Project Elephant

Project Elephant (PE) :- was launched by the Government of India in the year 1992 as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme 

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(So Remember that it is not a PanIndia Project) , viz. Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.  

Main activities under the Project are as follows:

    1.   Ecological restoration of existing natural habitats and migratory routes of elephants;

2.    Development of scientific and planned management for conservation of elephant habitats            and viable population of Wild Asiatic elephants in India;

3.    Promotion of measures for mitigation of man elephant conflict in crucial habitats and                    moderating pressures of human and domestic stock activities in crucial elephant habitats;

4.    Strengthening of measures for protection of Wild elephants form poachers and unnatural              causes of death;

5.    Research on Elephant management related issues;

6.    Public education and awareness programmes;

7.    Eco-development

8.    Veterinary care

9.    Elephant Rehabilitation/Rescue Centers

Credits: -Ministry of Environment and Forest 

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