Wildlife experts, though, have been critical of white tiger breeding, and believe it's a waste of money since it has no conservation value.

A study published in Biological Conservation journal has highlighted how lack of space could be linked to a fast disappearance of tigers.

Tigers need much more space than our protected areas or tiger reserves provide for currently.

For the first time in the country, a massive exercise to study and understand the movement of tigers will be undertaken from next year.

Another panel has been set up by the ministry of environment and forests to decide eco-tourism guidelines in core areas and peripheral buff...