Assam accounts for nearly eight‑tenths of all greater one‑horned rhinos worldwide.
Project Rhino will provide financial and technical assistance for protection, habitat management, genetic improvement and population monitoring.
The program supports reintroduction efforts in states like Dudhwa, Uttar Pradesh.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised conservation teams and announced Project Rhino to fund protection, habitat management and scientific research.
The initiative also aims to improve breeding, genetics and monitor rhino numbers across the range states.
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