Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday launched three souvenir coins which include a coloured coin on endangered animals of India Greater One-Horned Rhino, a bi-metallic clad souvenir coin on Enlightenment of Buddha and a .
In Assam, rhino-bearing protected areas are Kaziranga National Park & Tiger Reserve (2613), Orang National Park (125), Manas National Park & Tiger Reserve (48), and Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary (107)
The survival of the one-horned rhinoceros is threatened by the illegal wildlife trade (IWT), even though their poaching has been drastically reduced in Assam, experts said.