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రోజుకు రూ.17 ఇచ్చి రైతులను అవమానిస్తారా? : రాహుల్
2019-20 మధ్యంతర బడ్జెట్పై ప్రముఖ రాజకీయ నాయకులు, పారిశ్రామిక వేత్తల ట్వీట్లు
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Published : Feb 1, 2019, 6:59 PM IST
కేంద్ర ఆర్థిక శాఖ తాత్కాలిక మంత్రి పీయూష్ గోయల్ ప్రవేశపెట్టిన మధ్యంతర బడ్జెట్పై పలువురు రాజకీయ నాయకులు, పారిశ్రామిక వేత్తలు స్పందించారు. ఐదేళ్లపాటు దేశాన్ని అసమర్థంగా పాలించి రైతుల బతుకుల్లో సంతోషం లేకుండా చేశారని కాంగ్రెస్ అధ్యక్షులు రాహుల్గాంధీ విమర్శించారు.
మీ అయిదేళ్ల అసమర్థ పాలనలో రైతుల జీవితాలను అస్తవ్యస్తం చేశారు. రోజుకు కేవలం రూ.17 ఇవ్వడం వారి శ్రమను అవమానించడమే.
- రాహుల్గాంధీ, కాంగ్రెస్ అధ్యక్షులు
మధ్యతరగతి, కార్మికుల, రైతుల అంచనాలను అందుకునే విధంగా ఈ బడ్జెట్ ఉంది. రూ. 75 వేల కోట్ల వ్యయంతో ప్రభుత్వం 'ప్రధాన మంత్రి కిసాన్ సమ్మాన్ నిధి' పథకాన్ని అమలు చేయనుంది. 12 కోట్ల మంది ప్రజలు లబ్ధి పొందనున్నారు. ఈ పథకం ద్వారా ఒక్కో రైతుకు రూ.6 వేలు అందించనున్నాం.
-అమిత్ షా, భాజపా జాతీయాధ్యక్షులు
రైతుల, పేదల, వాణిజ్య అభివృద్ధికి తోడ్పడే విధంగా ఎన్నో జాగ్రత్తలు తీసుకొని ప్రవేశపెట్టిన బడ్జెట్ఇది. మధ్యతరగతి ప్రజల కొనుగోలు శక్తిని పెంచే విధంగా బడ్జెట్ ఉందనటంలో ఏ మాత్రం సందేహం లేదు.
-అరుణ్ జైట్లీ, కేంద్ర మంత్రి
విజన్ 2030కి అనుగుణంగా, అందరితో కలిసి, అందరి అభివృద్ధి కోసం అన్న (సబ్కా సాత్, సబ్కా వికాస్) ప్రధాని మోదీ నినాదాన్ని పునరుద్ఘాటించే విధంగా పీయూష్ గోయల్ బడ్జెట్ ఉంది. నవభారతాన్ని నిర్మించాలనుకుంటున్న భాజపా ప్రభుత్వ విలువలకు అనుగుణంగా ఉంది.
-స్మృతి ఇరానీ, కేంద్ర జౌళిశాఖ మంత్రి
దేశంలోని వనరులపై పేదవారికే తొలి అధికారం ఉందన్న కాంగ్రెస్ సిద్ధాంతాన్ని అనుకరించినందుకు తాత్కాలిక ఆర్థిక మంత్రికి నా కృతజ్ఞతలు.
- పి. చిదంబరం, కేంద్ర మాజీ ఆర్థిక మంత్రి
ఎన్నికలకు ముందు ఇలాంటి బడ్జెట్ ప్రవేశపెడతారని ఊహించాను. ఆర్థిక వ్యవస్థకు నష్టం కలగకుండా మధ్యతరగతి ప్రజలు, రైతులకు ఉపశమనం కల్పించినందుకు నా కృతజ్ఞతలు.
-ఆనంద్ మహీంద్రా, మహీంద్రా గ్రూప్ చైర్మన్
కేంద్ర ఆర్థిక శాఖ తాత్కాలిక మంత్రి పీయూష్ గోయల్ ప్రవేశపెట్టిన మధ్యంతర బడ్జెట్పై పలువురు రాజకీయ నాయకులు, పారిశ్రామిక వేత్తలు స్పందించారు. ఐదేళ్లపాటు దేశాన్ని అసమర్థంగా పాలించి రైతుల బతుకుల్లో సంతోషం లేకుండా చేశారని కాంగ్రెస్ అధ్యక్షులు రాహుల్గాంధీ విమర్శించారు.
మీ అయిదేళ్ల అసమర్థ పాలనలో రైతుల జీవితాలను అస్తవ్యస్తం చేశారు. రోజుకు కేవలం రూ.17 ఇవ్వడం వారి శ్రమను అవమానించడమే.
- రాహుల్గాంధీ, కాంగ్రెస్ అధ్యక్షులు
మధ్యతరగతి, కార్మికుల, రైతుల అంచనాలను అందుకునే విధంగా ఈ బడ్జెట్ ఉంది. రూ. 75 వేల కోట్ల వ్యయంతో ప్రభుత్వం 'ప్రధాన మంత్రి కిసాన్ సమ్మాన్ నిధి' పథకాన్ని అమలు చేయనుంది. 12 కోట్ల మంది ప్రజలు లబ్ధి పొందనున్నారు. ఈ పథకం ద్వారా ఒక్కో రైతుకు రూ.6 వేలు అందించనున్నాం.
-అమిత్ షా, భాజపా జాతీయాధ్యక్షులు
రైతుల, పేదల, వాణిజ్య అభివృద్ధికి తోడ్పడే విధంగా ఎన్నో జాగ్రత్తలు తీసుకొని ప్రవేశపెట్టిన బడ్జెట్ఇది. మధ్యతరగతి ప్రజల కొనుగోలు శక్తిని పెంచే విధంగా బడ్జెట్ ఉందనటంలో ఏ మాత్రం సందేహం లేదు.
-అరుణ్ జైట్లీ, కేంద్ర మంత్రి
విజన్ 2030కి అనుగుణంగా, అందరితో కలిసి, అందరి అభివృద్ధి కోసం అన్న (సబ్కా సాత్, సబ్కా వికాస్) ప్రధాని మోదీ నినాదాన్ని పునరుద్ఘాటించే విధంగా పీయూష్ గోయల్ బడ్జెట్ ఉంది. నవభారతాన్ని నిర్మించాలనుకుంటున్న భాజపా ప్రభుత్వ విలువలకు అనుగుణంగా ఉంది.
-స్మృతి ఇరానీ, కేంద్ర జౌళిశాఖ మంత్రి
దేశంలోని వనరులపై పేదవారికే తొలి అధికారం ఉందన్న కాంగ్రెస్ సిద్ధాంతాన్ని అనుకరించినందుకు తాత్కాలిక ఆర్థిక మంత్రికి నా కృతజ్ఞతలు.
- పి. చిదంబరం, కేంద్ర మాజీ ఆర్థిక మంత్రి
ఎన్నికలకు ముందు ఇలాంటి బడ్జెట్ ప్రవేశపెడతారని ఊహించాను. ఆర్థిక వ్యవస్థకు నష్టం కలగకుండా మధ్యతరగతి ప్రజలు, రైతులకు ఉపశమనం కల్పించినందుకు నా కృతజ్ఞతలు.
-ఆనంద్ మహీంద్రా, మహీంద్రా గ్రూప్ చైర్మన్
MYANMAR: IRRAWADDY DOLPHIN RESURGENCE
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS/ VNR - FOREVER GROUP MYANMAR/ PHOTO - Wildlife Conservation Society
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SHOTLIST:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mandalay Region, Irrawaddy River, Myanmar, January 15, 2019
1. Mid fisherman on boat on Irrawaddy river at sunrise
2. Wide sunrise on river
3. Wide pagodas and stupas on riverbank
4. Mid fisherman arriving on boat
5. Wide fisherman Maung Lay getting fishing net ready on his boat
6. Mid Lay tapping boat
7. Mid dolphin diving in front of stupas on Irrawaddy banks
8. Mid Lay preparing net
9. Mid dolphin flipping fin and tail near stupas
10. Wide Lay casting net into water
11. Mid dolphin playing in water near stupas
12. Mid Lay pulling net up
13. Mid pagodas and stupas in sun
14. Wide Lay on boat going past village
15. Wide Lay arriving at Living Irrawaddy Dolphin Project boat
16. SOUNDBITE (Burmese) Maung Lay, Fisherman
"When Irrawaddy dolphins are far away, we tap our boat to call them. When they are near, we tap the boat and call out to them simultaneously, telling them to join us for fishing."
17. Mid dolphin in Irrawaddy river
18. SOUNDBITE (Burmese) Maung Lay, Fisherman
"Irrawaddy dolphins really help fishermen in the delta region. Like a friend helping us fish, we catch more fish with dolphins, and we love each other. We work together with understanding."
19. Close-up Irrawaddy Dolphin Conservation logo on Lay's shirt
20. SOUNDBITE (Burmese) Maung Lay, Fisherman
"Personally, I find the constant threats to the Irrawaddy dolphins extremely upsetting."
21. Wide cargo tanker on river
22. Mid fishing boat passing large tanker
23. Mid Chit Htoo Wai, Project manager, Living Irrawaddy Dolphin Project, scanning river from boat with binoculars
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mandalay Region, Irrawaddy River, January 14, 2019
24. Mid Wai giving dolphin presentation
25. Close-up Wai
26. SOUNDBITE (English) Chit Htoo Wai, Project manager, Living Irrawaddy Dolphin Project
"The main danger for the Irrawaddy dolphin is electric fishing so far, because they not only kill the fish – sometimes dolphins die accidentally by the shock. And also, even though sometimes dolphins try to make an escape – they stay away from the electric fishing – but they are taking all the food from the dolphins."
27. Mid small motorized riverboat going past
28. SOUNDBITE (English) Chit Htoo Wai, Project manager, Living Irrawaddy Dolphin Project
"Sometimes dolphins die by starving. Especially old dolphins. They cannot get the proper food. Sometimes we find the dead bodies of old dolphins. When we open the stomach, there's nothing in it."
29. Mid boat passing
30. SOUNDBITE (English) Chit Htoo Wai, Project manager, Living Irrawaddy Dolphin Project
"Nowadays because of river police, the department of fisheries and other organisations are patrolling around the area, and also our company we are also going around the area, so electric fishermen – when they see boats like that – they run away. So the amount of electric fishing is going down a little bit. At the same time, the amount of dolphin is increasing."
31. Wide Lay with friends holding net on his fishing boat
32. SOUNDBITE (English) Chit Htoo Wai, Project manager, Living Irrawaddy Dolphin Project
"Before 2005, dolphins and cooperative fishermen had a very close relationship. And also fishermen called the dolphins for fishing. Sometimes dolphins show a signal to follow them. And also sometimes when the fishermen are sleeping in the boat during night-time, dolphins wake them up to go fishing."
33. Wide Lay casting out his net near the shore
34. Close-up Lay tapping his boat to call dolphins
35. SOUNDBITE (English) Chit Htoo Wai, Project manager, Living Irrawaddy Dolphin Project
"But nowadays, because of electric fishing, dolphins started avoiding the boats."
36. Wide Kaye Aung, Tour Guide, Living Irrawaddy Dolphin Project, on deck with tourists (Dr. Judy Evans and friend)
37. Mid Aung talking
38. Mid Aung talking
39. Close-up Aung laughing
40. SOUNDBITE (English) Kaye Aung, Tour Guide, Living Irrawaddy Dolphin Project
"We are working a social business, like community-based tourism. So our project money starts to go to the villagers. So 75 percent of our profit goes to the villagers."
41. Wide village on riverbank
42. Mid village homes
43. SOUNDBITE (English) Kaye Aung, Tour Guide, Living Irrawaddy Dolphin Project
"I think nowadays, the villagers know more and more, because if they don't protect the Irrawaddy dolphins, the tourists are not coming more and more, year by year, so they know this, so now they protect the dolphin."
44. Mid Lay and friend on boat in front of marble mountains
45. Mid dolphin diving in front of mountain
46. Mid Lay standing on boat with net
47. Mid Lay tapping boat to call dolphin back
48. Mid dolphin playing in water near mountain
49. Wide Lay and friends boating back
50. Wide sunset on Irrawaddy
51. Mid setting sun
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mandalay Region, Irrawaddy River, January 15, 2019
52. Wide sunrise over tourist camp and boat on river bank
53. Mid Dr. Judy Evans and friend getting on boat
54. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Judy Evans, Tourist
"When I saw that there was the opportunity to do this, and that it was also relatively short-term and I could fit it in quite quickly, then there was no choice – everything else had to come second to seeing the dolphins."
55. Mid dolphin splashing in water
56. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Judy Evans, Tourist
"The highlight moment for me was when the dolphin that was closest came up and flipped its tail at us."
VNR - Must Credit: FOREVER GROUP MYANMAR
Mandalay Region, Irrawaddy River
57. Wide (drone shots) dolphins jumping from water (AUDIO ADDED AT SOURCE)
PHOTO - Must Credit : Wildlife Conservation Society
Sunderbans, Bangladesh (undated)
58. Mid of dolphin surfacing (a film of water can be seen on its face)
LEAD IN:
In Myanmar, increased river patrols are helping protect local river dolphins, thus increasing their numbers.
Now trust is returning between man and this rare marine mammal and the Irrawaddy River Dolphins are once again helping local fishermen locate their catch in return for pick of the leftovers and protection from the locals.
The scheme is also bringing wildlife tourists to area, thus boosting the local economy.
STORYLINE:
As dawn breaks on Myanmar's Irrawaddy River, its waters – bathed in pink light – are, for a few hours, calm.
Before it becomes busy with the day's river boats, fisherman, Maung Lay, embarks on his morning mission.
In an area plentiful for fish, he switches off his engine and lets his boat glide silently.
Before throwing out his net, he taps the side of his boat with a stick. He is signalling to his underwater fishing partners that he has arrived.
Suddenly from the quiet waters – flanked by gleaming golden pagodas and stupas on the shore – a fin and tail splash up. A shining Irrawaddy dolphin makes an appearance every few minutes, diving playfully on the water before vanishing.
55 year-old Lay has been fishing with Irrawaddy dolphins since he was 14, after being taught by his parents.
"When Irrawaddy dolphins are far away, we tap our boat to call them. When they are near, we tap the boat and call out to them simultaneously, telling them to join us for fishing," he says.
"Irrawaddy dolphins really help fishermen in the delta region. Like a friend helping us fish, we catch more fish with dolphins, and we love each other. We work together with understanding."
The fishermen have given the dolphins names and recognise individuals.
Cooperative fishing is one of the few forms of animal-human cooperation. By working with dolphins – who help them find shoals of fish –fishermen like Lay can boost their catches as much as six-fold.
For dolphins, it's an easy snack on the ones that get away, as well a way to play. Their bond with fishermen like Lay also seems to be boosting their conservation.
In 2018, Myanmar's endangered Irrawaddy dolphins recovered to their highest recorded level. A Wildlife Conservation Society survey found 76 Irrawaddy dolphins in Myanmar, up from 69 in 2017. There are about 5,000 globally, mainly in South Asia.
However, threats to their survival remain, including illegal electro-fishing, using car batteries to send an electric shock through the current and kill all inhabitants in the water within a 15-feet radius.
Chit Htoo Wai is Project Manager at the Living Irrawaddy Dolphin Project, which began in 2018.
"The main danger for the Irrawaddy dolphin is electric fishing so far, because they not only kill the fish – sometimes dolphins die accidentally by the shock. And also, even though sometimes dolphins try to make an escape – they stay away from the electric fishing – but they are taking all the food from the dolphins," he says.
"Sometimes dolphins die by starving. Especially old dolphins. They cannot get the proper food. Sometimes we find the dead bodies of old dolphins. When we open the stomach, there's nothing in it."
Others, he says, drown from being caught in long nets, despite the country's fishing law, which states nets should not exceed 200 feet.
Wai says that an increase in river patrols by the Living Irrawaddy Dolphin Project, the Department of Fisheries and other organisations, has resulted in a rise in the dolphin's numbers.
"Nowadays because river police, the department of fisheries and other organisations are patrolling around the area, and also our company we are going around the area, so electric fishermen – when they see boats like that – they run away. So the amount of electric fishing is going down a little bit. At the same time, the amount of dolphin is increasing."
However, the dolphins' trust in humans is proving harder to recover.
"Before 2005, dolphins and cooperative fishermen had a very close relationship. And also fishermen called the dolphins for fishing. Sometimes dolphins show a signal to follow them. And also sometimes when the fishermen are sleeping at night-time, dolphins wake them up to go fishing. But nowadays, because of electric fishing, dolphins started avoiding the boats," explains Wai.
Wai says that dolphins often disappear for about ten minutes, circling several times from a distance to check they are not electric fishermen.
Other threats include gold mining, factory pollution and plastic waste.
The government and the Wildlife Conservation Society recently announced the creation of a new protected area in a bid to conserve the dolphins, supported by eco-tourism efforts like the Living Irrawaddy Dolphin Project.
Within the 100 kilometre protected zone, the use of gillnets is restricted, plus electric fishing, use of dynamite and gold mining are forbidden and habitat protection is enforced, according to the WCS website.
"We are working a social business, like community-based tourism," says Kaye Aung, Living Irrawaddy Dolphin Project Tour Guide.
The group helps to train villagers to set up tents and cook for guests thus giving fishing communities an added income, and an incentive to protect the marine mammals.
"I think nowadays, the villagers know… if they don't protect the Irrawaddy dolphins, the tourists are not coming," says Aung.
Tourists such as Dr. Judy Evans from the United Kingdom, pay US $165 each for an overnight cooperative fishing tour – money she feels was well spent.
"The highlight moment for me was when the dolphin that was closest came up and flipped its tail at us," she says.
Lay now trains younger villagers to fish with dolphins and works with the Wildlife Conservation Society and Department of Fisheries, to improve their protection efforts.
While new threats to the Irrawaddy dolphins are emerging, so are efforts to ensure their survival – and the livelihoods of the fishermen who call on them.
In addition to the Irrawaddy the dolphins can be found in only two other freshwater rivers: the Mekong and Indonesia's Mahakam, on the island of Borneo.
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