The Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Bhupender Yadav, announced that the Project Great Indian Bustard (GIB) Captive Breeding Programme has entered its fourth year. This milestone was marked by the hatching of two new GIB chicks at the Conservation Breeding Centre in Rajasthan, bringing the total number of captive birds to 70. One chick hatched through natural mating, and the other through artificial insemination. The Minister expressed confidence in the project's success under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. He also indicated that some of this year's captive-bred chicks will be soft-released into the wild. The forest officials of the Rajasthan Forest Department were congratulated for this achievement. This release was posted on March 13, 2026, at 1:21 PM by PIB Delhi. The release is available in Urdu, Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Tamil, and Telugu.
Key Entities Referenced
Project Great Indian Bustard Captive Breeding Programme: The primary conservation initiative focused on the captive breeding of the Great Indian Bustard.
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change: The governmental body overseeing the project and environmental policies.
Shri Bhupender Yadav: The Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, who announced the milestone.
Conservation Breeding Centre of Rajasthan: The specific location where the captive breeding and hatching occurred.
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Project Great Indian Bustard Captive Breeding
Programme enters 4th year with Two New Chicks
Important Milestone for GIB Conservation Efforts; Tally
Reaches 70: Shri Bhupender Yadav
Posted On: 13 MAR 2026 1:21PM by PIB Delhi
Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Shri Bhupender Yadav on Friday informed
that Project Great Indian Bustard (GIB) has entered the fourth year of its captive breeding programme
with the hatching of two new chicks at the Conservation Breeding Centre of Rajasthan this week, taking
the tally of birds in captivity to 70.
The Minister further said that under the environmentally-sensitive leadership of Prime Minister Shri
Narendra Modi, the country is well on track to make the project a great success.
Shri Yadav shared this development in a post on social media platform X, describing it as another
milestone achieved under Project GIB. The Minister said the two chicks hatched at the Conservation
Breeding Centre in Rajasthan this week, one from natural mating and the other from artificial
insemination.
Another milestone achieved in Project GIB!
Project Great Indian Bustard entered into the fourth year’s of its captive breeding
with two new chicks hatched at the Conservation Breeding Centre of Rajasthan
this week, one from natural mating and the other from artificial… pic.twitter.com/s
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— Bhupender Yadav (@byadavbjp) March 13, 2026
Calling it an important milestone for the species' conservation efforts, Shri Yadav said some of this year's
captive-bred chicks will be soft released in the wild, marking a new challenging beginning for the project.
He also congratulated the forest officials of the Rajasthan Forest Department for the achievement.
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