Context: The Centre and the Gujarat government have announced a Rs. Key features of the project: Key aspects of the conservation project include undertaking “habitat improvement” measures, making more sources of water available, creating a wildlife crime cell, and a task force for the Greater Gir region.

The number of Asiatic lions in Gujarat's Gir forest has risen. After the birth of the Khalsa brotherhood in 1699, the Sikhs also adopted the name "Singh" due to … Singh is an ancient Indian vedic name meaning "lion" (Asiatic lion), dating back over 2000 years to ancient India. For the first time, the entire genome of Asiatic lion, an endangered species, has been sequenced by scientists from CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad.

In 2015-2016, Gujarat celebrated the Golden Jubilee of conservation management of the Asiatic lion — it had been 50 years since Gir was declared a protected area in 1965.

It has grown by almost 29% over the last five years. Nagaraj, a 10-year-old Asiatic male lion brought from the Sakkarbaug Zoological Garden in Gujarat last month and now lodged at the city zoo, will be relocated to the Lion Safari Park in Neyyar on Mond

97.85 crore Asiatic Lion Conservation Project.

It was originally only used by Rajputs a Hindu military caste in India.