Amendments to notification No.15-31/2012-NTCA of the Government of India, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (National Tiger Conservation Authority) under clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 38-O of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 (No. 53 of 1972) issuing guidelines to be followed for the purpose of tiger conservation in the buffer and core area of tiger reserves and laying down normative standards for tourism activities in tiger reserves was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-III, Section 4 on the 8th November, 2012