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covering any area having human wildlife conflict issues. Separate plan for
management of the HWC are considered and funds are released based on the
availability as per norms.
Project Elephant
Project Elephant (PE) was launched by the Government of India in 1991-92 as a
centrally sponsored scheme with the objectives: - to protect elephants, their
habitat and corridors; to address issues of man-animal conflict; and welfare of
domesticated elephants.
Project Tiger/National Tiger Conservation Authority
The Centrally Sponsored Scheme Project Tiger was launched in 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. The Conservation Assured Tiger
Standards (CATS) protocol was successfully implemented in territorial divisions
of Uttarakhand, wherein the Lansdowne division was successfully registered.
Guidelines on establishing Tiger Safaris were issued and circulated by this
Authority to all tiger range states. Orang Tiger Reserve in Assam and Kamlang
Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh were notified 49th and 50 th tiger reserves
in the country, taking coverage of project tiger to 2.2 per cent of the country's
area.
Animal Welfar
elfare
Animal Welfare Board of India : General Animal Welfare covers the welfare of
individual animals, mainly domesticated, as also wild animals in captivity,
through Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI). AWBI is a statutory body
established with headquarters at Chennai. Its basic mandate is to advise the
government on animal welfare issues, and create awareness in animal welfare
and to implement the regular schemes of AWBI and also the central sector
schemes for the welfare of animals.
National Institute of Animal Welfare (NIAW) : The National Institute of Animal
Welfare (NIAW) was set up as a subordinate office of the MoEF&CC. The
objective of NIAW is to impart training and education in animal welfare on a
diversified basis comprising, among other things, animal management, their
behaviour and ethics. The aim is to create an enabling environment for fulfilment
of the statutory requirements as laid down in the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals Act, 1960. The mandate of NIAW covers the need to improve animal
welfare through education, research and public outreach.
Free Mobile Animal Clinic : The Board is providing free, on the spot veterinary
treatment to sick and injured animals belonging to poor people through its
Mobile Animal Clinic (MAC) programme operating from the headquarters at