So, while fully agreeing and even emphasising the need for the nationalisation of oil industries in all its aspects in India. I am afraid that because of the past mistakes of the government of India even if we were to pass this resolution today, it will not be effective in one of the most crucial sectors of the oil industry, namely, the oil refineries. When agreements were entered into by the government of India with the oil refineries, many of us pointed out that these were iniquitous agreements and they will work against the interests of this country. At that time, our voice was not heeded and it was said from the side of the government that they had done all that they could to protect the interests of the country and that the agreements marked a further stage of development in our economy. History has shown that the critics of the government were right and the spokesmen of the government were in the wrong. We know that the present minister in charge of oil is very anxious to see that the oil industry develops as fast as possible in the public sector and he is doing all he can to see that the industry is so developed. He is also trying to see that the profgits that are being earned by the distributing companies as well as by the refining companies are brought to some reasonable level. This house knows how difficult this task has become and how endless negotiations have gone on for years before any concrete results could be had. At first, we had only half decisions. Today, I do not know if any firm decisions have been taken decisions not only on the part of the government but decisions which have been accpeted by these companies and whether the government even today is at all in a position to enforce these decisions on these companies. Then, Sir, there is the question of distribution. We have got the Indian oil corporation which is now undertaking more and more the distribution of the products which are coming from east European countries and from Soviet Russia.
