"Status of Leopards in India" Report

• The report "Status of Leopards in India" has been released by Union Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav.

• The number of leopards in India has increased by more than 1,000 from 2018 to 2022.

• The number of leopards in the country has now reached 13874, in 2018 it was 12852.

• The highest population of leopards has been recorded in Madhya Pradesh (3907).

• The number of leopards in Maharashtra has increased from 1,690 in 2018 to 1985 in 2022, in Karnataka from 1,783 to 1,879 and in Tamil Nadu from 868 to 1,070.

• The number of leopards in the Shivalik Hills and the Indo-Gangetic plains has declined from 1253 in 2018 to 1109 in 2022.