A breathtaking view of the Sariska Tiger Reserve from the Kankwari Fort. — Photos: AMAR GROVER
To borrow from poet William Blake’s celebrated 1794 poem The Tyger, India’s tigers are indeed burning brighter in 2025. Following the latest reconnaissance surveys, the country’s National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) recently announced that India’s tiger population has doubled in a decade.
An estimated 3,682 individuals – around 75% of the global population – now occupy over 138,000sq km. Government policies including a clampdown on poaching and the development of tiger “corridors” mean their effective habitat has increased steadily. Moreover, that habitat comprises not just protected areas (such as national tiger reserves) but rural landscapes shared with up to 60 million people.
