Prafulla Das To be implemented with Rs. 10 cr. RBS Foundation to provide funds Jairam Ramesh and Naveen Patnaik to attend launching ceremony BHUBANESWAR: The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has come forward to implement a new project for tiger conservation in Similipal Tiger Reserve by involving the RBS Foundation of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group. The project, first of its kind in the country to be implemented in public-private partnership (PPP) mode, will involve an expenditure of Rs. 10 crores to provide livelihood support to the people living in the buffer and fringe areas of the tiger reserve. The project will be launched shortly, according to Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh, who has been taking special interest for the tiger conservation in Similipal. Mr. Ramesh and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik were likely to attend the launching ceremony.