Tiger population in India is estimated to be 2,226 in 2014, according to a new report released on Tuesday.
The big cat population in 2010 was an estimated 1,706. The number in the central Indian landscape had gone down four years ago.
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"While the tiger population is falling in the world, it is rising in India. It is a great news," environment minister Prakash Javadekar said.
"Never before such an exercise has been taken. We have unique photographs of 80% of tigers," he said, talking about the year-long survey the helped prepare the estimation report.
Javadekar also spoke about man-tiger conflicts, and said that human deaths have shown a decrease. He also said his ministry had started a special programme for taking care of orphan cubs.
