India, Aug. 3 -- Bengal tiger numbers in India may have increased significantly over the last decade, with the country currently boasting about 75 per cent of the global tiger population. However, everything is not hunky dory, according to a report published by National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) that was released recently.

The report - Roadmap for Active Management of Tigers in India - shows that nearly two-thirds of India's 58 tiger reserves either have a declining prey base or inadequate habitat or both. Only 20 tiger habitats possess positives in terms of both prey factor and habitat quality. Adequate prey base and undisturbed quality habitat are required to facilitate stable or expanding tiger populations.

The analysis is ...