Contradictions in the interests of the various sectors some members have, in the same breath, tried to support all the sectors and, obviously there have been contradictions in their arguments and their presentation. If you want higher prices for the cotton grower, how can you expect reasonable prices of cotton yarn for the handloom and powerloom sectors? So, because of this obvious contradiction, there is a demand all over that the textile policy has failed and therefore it should be reviewed. Madam, the textile policy was meant basically policy to reconcile the varying and, at times, conflicting interests of the various sectors, and, therefore it has not found favour with any one sector and all the sectors are more or less, feeling dissatisfied. This is bound to happen when you have a very balancing proposition like the new textile policy where teh various interests have to be reconciled and given proper place. The textile policy can be judged from three or four points of view and it has proved successful from those angles. There has been an increase in overall cloth production, there is an increase in per capita availability of cloth, there is a great increase in exports, and the rate of increase in the price of cloth has been minimal. Compared to the general rise in the cost of living, it is very little-just 2 percent as against more than eight percent-which means the common man is benefited. He is geting more cloth at a very reasonable price compared to other consumer goods and other things that are available to him. So, while the difficulties that have bene mentioned are real, I would like to say that the policy has by and large succeeded in its aim and has proved quite satisfactory. Therefore, to review it in a manner that would satisfy everybody is just not possible. But, as we go along, we are tying to modulate this policy and implement this policy in a way in which we can give as much satisfaction to a sector which needs attention at a particular time. So there is not question of this policy having been framed on account of pressures from the mill sector.
