Editing Project Tiger (section)

{{Short description|Tiger conservation programme in India (1973-present)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox government agency
|type= Tiger conservation programme
|logo= Project Tiger banner logo.jpg
|logo_caption= Banner logo of Project Tiger
|formed= 1 April 1973
|motto= India Leads Tiger Conservation
|parent_department = [[National Tiger Conservation Authority]]
|website= https://ntca.gov.in/
}}
'''Project Tiger''' is a [[wildlife conservation]] movement initiated in [[India]] to protect the [[endangered species|endangered]] [[tiger]]. The project was initiated in 1973 by the [[Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change]] of the [[Government of India]]. As of March 2025, there are 58 protected areas that have been designated as [[Tiger reserves of India|tiger reserves]] under the project. As of 2023, there were 3,682 wild tigers in India, which is almost 75% of the world's wild tiger population.