The tiger population in India,
which has almost three quarters of the world's tigers, has risen
by almost a third over the last four years thanks to government
action, officials said Tuesday.
Presenting the findings of the latest tiger census,
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said the tiger population
had risen from 1,706 in 2011 to 2,226 in 2014.
He said a number of government initiatives to streamline
tiger conservation were behind the increase.
India is estimated to be home to around 70% of the world's
tigers.
Javadekar described the results of the census as a "huge
success story".
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