Archive · 22 Aug 2025
News Roundup: Tiger Corridors, Elections, Forest, and RBI's Policy
The government is changing how it decides where tigers can roam safely, choosing the easiest paths from an old report, which might help some projects.
This goes against the earlier plan of using multiple scientific factors to find the best routes.
Some experts are worried this change may not protect the tigers enough.
Haryana has now defined a "forest" based on court rules, but environmentalists worry this definition is too narrow and could make some areas vulnerable to development.
NTCA limited tiger corridor definition to "least cost pathways" from 2014.
The NTCA's clarification potentially favors certain development projects in Maharashtra.
The NTCA's clarification contradicts an earlier stance to consider multiple scientific studies.
Environmentalists express concerns about the restricted definition of tiger corridors.
The Haryana government has defined "forest" aligned with Supreme Court rulings.
- Who
- NTCA, RBI, and Haryana government are involved.
- What
- NTCA limited the definition of tiger corridors, Haryana defined forest, and RBI released paper on monetary policy.
- When
- Recent events.
- Where
- India.
- Why
- NTCA to clarify projects; Haryana to define "forest"; RBI to study monetary policy.
Conservation Advocates
Development Project Supporters
Definition of Tiger Corridors
Conservation Advocates
Wider tiger corridor definitions are critical for tiger conservation. The NTCA's recent clarification to limit corridors may be detrimental.
Development Project Supporters
Limiting the definition to the 2014 pathways allows for easier approvals of developmental projects.
Electoral Roll Revision Timeline
Conservation Advocates
Petitioners argued that the three-month window for the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls is unreasonably short.
Development Project Supporters
Election Commission dismisses concerns over timelines as "misconceived, erroneous and unsustainable,” and said its order provides “adequate time” for completion.
- Organization
- National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA)
- Focus
- Tiger Corridors, Elections, Forest Definition, and Monetary policy.
- Key Action
- Limiting the definition of tiger corridors
- Benefit to
- Development projects in Maharashtra.
- Court Case
- Bombay High Court.
- Current Definition
- 32 “least cost pathways” from 2014
- Electoral Roll
- Special Intensive Revision (SIR)
- RBI Framework
- Flexible inflation targeting
