It is quite a good news for Rajasthan. The tiger graph has gone up by 50% in the last 4 years. The data released by PM Narendra Modi on Monday shows that India has 2967 tigers now.  With the numbers going to 69 as compared to that of 45 tigers 4 years back, Rajasthan now stands on 8^th position in the country.

Rajasthan has gone 3 steps up on the ladder in the last 4 years and this certainly is a very good news for the state. On the occasion of World Tiger Day on Monday, PM Modi released the census of tigers in India which reveals that there is an increase of 741 tigers in the country. This means that the census has gone up by 33% in the country as compared to that of 2014. Madhya Pradesh has the highest number of tigers and the number is 526.

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The state of Rajasthan has 3 Tiger Reserve Parks. The census given here is mainly about the Ranthambhore National Park and Sariska Tiger Reserve. Mukandara Tiger Reserve is not included in this census.

Let us take a look at the numbers of tigers in India now:

                                                 2014                       2018

Madhya Pradesh                    308                        526

Karnataka                                406                        524

Maharashtra                            190                        312

Rajasthan                                45                        69

Chattisgarh                                 46                         19

Andhra Pradesh                         68                         48