Consider the following statements about the Project Elephant: 1. It is a centrally sponsored scheme. 2. The Project started along with the Project Tiger by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. 3. The Singhbhum Elephant Reserve in Chhattisgarh was the first elephant reserve to be notified in India as part of Project Elephant. How many of the above statements are correct? |ForumIAS

Q. Consider the following statements about the Project Elephant:
1.It is a centrally sponsored scheme.
2.The Project started along with the Project Tiger by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
3.The Singhbhum Elephant Reserve in Chhattisgarh was the first elephant reserve to be notified in India as part of Project Elephant.
How many of the above statements are correct?

[A] Only one

[B] Only two

[C] All three

[D] None

Answer: A

Notes:

Explanation: Only 1

Statement 1 is correct: The Government of India launched the “Project Elephant” in 1991-92 as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme of the Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change.

Statement 2 is incorrect: The Project Elephant was launched in 1991-92 while Project Tiger was launched in 1971.

Statement 3 is correct: The Singhbhum Elephant Reserve in Jharkhand was indeed the first elephant reserve to be notified in India, established in 2001, as part of Project Elephant, which was launched by the central government in 1992.

Source: PIB

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