India, Feb. 8 -- A new batch of cheetahs from Africa's Botswana is expected to arrive by the month-end, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said on Saturday.

Yadav called for the formation of four working groups to review region-specific challenges in tiger conservation, including changes in the tiger population, and assess the implementation of centrally-sponsored schemes across the tiger reserves, according to officials.

Addressing the inaugural session of the two-day "Conference of Chief Wildlife Wardens of Tiger Range States and Field Directors of Tiger Reserves" in Rajasthan's Alwar, the minister said India has completed 50 years of tiger conservation and this is an appropriate time for a comprehensive policy review.

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