Here is Question No. 80 a part of our series on UPSC Prelims 2017
Q80. The term ‘M-STrIPES’ is sometimes seen in the news in the context of
a) Captive breeding of Wild Fauna
b) Maintenance of Tiger Reserves
c) Indigenous Satellite Navigation System
d) Security of National Highways
The correct answer is option 2.
- M-STrIPES
- The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has improved the monitoring of tigers in the country’s tiger reserves (TRs) by introducing the Monitoring System for Tiger-Intensive Protection and Ecological Status (M-STrIPES).
- M-STrIPES, an android-based monitoring software, will be used in all of the country’s TRs.
- Intensive Protection and Ecological Status is a software-based monitoring system launched across Indian tiger reserves by the Indian government.
- This app was developed by the National Tiger Conservation Authority and the Wildlife Institute of India in 2010.
- M-STrIPES allows patrol teams to keep a better tab on suspicious activity while also mapping the patrolling, location, routes and timings of forest officials.
- The system’s objective is to strengthen patrolling and surveillance of the Endangered Bengal tiger.
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