Parliament Question: Capturing of Violent Wild Animals

OIH GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3505 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2026 Capturing of Violent Wild Animals 3505. SHRI TRIVENDRA SINGH RAWAT: Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state: (a) whether any special scheme or action plan is being implemented by the Government and the State Forest Department for capturing violent and man-eating wild animals like leopards, tigers, bears and other such wild animals and for preventing incidents of human-wildlife conflict; (b) if so, the details thereof; (c) the details of funds allocated and expenditure incurred for the purpose during the last two years, year-wise; (d) the details of number of wild animals captured, translocated or other necessary action taken in such cases, State/UT and wildlife-wise; and (e) the extent to which aforesaid schemes and measures have reduced the incidents of human- wildlife conflict and loss of human lives along with the major outcomes thereof? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH) (a) to (e): The management of wildlife including the mitigation of human-wildlife conflict is primarily the responsibility of the concerned States/UTs. The State Governments & Union Territory Administrations are the first responders to any conflict situation and they maintain the details of the conflict along with the species involved. The Ministry provides financial assistance to States/UTs under the Centrally Sponsored umbrella scheme, ‘Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats’, comprising the sub-schemes ‘Development of Wildlife Habitats’ and ‘Project Tiger and Elephant’, for managing human- wildlife conflict. The assistance covers, inter-alia, the capture and relocation of problematic wild animals, creation of infrastructure for translocated animals, monitoring and driving away such animals, compensation for loss of human life and damage to crops and property, insurance coverage, public awareness, and capacity-building of Forest Department staff. Details of the funds released under the scheme during the last two years are placed at Annexures I and II. Section 11(1) (a) of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, empowers Chief Wild Life Wardens of the States/Union Territories to grant permission for capturing or translocating any wild animal, listed in Schedule-I, that is become dangerous to human life. Such data is maintained at the level of the States/Union Territories.Further, the Ministry has launched a scheme titled “Tiger Outside Tiger Reserves” at an outlay of Rs.88.7 crores for mitigating human tiger negative interactions. In addition to diminish adverse impacts of Human Elephant Conflict, the Government of India has approved a Regional Action Plan for Elephant Conservation for the Southern States. The Ministry has established a Centre of Excellence for Human–Wildlife Conflict Management at the Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON), WII–South India Centre, Coimbatore, to strengthen the scientific and institutional framework for managing human–wildlife conflict. The measures taken by the Ministry have strengthened the prevention and management of human- wildlife conflict resulting in improved mitigation and adoption of evidence based and technology enabled approach. *****Annexure-I Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (e) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. †3505 due for reply on 10.08.2026 regarding “Capturing of Violent Wild Animals”. Details of funds released to State/ UT Governments under CSS-‘Development of Wildlife Habitats’ during 2024-25 to 2025-26. (₹ in Lakh) S. No. Name of States/UTs 2024-25 2025-26 1 A & N Islands 0* 0* 2 Arunachal Pradesh 1044.819 1456.2773 3 Assam 1234.4652 791.99959 4 Bihar 0* 66.69278 5 Chandigarh 0* 0* 6 Chhattisgarh 135.58248 16.80041 7 Goa 66.44425 0* 8 Gujarat 801.58248 371.54061 9 Haryana 232.9722 205.32605 10 Himachal Pradesh 172.31067 80.14962 11 Jammu & Kashmir 73.97099 53.15445 12 Jharkhand 71.93619 4.818 13 Karnataka 800.8205 380.74875 14 Kerala 909.63915 597.24019 15 Madhya Pradesh 740.89064 307.5062 16 Maharashtra 622.0670 497.75553 17 Manipur 261.70605 0* 18 Meghalaya 389.5938 35.50804 19 Mizoram 344.3258 532.43616 20 Nagaland 1490.04 998.905 21 Odisha 1108.46011 785.36118 22 Rajasthan 0* 417.55485 23 Sikkim 221.17 250.9924 24 Tamil Nadu 661.78722 241.73035 25 Telangana 0* 39.61404 26 Uttar Pradesh 393.86725 389.51196 27 Uttarakhand 652.470665 285.38853 28 West Bengal 183.14895 436.42348 29 Puducherry 0* 0* 30 Lakshadweep 217.185 260.7662 31 Tripura 339.4863 15.39162 32 Ladakh UT 0* 0* Sub Total –I 13170.74 9519.59 * Funds were not released in certain cases where no expenditure was reported, proposals were not received from the States, or the proposals received were deficient vis-à-vis the extant requirements.Annexure-II Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (e) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. †3505 due for reply on 10.08.2026 regarding “Capturing of Violent Wild Animals”. State-wise fund released under Central Sponsored Scheme (CSS) of Project Tiger & Elephant during 2024-25 to 2025-26 (₹ in Lakh) 2024-25 2025-26 Sl. No State/UTs PT&E PT&E 1 Andhra Pradesh 365.13 210.4 2 Arunachal Pradesh 1767.99 1181.35 3 Assam 3030.84438 2279.78 4 Chhattisgarh 307.98951 249.78 5 Jharkhand 727.556 0* 6 Karnataka 2801.267 1963.24 7 Kerala 221.36725 640.86 8 Maharashtra 4176.7048 2332.29 9 Meghalaya 59.4 61.11 10 Nagaland 305.442 319.46 11 Odisha 919.57923 681.46 12 Tamil Nadu 2184.88357 1355.46 13 Tripura 14.68868 0* 14 Uttar Pradesh 2075.10675 263.88 15 Uttarakhand 1823.2319 681.26 16 West Bengal 425.94994 298.62 17 Haryana 31.2 1.76 18 Bihar 543.09678 275.69 19 Rajasthan 579.47723 591.78 20 Madhya Pradesh 5910.501 1939.82 21 Manipur 29.25 7.81 22 Mizoram 367.08969 250.63 23 Telangana 291.682 262.73 24 Himachal Pradesh 40.572 2.75 Total 29000 15851.92 * Funds were not released in certain cases where no expenditure was reported, proposals were not received from the States, or the proposals received were deficient vis-à-vis the extant requirements.