I might be going off on a tangent, but this govt has a history of cooking up numbers. Be it GDP, be it out-of-deficit spending or be it the output of the informal economy. Something that's coming from PMO, I'd be super skeptical. Pardon me for pointing out their carelessness in handling water crisis and climate change, but sure, they focussed on tiger population growth. Definitely believable.
Source: https://theprint.in/opinion/environment-is-the-most-under-re...
How can the tiger population increase when forest cover has dropped drastically?
Fact is, the environment protection under Modi has been a disaster. Source: https://www.downtoearth.org.in/coverage/india/report-card-en...
It was the Supreme Court that ordered to evict tribals from forests over a case filed by several wildlife groups. A review petition filed by the Centre then led to the stay on the eviction order.
Source: https://wap.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/su...
Do you think India and China are somehow cooking up green cover to fool NASA's satellites too? Give me a break.
The article you shared, I completely agree with it. There are a number of other factors that go into tiger population growth. Greenery is just one part of it.
I never said the number of tigers *decreased". They might have actually increased, but I was only pointing out the potential misrepresentation by this govt which has been seen with numbers time and again.
I am no modi bhakt or bjp supporter, but it is appalling that people will just oppose and disbelieve anything the current government does. I can claim very confidently that you would have no problem if Manmohan Singh announced this news.
"it is appalling that people will just oppose and disbelieve anything the current government does"
Frankly, I'm not the one running troll farms and calling everyone anti-national. Nor am I the one killing my accuser.
"I can claim very confidently that you would have no problem if Manmohan Singh announced this news."
I would believe the news by anyone who has integrity.
Neither is every single person who is rooting for the other side in this, or any debate, including, likely, the person you replied to. While pretending that everyone on the other side is running troll farms, it's a strawman that isn't actually helpful for debate.
Do you have any specific reasons why this specific tiger census is untrue?
They had it coming. Its an entirely natural and well deservrd reaction to 'crying wolf' and fudging numbers. Reputation will eventually catch up. Thats how Bayesian inference works.
A lot of water management happens at the state-level. And the worst water-crisis in recent memory happened at Chennai, which is not a BJP ruled state.
Also, considering the push towards renewable energy, I'm not sure how it's fine to blame the PMO for "carelessness against climate change."
Don't underestimate the data-driven sentiment analysis. Positive vibes are a thing. I don't think I need to explain it to you.