Mr. Chairman, I rise to welcome the Bill. It is timely and I am happy to see That the govt. has moved in the direction of undoing serious, undemocratic public wrongs that had been done as a result of the amendment of the commissions of inquiry act in the year 1986. Even at that time, I had spoken in the same vein striking a note of caution.             The commissions of...

Social tensions are inevitable if excruciating poverty of the masses is juxtaposed with the conspicuous affluence of a few. I have been repeating this at every meeting, and not here alone. Jawahar Lal Nehru used to tell me that the greatest danger to the Indian economy would be the concentration of wealth in a few hands. In those days, 20 years ago, I was the president of the congress and when...

I was submitting that at present our country’s foreign exchange reserve is Rs. 5000 crore only which is not sufficient to meet even two months import bill of our country. When we fail trod gear up our economy, the real value of our currency falls. As per my estimate the value of one rupee has now come down to 8 paisa only/ The Hon’ble finance minister has laid special stress in...

I wanted to yield once for all. Then there is the question of right o work and our hon’ble friend who initiated the discussion at a very highly dignified level pointed out that this right to work is a fraud, I am sure on both sides people will realize that when we say that right to work should be introduced as Fundamental right in part III of the Constitution, it is...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, from July 1991 up to Feb. 1993, within a matter of one and a half years they have presented three budgets. Every time the freight rates have gone up by more than 35 per cent which makes all the difference for the country’s economy and the common man’s plight. This causes escalation in the cost of the goods. There were 16 items under special consideration of which...

It has given me a great pleasure to be once again in your midst to inaugurate the ninth annual meetings of the Indian Society of Agricultural Statistics. Important as the work of this society is my attachment with it has an element of personal interest. It was in 1947 that the society was started and as minister for food and agriculture I was asked to be its first president. It was...

Mr. Chairman Sir, the Hon’ble minster of Railways presented the Railway budget on Feb. 24. It is general impression of the people about the budget general impression of the people about the budget that this budget is a directionless and hopeless one and will have negative results. It would increase inflation, will have negative results. It would increase inflation, encourage price rise and create extra burden on poor people particularly on...

Mr. Chairman Sir, I rise to support the railway budget. The hon’ble railway minster Shri Jeffery Safief has presented this. Budget in the backdrop of severe financial crunch as a result of the dwindling budgetary support. Resource generation for the development is the main thrust. It is the focus of the budget. He has kept the increase in the passenger and freight fares to the inescapable minimum. Otherwise the acute financial...