India’s Project Elephant was formed in 1992.
The programme was launched by the Government of India as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme under the environment ministry. It was designed to give elephant-range states financial and technical support for conserving wild elephants and their habitats.
Project Elephant has three broad goals: protecting elephants, their habitats and movement corridors; addressing human–elephant conflict; and improving the welfare of captive elephants. Its approach complements Project Tiger, which began in 1973, so the two programmes are sometimes confused.
The scheme also supports elephant reserves, population monitoring, veterinary care, staff training and conservation planning. The year is sometimes described as 1991–92 because government references identify the launch as occurring during that financial year, but the standard quiz answer is 1992.