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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1189
TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.07.2026
Data on Wildlife Crimes
1189. SHRI ANTO ANTONY:
Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state
(a) whether the Government has consolidated national data on all wildlife crimes registered in the
country and if not, the reasons therefor;
(b) the reasons for continuing to maintain separate wildlife crime databases through the National
Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) and the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) without integration;
(c) the total number of wildlife crime cases registered by the Police and the Forest Department
separately during the last five years, State/UT-wise and year-wise;
(d) the reasons for non-implementation of the recommendation to create a centralized and integrated
wildlife crime database;
(e) whether the Government intends to make the WCCB's wildlife crime database publicly accessible
to ensure transparency; and
(f) the number of wildlife crime cases registered by State Forest Departments that are currently not
reflected in the NCRB's annual 'Crime in India' report?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND
CLIMATE CHANGE
(SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH)
(a) to (f) The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 provides that the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau
collect and collate intelligence related to organized wildlife crime activities and disseminate the same
to the State and other enforcement agencies for immediate action so as to apprehend the criminals
and to establish a centralized wildlife crime data bank. Details of the organized wildlife crime collated
by the Wild Life Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) from the States during last five years is placed as
Annexure –I and Annexure –II.
****Annexure-I
Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (f) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 1189
regarding ‘Data on Wildlife Crimes’
Year
S.No. States/Union 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Territories
1 A&N Islands 5 1 12 8 NR
2 Andhra Pradesh 17 15 3 6 7
3 Arunachal Pradesh NR NR 1 3 NR
4 Assam 23 10 21 22 19
5 Bihar NR 1 6 6 7
6 Chandigarh NR NR 1 2 NR
7 Chattisgarh 2 4 6 1 6
8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli NR NR NR NR NR
9 Daman & Diu NR NR NR 1 NR
10 Delhi 3 1 NR NR NR
11 Goa 1 10 2 4 8
12 Gujarat 8 7 3 7 1
13 Haryana 28 4 NR 6 3
14 Himachal Pradesh 15 3 1 NR 1
15 Jammu & Kashmir 2 1 NR NR NR
16 Jharkhand 3 6 14 5 21
17 Karnataka 26 17 6 2 2
18 Kerala 12 2 4 1 1
19 Lakshadweep 4 2 1 NR NR
20 Madhya Pradesh 23 21 38 13 13
21 Maharashtra 35 4 10 9 13
22 Manipur NR NR 2 NR NR
23 Meghalaya 4 1 NR NR 4
24 Mizoram NR NR 1 NR 1
25 Nagaland 2 1 NR NR 1
26 Odisha 16 12 9 16 14
27 Puducherry NR NR NR NR NR
28 Punjab 4 2 3 8 6
29 Rajasthan 4 1 3 19 6
30 Sikkim NR NR NR NR NR
31 Tamil Nadu 45 36 18 29 2
32 Telangana 6 2 NR 1 3
33 Tripura 1 NR NR NR 1
34 Uttar Pradesh 40 24 2 11 8
35 Uttrakhand 26 21 21 11 7
36 West Bengal 15 6 35 27 33
* NR: Not reported by the State/Union TerritoryAnnexure-II
Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (f) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 1189
regarding ‘Data on Wildlife Crimes’
Year
S.No. States/Union 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Territories
1 A&N Islands 2 NR NR 14 5
2 Andhra Pradesh 1 NR NR NR NR
3 Arunachal Pradesh 1 1 1 NR NR
4 Assam 11 4 4 1 1
5 Bihar 2 NR NR 2 NR
6 Chandigarh 1 NR NR NR NR
7 Chattisgarh 8 3 1 NR NR
NR NR NR NR NR
8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli
9 Daman & Diu NR 2 NR NR NR
10 Delhi NR NR NR NR NR
11 Goa NR NR NR NR NR
12 Gujarat NR NR NR NR NR
13 Haryana NR 1 NR NR 1
14 Himachal Pradesh 19 3 7 2 1
15 Jammu & Kashmir 10 NR NR NR NR
16 Jharkhand NR NR NR NR NR
17 Karnataka NR NR NR NR NR
18 Kerala NR 1 NR NR NR
19 Lakshadweep NR NR NR NR NR
20 Madhya Pradesh 6 3 3 1 1
21 Maharashtra 3 3 NR NR NR
22 Manipur NR NR NR NR NR
23 Meghalaya NR 1 NR NR NR
24 Mizoram NR NR 1 1 NR
25 Nagaland NR NR NR NR NR
26 Odisha 9 9 NR NR NR
27 Puducherry NR NR NR NR NR
28 Punjab NR NR NR NR NR
29 Rajasthan 1 NR 2 NR 2
30 Sikkim NR NR NR NR NR
31 Tamil Nadu 5 3 1 2 NR
32 Telangana NR NR NR NR NR
33 Tripura NR NR NR NR NR
34 Uttar Pradesh 23 10 10 4 5
35 Uttrakhand 7 8 9 7 5
36 West Bengal 16 4 1 10 1
* NR: Not reported by the State/Union Territory
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