Union Minister Prakash Javadekar releases ‘Status of Leopards in India 2018’ report

The Union environment minister Shri Prakash Javadekar released a report titled the ‘Status of Leopard in India 2018’.
As per the report, the population of leopard in India has increased by 60 percent in four years since 2014.
India now has 12,852 leopards as per 2018 estimate, compared to the previous estimate of 7910 conducted in 2014.
The States of Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, and Maharashtra recorded the highest leopard estimates at 3,421, 1,783, and 1,690 respectively.