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'త్వరలోనే కశ్మీర్లో పెట్టుబడులకు నూతన విధానం' - నిర్మలాసీతారామన్ తాజా వ్యాఖ్యలు
జమ్ముకశ్మీర్లోకి పెట్టుబడులను ఆకర్షించేందుకు కేంద్ర ప్రభుత్వం నూతన విధానాన్ని రూపొందిస్తున్నట్లు తెలిపారు కేంద్ర ఆర్థిక మంత్రి నిర్మలా సీతారామన్. త్వరలోనే వివరాలు వెల్లడిస్తామన్నారు. అమెరికా పర్యటనలో భాగంగా ఈ విషయమై విదేశీ పెట్టుబడిదారులకు భరోసా కల్పించారు.
'త్వరలోనే కశ్మీర్లో పెట్టుబడులకు నూతన విధానం'
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Published : Oct 17, 2019, 11:57 AM IST
జమ్ముకశ్మీర్లో పెట్టుబడులను ఆకర్షించేందుకు సరికొత్త విధానాలపై కేంద్రం కసరత్తు చేస్తోంది. త్వరలోనే వీటిని అందుబాటులోకి తీసుకురానున్నట్టు కేంద్ర ఆర్థికమంత్రి నిర్మలా సీతారామన్ వెల్లడించారు.
అమెరికా పర్యటనలో ఉన్న ఆర్థిక మంత్రి.. అంతర్జాతీయ ద్రవ్యనిధి సంస్థ(ఐఎంఎఫ్) ప్రధాన కార్యాలయంలో జరిగిన ఫెడరేషన్ ఆఫ్ ఇండియన్ చాంబర్స్ ఆఫ్ కామర్స్, ఇండస్ట్రీ, అమెరికా-ఇండియా భాగస్వామ్య సదస్సులో పాల్గొన్నారు. కశ్మీర్లో పెట్టుబడులను ఆకర్షించేందుకు ప్రధానంగా పర్యటకం, చేతివృత్తుల పరిశ్రమ, పట్టు, ఆపిల్, కుంకుమ ఉత్పత్తుల వంటి కీలక రంగాలను గుర్తించినట్లు మంత్రి పేర్కొన్నారు.
జమ్ముకశ్మీర్కు ప్రత్యేక ప్రతిపత్తి కల్పించే అధికరణ 370 రద్దు అనంతరం రాష్ట్రాన్ని అన్ని విధాలుగా అభివృద్ధి చేస్తామని ప్రకటించింది ప్రభుత్వం. ఇందులో భాగంగా అనేక చర్యలు చేపట్టింది.
భారత్ కన్నా మెరుగైన అవకాశం లేదు...
పెట్టుబడులకు అనుకూల వాతావరణం భారత్లో తప్ప ప్రపంచంలో మరెక్కడా లభించదన్నారు నిర్మలా సీతారామన్. భారత్లో పెట్టుబడులు పెట్టాలని విదేశీ మదుపర్లను ఆహ్వానించారు. పెట్టుబడులను ఆకర్షించేందుకు సంస్కరణలు కొనసాగుతాయన్నారు. ప్రభుత్వం అన్ని రకాలుగా అండగా ఉంటుందని భరోసా కల్పించారు.
ఇదీ చూడండి: ఎన్నికల సమరం: 'మహా' మొగ్గు ఎటువైపు?
జమ్ముకశ్మీర్లో పెట్టుబడులను ఆకర్షించేందుకు సరికొత్త విధానాలపై కేంద్రం కసరత్తు చేస్తోంది. త్వరలోనే వీటిని అందుబాటులోకి తీసుకురానున్నట్టు కేంద్ర ఆర్థికమంత్రి నిర్మలా సీతారామన్ వెల్లడించారు.
అమెరికా పర్యటనలో ఉన్న ఆర్థిక మంత్రి.. అంతర్జాతీయ ద్రవ్యనిధి సంస్థ(ఐఎంఎఫ్) ప్రధాన కార్యాలయంలో జరిగిన ఫెడరేషన్ ఆఫ్ ఇండియన్ చాంబర్స్ ఆఫ్ కామర్స్, ఇండస్ట్రీ, అమెరికా-ఇండియా భాగస్వామ్య సదస్సులో పాల్గొన్నారు. కశ్మీర్లో పెట్టుబడులను ఆకర్షించేందుకు ప్రధానంగా పర్యటకం, చేతివృత్తుల పరిశ్రమ, పట్టు, ఆపిల్, కుంకుమ ఉత్పత్తుల వంటి కీలక రంగాలను గుర్తించినట్లు మంత్రి పేర్కొన్నారు.
జమ్ముకశ్మీర్కు ప్రత్యేక ప్రతిపత్తి కల్పించే అధికరణ 370 రద్దు అనంతరం రాష్ట్రాన్ని అన్ని విధాలుగా అభివృద్ధి చేస్తామని ప్రకటించింది ప్రభుత్వం. ఇందులో భాగంగా అనేక చర్యలు చేపట్టింది.
భారత్ కన్నా మెరుగైన అవకాశం లేదు...
పెట్టుబడులకు అనుకూల వాతావరణం భారత్లో తప్ప ప్రపంచంలో మరెక్కడా లభించదన్నారు నిర్మలా సీతారామన్. భారత్లో పెట్టుబడులు పెట్టాలని విదేశీ మదుపర్లను ఆహ్వానించారు. పెట్టుబడులను ఆకర్షించేందుకు సంస్కరణలు కొనసాగుతాయన్నారు. ప్రభుత్వం అన్ని రకాలుగా అండగా ఉంటుందని భరోసా కల్పించారు.
ఇదీ చూడండి: ఎన్నికల సమరం: 'మహా' మొగ్గు ఎటువైపు?
RESTRICTIONS SUMMARY: PART NO ACCESS PERU
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Lima, Peru – 8 October 2019
1. Venezuelan national living in Peru Freddy Brito singing inside bus
2. Various of Brito singing inside bus, people listening
3. Various of Brito receiving money from passengers
4. Brito getting off bus
5. Close of Brito counting the money he received
6. Various of Brito in streets
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Lima, Peru – 6 October 2019
7. Wide of Brito in the room he shares with other people at a refuge center belonging to the Evangelical Baptist Church of Lima
8. Wide of Brito and his wife Ruth
9. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Freddy Brito, Venezuelan national living in Peru:
"I got off a bus and a car came straight at me; a car came straight at me as if to run me over. (They said) these wretches 'Venecos,' (a derogatory word to refer to Venezuelans) something like that."
10. Cutaway of Freddy Brito and his wife Ruth
11. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Freddy Brito, Venezuelan national living in Peru:
"And they yelled at me, 'Veneco get out of here', and who knows what else, but I don't pay attention to that. I continue going ahead because the good has been more than the bad (experiences)."
12. Freddy Brito and his wife Ruth
13. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ruth Guillen, Venezuelan national living in Peru:
"I worked in a hair styling salon because I know about hair salons and it wasn't easy there because there were clients who didn't want you to touch them or wash their hair because you are Venezuelan. As a Venezuelan, they didn't allow you to even get near them."
14. Dining room hall belonging to Evangelical Baptist Church of Lima where other Venezuelans live with other Venezuelans
15. Various of Brito and his wife participating in church service
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Lima , Peru – 7 October 2019
16. Cutaway of Federico Agusti, the United Nations refugee agency's Peru representative
17. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Federico Agusti, United Nations refugee agency's Peru representative:
"It (discrimination) has been growing in recent months and the cause could, in principle, be linked, from our perception, to fear for the 'other' and to certain prejudices or stigmas that have been linked to crime."
18. Cutaway of Federico Agusti
19. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Federico Agusti, United Nations refugee agency's Peru representative:
"99.95% of (Venezuelans) have not committed a crime. At least they have not been tried or deemed to have committed a crime in terms of the prison system, so unfailingly the large, large majority is not linked to crime. And that is why we say the way information is handled is very important."
20. Wide of people in streets of Lima
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Caracas, Venezuela – 29 September 2019
21. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Nicolas Maduro, President of Venezuela:
"Of neo-Nazi ideology, one of the fundamental components is xenophobia, supremacy, despising another people. And in Peru, there is a political sector of oligarchy promoting a permanent campaign of contempt for Venezuelans."
WILLAX TV – NO ACCESS PERU
Lima, Peru – 4 September 2019
22. Young Venezuelan selling food saying that authorities threw to the floor food he sells, UPSOUND (Spanish) "Who will pay for this? We are. Don't we eat? We are working, humbly earning a living. Look how (authorities) treat us?"
EXITOSA TV – NO ACCESS PERU
Tacna, Peru – 24 September 2019
23. Video of young man saying that police don't allow him to sell chocolate, something he does to earn a living, UPSOUND (Spanish) "The only thing we do is sell 90 chocolates. We have to sell 90 to be able to (have a place) to sleep and eat every day. Do you think this is just? That they take our (ability to) work?"
WILLAX TV – NO ACCESS PERU
Cañete, Peru - 30 September 2019
24. Video showing men in military uniform in middle of street, UPSOUND (Spanish) "We will work with our brothers of the National Police, Air Force, Marines across all borders, sirs, so that no miserable Venezuelan crosses."
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Lima, Peru – 30 September 30, 2019
25. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Esther Saavedra, Popular Force Lawmaker:
"I want to tell you through your intermediary, President (of Congress), that (Martín Vizcarra) is the President of all Peruvians, not of foreigners who come, delinquents, not of Venezuelans. Good or bad, they (Venezuelans) must get out of Peru."
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Lima, Peru – 25 September 2019
26. Various of Venezuelan nationals being detained and later deported from Peru for not being in the country legally
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Lima, Peru – 6 October 2019
27. Wide of Freddy Brito with his wife Ruth singing a song he composed for Peru, UPSOUND (Spanish) "I think Peru is a paradise. God himself was who created it. Spectacular women with straight hair. If I was to be born again, I'll land here. Because with Peru, I swear, I have a commitment. The bad things will be put to the side, and we'll create a beautiful song, that's the warning. I dream of flying on a plane, drinking Cusco (name of local beer) listening to Eva Ayllon (Peruvian singer), drinking superior pisco (referring to drink), and get to know all the provinces and the interior. I like very much to sing to the big (person) and to the small (one) because as I said I'm a fanatic of 'ceviche' (referring to typical fish dish) and the Cusquena, of the small restaurants where fish is cooked on firewood. And with my mind in Peru, good things develop. I like this country, as it has attitude and I spend time working inside the bus. 'I love you Peru,' we keep singing live from inside the bus. I love you my Peru."
"The chorus is done by Ruth" "I love you Peru. How beautiful is my Peru; We continue singing live from inside the bus."
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Lima, Peru – 7 October 2019
28. Various of Freddy Brito in streets of Lima, getting on the bus
STORYLINE:
Freddy Brito had just finished belting out tunes on a bus in Peru's capital and was crossing a street on his one good leg when the driver of a blue taxi sped up his car and darted toward the singer in a violent attempt to run him over.
"Veneco!" the man yelled, using a derogatory word for Venezuelans. "Get out of here!"
In the flash of a second, Brito dodged the vehicle just as it brushed the side of his body. His prized blue cassette player filled with the songs that in a previous lifetime had made him almost famous in Venezuela went tumbling to the ground.
"If the angels hadn't watched over me," he recalled, "I would have been run over."
As Venezuela's historic, mass exodus persists, fears are rising that the initial warm welcome many migrants received has begun to wear thin.
In recent weeks, several videos have gone viral on social media in Peru showing migrants being assaulted, verbally threatened or harassed, sparking concerns that xenophobic attacks against the newcomers are mounting.
United Nations surveys point to an uptick in the number of Venezuelan migrants who report experiencing discrimination in South America, where the majority are arriving. Though difficult to quantify, Peru in particular has become a hotspot. A recently established hotline documented 500 incidents in one two-week period alone.
"It has been rising in recent months," said Federico Agusti, the United Nations refugee agency's Peru representative. "The principal cause seems to be fear of the 'other' and certain stigmas that are developing which generate discrimination."
The incidents range from housing evictions and wage theft to violent threats and assaults.
In one video, a young Venezuelan woman is whipped by assailants on a dark street, leaving several deep purple bruises across her thighs. In another, men dressed in military uniforms announce on a loudspeaker that they won't let "another miserable Venezuelan" into Peru. In a third, a young man pleads with a dozen officers surrounding him not to take away the small box of chocolates he is trying to sell to make a living.
"How am I going to eat now?" he says on the verge of tears.
Though it is unclear whether each case constitutes outright xenophobia, those and other incidents have struck a nerve throughout the region. Human rights workers warn that a number of the conditions typically associated with a rise in xenophobia are now at play. Several nations with large numbers of Venezuelan migrants are experiencing political upheaval and economic slowdowns while simultaneously announcing new policies aimed at restricting entry.
When Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra recently dissolved Congress, one angry opposition lawmaker took the microphone to lash out against Venezuelans.
"Good or bad, they need to leave Peru!" Esther Saavedra shouted.
Brito and his wife fled Venezuela a year ago as it became increasingly difficult to feed their six children. Once part of a popular merengue house band, Brito said Venezuela's crushing economic crisis made it impossible to advance his music career. The family also worried about their security in a country where robberies and kidnappings are frequent.
Shot at a party in his 20s, Brito said that thieves even once tried to make off with his prosthetic limb as he sat on a bench near his home.
"That leg must be worth a lot!" he recalls them commenting as they unsuccessfully tried to remove it after demanding his watch and wedding ring.
The prosthetic leg attaches to his right knee and requires a liner that should be replaced every six months but which he has used for three years. It now cuts into his skin so painfully that he chooses not to wear it, hopping around Lima on one foot instead.
"I feel like I'm in the air," he said, chuckling.
Ruth Guillen, 39, his wife, took a job at a salon when they first arrived. She said some clients refused to let her touch their hair because she is Venezuelan. The family has been abruptly removed from two apartments also on account of their nationality.
"You come here with dreams," she said. "And when you arrive you find something else."
An estimated 4.5 million Venezuelans have fled their nation's economic and humanitarian catastrophe in recent years, according to the United Nations. About half of those are now residing in just two countries: Colombia and Peru.
Surveys of Venezuelan migrants across Latin America show 46.9 % have felt discrimination, up from 36.9 % earlier this year. In Colombia, 51.8 % reported discrimination, whereas in Peru about 65 % said they'd felt nationality-based rejection.
Though relatively small sample sizes, the numbers offer a lens into a complex phenomenon.
Across the globe, anti-refugee and migrant rhetoric has been growing. In the European Union, the influx of Syrian arrivals has stoked xenophobic tensions. In several nations including the US, politicians have risen to power dismissing refugees as criminals.
The government of Peru is working with the opposition-appointed ambassador, Carlos Scull, to document and investigate cases, but high-ranking officials have rejected the notion that restricting entry in itself leads to xenophobic behavior.
"There's no evidence that shows the government has fueled any act of xenophobia," Peruvian Prime Minister Vicente Zeballos said recently.
Agusti, the UN representative, said advocates are also working to combat misleading media coverage that has created a widespread perception that Venezuelans are responsible for rising crime. He said statistics from Peru's penitentiary agency indicate that Venezuelans make up a mere .05 percent of the nation's total prison population.
"The vast, vast majority are not connected to crime," he said.
Brito, for his part, tries not to let dismissive comments he sometimes hears get to him.
On the day he was nearly run over, he walked home, cleaned himself up and went back out singing. It was his youngest son's birthday, and he was trying to collect enough money to buy him a bike.
Soon after, he penned a song in tribute to Peru.
"I think Peru is a paradise," the song begins. "If I'm born again, this is where I'll begin."
The family now lives in a church shelter run by Manuel Castillo, an evangelical pastor who himself lived 30 years as a migrant in Venezuela. On a weekly basis, he hears numerous cases of migrants not getting their wages or being harassed by authorities.
"I know what it's like to be a migrant," he tells them. "The God that helped me there is also in Peru."
Tall and scraggly, Brito said that from time to time he has considered going back to Venezuela, but that he is intent on charting a new life in Peru.
"All the bad that has happened," he said, "has to serve some good."
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