Union Environment Minister inaugurates ‘Lion’ Species Spotlight Programme at Sasan Gir Gujarat, as a Pre-IBCA Summit Event

• 'Lion' Species Spotlight Programme inaugurated at Sasan Gir, Gujarat on 14 May 2026 by Union Environment Minister Shri Bhupender Yadav as a Pre-IBCA Summit 2026 event.
• Part of a series of five thematic Pre-Summit Species Events (one per Indian big cat) leading up to the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) Summit 2026 in New Delhi.
• Aspirant relevance: integrates Project Lion (2020), IBCA (Treaty-based IGO since Jan 2025), Asiatic Lion Census 2025, and Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 Schedule-I ecology — a high-yield Prelims + GS-III intersection.