Project Tiger is a
tiger conservation programme launched in 1972 by the
Government of India during
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's tenure. The project aims at ensuring a viable population of
Bengal tigers in their natural habitats and also to protect them from extinction, and preserving areas of biological importance as a natural heritage forever represented as close as possible the diversity of
ecosystems across the tiger's distribution in the country. The project's task force visualized these
tiger reserves as breeding nuclei, from which surplus animals would migrate to adjacent forests. The Funds and commitment were mastered to support the intensive program of habitat protection and rehabilitation under the project. The government has set up a Tiger Protection Force to combat
poachers and funded relocation of villagers to minimize human-tiger conflicts.