action Tiger – Tiger Action Plans of 13 Tiger Range Countries – 4th Edition
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Standard Operating Procedures and Tiger Safari Guidelines
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Compendium of Guidelines/Advisories/Gazette Notifications – Updated upto January, 2020.
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Forest Fire Audit Protocol for Tiger Reserves
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Amarit kaal ka Tiger Vision
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Tigers a Bibliograhic Odyssey (2019-2023)
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Other Reports
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National Wildlife Action Plan 2017-2031
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Water Resource Atlas of Tiger Reserves
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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
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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
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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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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
- Anti-poaching initiatives;
- Strengthening infrastructure within tiger reserves;
- Habitat improvement and water development;
- Addressing man-animal conflicts;
- Co-existence agenda in buffer and fringe areas with landscape approach;
- 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;
- Rehabilitation of traditional hunting tribes living in and around tiger reserves;
- Providing support to States for research and field equipment;
- Supporting States for staff development and capacity building in tiger reserves;
- 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;
- Providing safeguards and retrofitting measures in and around tiger reserves and tiger bearing forests for wildlife conservation;
- Strengthening the infrastructure of National Tiger Conservation Authority at the Centre;
- Carrying out independent monitoring and the evaluation of tiger reserves;
- Establishment and development of eight new tiger reserves;
- Provision of project allowance to all categories of staff working in tiger reserves;
- Providing residential amenities to facilitate basic education to children of frontline field staff posted in tiger reserves;
- 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
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1st Installment
2nd Installment
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
In this page, the details of revalidation orders of sanctioned APOs of tiger reserves are given.
APO Revalidations 2024-25
APO Revalidations 2023-24
APO Revalidations 2021-22
APO Revalidations 2020-21
APO Revalidations 2019-20
APO Revalidations 2018-19
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
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:
Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) on Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace
Election Commission of India order
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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