Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Shri Bhupender Yadav on Friday informed that Project Great Indian Bustard (GIB) has entered the fourth year of its captive breeding programme with the hatching of two new chicks at the Conservation Breeding Centre of Rajasthan this week, taking the tally of birds in captivity to 70.

The Minister further said that under the environmentally-sensitive leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the country is well on track to make the project a great success. 

Shri Yadav shared this development in a post on social media platform X, describing it as another milestone achieved under Project GIB. The Minister said the two chicks hatched at the Conservation Breeding Centre in Rajasthan this week, one from natural mating and the other from artificial insemination.

Calling it an important milestone for the species' conservation efforts, Shri Yadav said some of this year's captive-bred chicks will be soft released in the wild, marking a new challenging beginning for the project. He also congratulated the forest officials of the Rajasthan Forest Department for the achievement.

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