Sir, let me talk about the numbers. Accordingly to the Labour Bureau, five lakh people have been retrenched. The hon. Minister was saying this. It is thorougly and totally an under-statement. It is incorrect. It is unscientific. It is an under-statement. I do not say it is untrue. But the point is, the Labour Bureau itself has admitted that it has covered only enterprises employing more than 10 people. The largest number of enterprises affected in India employs less than 10 people. They are not being covered by the Bureau. The Labour Bureau has admitted that it has covered only 20 centres in 11 States. How many States do we have? The country is having a population of 110 crores. Madam Minister, I will be highly obliged if there is no talk in the Treasury Bench. Sir, the small-scale units are the worst hit. Shri Oscar Fernandes, it has not been covered by the so-called report which has been brought out by the Labour Bureau. The report has admitted not only offloading of five lakh people but also that the earnings of the workers have declined during this period. The Minister does not refer to that. What is the dimension and magnitude of the distress? According to me, nearly 20 lakh people have been thrown out of jobs in the recent period. Let the country know not the report is true nearly 20 lakh people have lost their jobs and ten lakh more people are on the way of losing their jobs. According to the United Nations agency, 20 million jobs are going to disapper. It is a very small figure. According to ILO, five crore jobs are going to be lost in the whole world and the main brunt is to be borne by the people in the developing countries, and India is one of the developing countries. Sir, top executive of real estate business have said recently.
