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Dec 03, 2006 : Welcoming pelicans back to Kolleru
Kolleru is a large lake in Andhra Pradesh that lies between Krishna and Godavari rivers. For long an unspoiled habitat for flora and fauna, aquaculture had been destroying the ecological balance in recent decades. Generations of Kolleru residents have sustained a love for pelicans, a fact observed and recorded by the British in 1883. Alas, the last pelican was sighted in 1994.One young IAS officer Lav Agarwal, went to work last year and convinced the people to allow destruction of aquaculture farms. He worked out alternative livelihoods through responsible tourism. A Supreme Court order in June, 2006 accelerated the reclamation of encroached land.
Efforts have paid off. The pelicans have returned; 350 new nests have been sighted this year. And so have other birds come to the lake restored to its old glory. Report. Overview on Kolleru and how to get there
Nov 24, 2006 : Adilabad’s antidote to suicides
Sonu Jain writing in the Indian Express picks the reasons why Adilabad district in AP had just 2 farmer suicides in 2006, while barely 100 km away in Yavatmal district in Maharashtra the figure is a shameful and shocking 222.In Adilabad under a government programme called ‘Polambari’, agricultural extension officers make a huge difference; in Yavatmal they are nearly invisible or somnolent. Adilabad farmers attend field demonstrations on plant care, crop rotation and minimising pesticide use. Farmers are encouraged to draw pictures of pests so identification skills improve. Pesticide is brushed on instead of being sprayed mindlessly. Its sale in Adilabad has fallen from 70 tonnes to 18 and profits have risen to a neat Rs35,000 an acre.
In Yavatmal pesticide merchants and money lenders stalk the fields sowing debt and death. The article will enable you to understand the phenomenon of farmer suicides.
Nov 16, 2006 : Indian women caused the economic boom
R Vaidyanthan in an insightful article in BusineesLine today, says the Indian housewife is the real hero and reason for the current economic boom. Braving shortages, inflation and inefficient services she has saved enough and put the money into education, housing and healthcare. If India’s savings rate rose from 8% in 1960s to the current 30%, it is because she has refused to be become a wasteful consumer and instead put her money away to be saved. While politicians and tycoons have been lauded for reforms and enterprise, not many realise that it is her frugality that led to great capital formation.The article sets out revealing data in tables. Since 1950, the household sector’s savings has consistently exceeded those of the government, corporates and foreign investors. And that doesn’t even include the gold the housewife buys and puts away as insurance against hard times.
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