- The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has launched the “Asiatic Lion Conservation Project”. The project aim to protect and conserve the world’s last ranging free population of Asiatic Lion and its associated ecosystem.
- The total budget of the project for 3 years is about Rs. 97.84 crore.
- It will be funded from the Centrally Sponsored Scheme- Development of Wildlife Habitat (CSS-DWH) with the contributing ratio being 60:40 of Central and State share.
Points to remember:
- The scheme has been launched by which ministry?
- Outlay of the scheme?