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ELEPHANTS 
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ELEPHANTS 
PROJECT ELEPHANT 
It was launched by the Government of India in the year 1992 as a 
Centrally Sponsored Scheme with following objectives 
To protect elephants, their habitat & corridors 
To address issues of man-animal conflict 
Welfare of captive elephants 
 
The Project is being mainly implemented in 16 States / UTs , viz. 
Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, 
Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Nagaland, 
Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West 
Bengal. 
 The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change provides 
the financial and technical support to major elephant range states 
in the country through Project Elephant. 
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ELEPHANTS 
PROJECT ELEPHANT 
It was launched by the Government of India in the year 1992 as a 
Centrally Sponsored Scheme with following objectives 
To protect elephants, their habitat & corridors 
To address issues of man-animal conflict 
Welfare of captive elephants 
 
The Project is being mainly implemented in 16 States / UTs , viz. 
Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, 
Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Nagaland, 
Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West 
Bengal. 
 The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change provides 
the financial and technical support to major elephant range states 
in the country through Project Elephant. 
ASIAN ELEPHANT 
AFRICAN ELEPHANT 
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ELEPHANTS 
PROJECT ELEPHANT 
It was launched by the Government of India in the year 1992 as a 
Centrally Sponsored Scheme with following objectives 
To protect elephants, their habitat & corridors 
To address issues of man-animal conflict 
Welfare of captive elephants 
 
The Project is being mainly implemented in 16 States / UTs , viz. 
Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, 
Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Nagaland, 
Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West 
Bengal. 
 The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change provides 
the financial and technical support to major elephant range states 
in the country through Project Elephant. 
ASIAN ELEPHANT 
AFRICAN ELEPHANT 
 
ELEPHANT RESERVES  
 
There are 32 notified Elephant Reserves (ERs) 
in the country spread over 16 states.  
Baitami (Odisha) and Lemru (Chhattisgarh) are 
latest ERs notified by the state governments. 
 
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ELEPHANTS 
PROJECT ELEPHANT 
It was launched by the Government of India in the year 1992 as a 
Centrally Sponsored Scheme with following objectives 
To protect elephants, their habitat & corridors 
To address issues of man-animal conflict 
Welfare of captive elephants 
 
The Project is being mainly implemented in 16 States / UTs , viz. 
Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, 
Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Nagaland, 
Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West 
Bengal. 
 The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change provides 
the financial and technical support to major elephant range states 
in the country through Project Elephant. 
ASIAN ELEPHANT 
AFRICAN ELEPHANT 
 
ELEPHANT RESERVES  
 
There are 32 notified Elephant Reserves (ERs) 
in the country spread over 16 states.  
Baitami (Odisha) and Lemru (Chhattisgarh) are 
latest ERs notified by the state governments. 
 
SINGPHAN WILDLIFE SANCTUARY 
Singphan wildlife sanctuary has been declared 
as an Elephant reserve by the Government of 
Nagaland. 
 With the approval of Government of India, it 
becomes the 30th Elephant reserve in the 
country.  
The reserve lies in the North-western part of 
the State of Nagaland.