National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA)

National Tiger Conservation Authority is a statutory body under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC).
It performs functions as provided in the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
It is chaired by the Minister in charge of the MoEF&CC.
NTCA has been at the forefront of tiger conservation work in India extending from the ground protection initiatives to science based monitoring of tigers and their habitat.
NTCA in collaboration with the State Forest Departments, Conservation NGOs and the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), conducts a National assessment for the “Status of Tigers, Co-predators, Prey and their Habitat” also known as Tiger Census every four years (quadrennially).

Corbett is located on the foothills of Himalayas in Uttarakhand.
The rivers Ramganga, Pallaen and Sonanadi flow through the valleys.
The reserve is spread over Bhabar and lower Shivalik region.
Project Tiger was launched in 1973 from the Dhikala zone of Corbett National Park in India as a part of Corbett Tiger Reserve.
The reserve has the highest tiger density in the country.

The Delhi High Court has asked the National Tiger Conservation Authority to consider a petition to stop the alleged illegal construction of bridges and walls within tiger breeding habitat of the Corbett Tiger Reserve.

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