With reference to the Tiger Census in India consider the following statements 1 It is conducted ever...........

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With reference to the Tiger Census in India, consider the following statements

1.It is conducted every 4 years.

2.National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) is the nodal authority for conducting the census.

3.M-Stripes is the mobile app for conducting tiger census.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

2 and 3 Only

3 Only

1 and 3 Only

All of the above

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Explanation:

There are 53 tiger reserves in India which are governed by Project Tiger which is administrated by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA). India is home to 70 percent of tigers in the world. In 2006, there were 1,411 tigers which increased to 1,706 in 2010 and 2,226 in 2014.The total number of wild tigers has risen to 3,890 in 2016 according to World Wildlife Fund and Global Tiger Forum.
The tiger census in India is done every four years, although local censuses take place in the meantime.
M-STrIPES, short for Monitoring System for Tigers - Intensive Protection and Ecological Status is a software-based monitoring system launched across Indian tiger reserves by the Indian government's National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) in 2010.The system's objective is to strengthen patrolling and surveillance of the Endangered Bengal tiger.