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138Uncorrected/ Not for publication- 08.12.2009Then, Sir, if you look at other issues, if you look at an internationalpicture of global recession, the new driving forces of urbanisation, ofconsumption, of production market, of income growth, the issue ofclimate change, the changing factors in the climate all these haveimpacted severely upon agriculture, have impacted severely upon themost poverty-stricken of our people. Therefore, I would urge this Houseto look at the entire issue in that background and in that light, and toexamine what the Government has done in that background and to seeand suggest, we have every right in the House to suggest thatGovernment has to perform better. We have to perform better and wewill perform better. But I would urge that we should first see what is thebackground.Now, Sir, in this context, I would also like to say that an overlyalarming picture has also been painted by the media in an attempt tosensationalise the issue. That too, Sir, to spread some kind of panicamong people would be an entirely misguided effort and would be agreat disservice to the people of this country is what I believe. Everytime to come up with alarming statistics of how much the prices havegone up when actually that is not the correct picture is also doing somekind of disservice to the nation.(continued by 2R-ysr)-SK/YSR-PSV/3.25/2RSHRIMATI JAYANTHI NATARAJAN (CONTD.): I believe that the mediashould also exercise some kind of restraint. It should report productivelyand report facts correctly, as they are, and present them to the people,so that there is no scary situation.