Archive · 22 Sep 2026
Modi Praises India’s Rhino Conservation Efforts on World Rhino Day
Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised people working to protect rhinos in India.
He shared his comments on World Rhino Day, held on September 22.
Assam is home to nearly 80 percent of the world’s rhinos, according to Modi.
He especially praised efforts in Kaziranga to stop rhino poaching.
Rhinos are also protected or returning in parts of Bihar and West Bengal.
Rhinos have been successfully reintroduced in Dudhwa in Uttar Pradesh.
A program called Project Rhino will support states with money and technical help.
The day raises awareness because rhinos are illegally hunted for their horns.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised India’s efforts to protect the greater one-horned rhinoceros on World Rhino Day.
Modi said Assam holds nearly 80 per cent of the world’s rhino population and praised Kaziranga’s anti-poaching efforts.
He said rhinos have returned or remain protected in parts of Bihar and West Bengal.
The reintroduction of rhinos in Dudhwa, Uttar Pradesh, is creating a record of conservation success, Modi said.
Project Rhino will provide financial and technical support for protection, habitat management, genetic improvement and population research.
- Who
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi, conservation workers and wildlife managers in India.
- What
- Modi praised rhino conservation efforts and announced that Project Rhino has been initiated to support protection, habitat management, genetic improvement and population research.
- When
- On World Rhino Day, September 22; the report is dated September 22.
- Where
- India, including Assam, Kaziranga, Bihar, West Bengal and Dudhwa in Uttar Pradesh.
- Why
- To protect the endangered greater one-horned rhinoceros and raise awareness about threats including poaching for its horn.
- Occasion
- World Rhino Day, observed internationally on September 22 since 2011.
- Species
- Greater one-horned rhinoceros.
- Assam’s share
- Nearly 80 per cent of the world’s rhino population, according to Modi.
- Conservation site
- Kaziranga’s efforts to end rhino poaching have been widely appreciated.
- New initiative
- Project Rhino will provide financial and technical support to range states.
- Project focus
- Protection, habitat management, genetic improvement and understanding population dynamics.
- Other successes
- Rhinos have returned or are protected in parts of Bihar and West Bengal, while reintroduction efforts continue in Dudhwa.