The Central Zoo Authority (CZA) has launched a nation-wide conservation breeding of 63 critically endangered species.
Such a programme had been mooted in 1992, but it did not take off for various reasons.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/project-save-species
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/telegraph-kolkata
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/animal-breeding
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/endangered-species
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/zoos
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/west-bengal
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/darjiling-d