Uttar Pradesh cabinet gives a green signal for the development of the first tiger reserve in the Bundelkhand region in order to promote tiger conservation in the state.

• Bundelkhand’s First Tiger Reserve will be developed across 52,989.863 hectares of land including 29,958.863 hectares of buffer area and 23,031.00 hectares of the core area.
• Govt has also decided to establish the Ranipur Tiger Conservation Foundation along with sanctioning requisite posts.
• The Ranipur Tiger Reserve area has been covered by northern tropical dry deciduous forests and is home to tiger, leopard, bear, spotted deer, sambhar, chinkara, reptiles and other mammals.