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India's National Red List Roadmap launched at IUCN 2025 aims to assess the extinction risk of approximately how many species by 2030?

Correct answer: (C) 11,000.

India's National Red List Roadmap and Vision 2025-2030 targets extinction-risk assessments for approximately 11,000 Indian species by 2030.

  1. (A)

    5,000

  2. (B)

    8,000

  3. (C)

    11,000

  4. (D)

    15,000

Explanation

The roadmap is about building a national, science-based Red Listing system for Indian biodiversity, not merely publishing a general conservation document. The Vision 2025-2030 sets a five-year initiative to assess the extinction risk of approximately 11,000 species across India, including 7,000 species of flora and 4,000 species of fauna. These assessments are meant to feed peer-reviewed National Red Data Books and a nationally coordinated Red Listing process. The 11,000 figure covers both the total target and the flora-fauna split in the roadmap.

Why the other options are wrong

  • (A) 5,000 is too low because the roadmap's target is about 11,000 species, with the fauna component alone close to 4,000.
  • (B) 8,000 omits roughly 3,000 species from the combined flora and fauna target in the roadmap.
  • (D) 15,000 overstates the first-phase target; the roadmap prioritises about 11,000 species for assessment by 2030.

Concept

Environment and biodiversity policy under Science and Technology includes India's use of IUCN-style Red List assessment for conservation planning. RAS repeatedly asks such roadmap numbers because they convert institutional initiatives into clear, exam-friendly targets.

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