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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | PM's speech on wildlife changed thrice in a day

PM's speech on wildlife changed thrice in a day

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published Published on Sep 7, 2012   modified Modified on Sep 7, 2012
-The Times of India

The official version of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's speech at the National Board of Wildlife (NBWL) on Wednesday changed thrice in the space of one day. In a highly unusual sequence of events, the version of Singh's speech released by the PMO on its website on Wednesday was withdrawn on Thursday afternoon only to return in its original form by late evening. The flip-flop-flip is perhaps the first of its kind.

The two versions do not deviate much in content but there are significant points of emphasis, with crafting of sentences indicating that a version put out in the public domain might have been a draft differing from the speech Singh delivered.

The speech indicated that the government is in favour of allowing tourism in wildlife areas, stating, "Proper utilization of natural resources by promotion and adoption of non-invasive livelihood options can go a long way in supporting socio-economic development of our forest dependent communities, including tribal populations."

But in the version on the PMO website on Thursday afternoon, the emphasis on an inclusive approach - involving local people in management of wildlife - is missing. On the other hand, the paragraph in Wednesday's release that returned to the PMO website on Thursday evening read, "Management of wildlife in such human dominated landscapes requires an 'inclusive' approach involving local people, who are primary stakeholders."

When contacted, a PMO official said he was not aware of the altered speech. There is also no explanation for the original version of the speech being put back on the websites of the PMO and the Press Information Bureau on Thursday evening.

The mix-up attracted attention as it comes at a time when there is an intense war of words over the Supreme Court order banning tourism in core areas of tiger reserves. The two versions are read as an indication of the internal debate in government on how eco-tourism should be guided and the move to review guidelines proposed by the Centre. With each line in the PM's speech on a matter subject to such intense lobbying being scanned, the changes in the official version puzzled officials and wildlife experts. 

The Times of India, 7 September,2012, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/PMs-speech-on-wildlife-changed-thrice-in-a-day/articleshow/16290025.cms


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