In India, are parrots like Macaw parrots illegal?

In India, keeping of even the most common of the birds like rose-ringed parakeet (totas) is illegal There are laws like Wildlife protection act, WPA 1972 which prohibits capture and trade of wild birds. read more

India banned caging of parrots and several other birds. So keeping this birds is illegal and can receive a punishment of 6 years imprisonment and a fine of rupees 5000. These law comes under the wildlife protection act and came into effect from the year 2003. read more

Caging any Indian bird is illegal as they are categorized under wild animals and are thus protected by the wildlife protection act. Only exotic and foreign birds don't fall under this category. Parrots that are most commonly kept as pets include the Indian hanging parrot and the rose-ringed parakeet, he says. read more