In a unique combination of conservation and infrastructure, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) built India’s first wildlife overpass corridor on a national highway for animals. On twelve kilometers of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, which goes through the buffer zone of the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve, this project contains five overpasses and India’s longest wildlife underpass, […]

In a significant initiative for improving tribal development outcomes, the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs announced the “Adi Karmyogi” programme today with the goal of enhancing the delivery of tribal welfare schemes through systematic capacity-building and motivation of frontline officials across the country. The announcement came at the close of the “Adi Anveshan” National Conference

Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav presided over the 21st steering committee meeting of Project Elephant in Dehradun, where the progress of Project Elephant was reviewed, notably, the completion of Phase-I in coordinated census of elephant population in the Northeastern states, the mapping of over 3400km of railway lines to ascertain sites of high-risk for elephant-train