DEHRADUN: The state wildlife heaved a big sigh of relief when a letter from the environment ministry confirmed that the state will continue to get 90 % allocation of funding for the project tiger. Quite recently, it came to light that the union finance ministry has slashed the Centre's share of non-recurring expenditure from 100 % to 60%, for project tiger, leaving remaining amount for the respective states to manage. Veena Sekhri, principal chief conservator of forest...
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