This is very meagre, compared with their total number which comes to 32 lakhs, according to the official figures. This is with regard to Bangladesh refugees. The number of displaced persons from pakistan employed through employment exchanges, is not very encouraging, but still it is 75,000. I would urge upon the hon. Minister to take this into consideration and see that something is done to find employment for these people. Of course, there is some expenditure incurred on general education and vocational training, but when we look at the number of persons who have been given vocational training, we find that the number already trained and under training is only 17,000. This figure also seems to be very small, considering the magnitude of the problems before us. Some programmes of general improvement have been undertaken by the government of West Bengal by way of setting up new industries etc. These programmes should be looked into, and put into operation, with a view to giving more employment to these displaced persons. Within the limited time at my disposal, I shall limit my remarks to refugees from bangladesh. The first thing which strikes one, as one looks at the various brochures and publications that have been given to us, is the amount of contradiction one has to battle against. The first contradiction is in regard to the number of persons government think they have rehabilitated in West Bengal. Granting that it is difficult to make a final assessment of the number of refugees who have come from Bangladesh, it is still true to say that at least there should be some sort of parity between what the union ministry says and what the West Bengal rehabilitation ministry says. Only a few days ago, the West Bengal minister of rehabilitation said that there are 22 lakhs of refugees.
