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IOC: First Corporate to support ‘Project Cheetah’
Indian Oil Corporation has become the first corporate to support ‘Project Cheetah’ under Corporate Social Responsibility.
- The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Indian Oil Corporation for the trans-continental relocation of cheetahs from Africa to India.
- The IOC will contribute Rs 50.22 crore over four years for the project. The total cost of the project is currently Rs 75 crore.
India-Namibia Agreement
- Recently, on 20th July 2022, the Indian and Namibian governments signed an agreement on wildlife conservation and sustainable biodiversity utilisation for establishing the cheetah into the historical range in India.
- The cheetah brought from Namibia will be introduced at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh.
About the Species
- The subspecies of cheetah which got extinct in India was Asiatic Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus venaticus) and the subspecies being introduced in the country is the African Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus).
- Researches have shown that the genes of these two subspecies are the same.
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