Madam, whatever the Members of the Opposition may say, the fact is that India is respected all over the world. I think that is because of the inherent strength of our economy, of our polity, of our democratic system but at the margin, in these seven years or as earlier as Finance Minister, I did make a small contribution in my own way to enhance the prestige of this country, and therefore, while charges are leveled against me, it hurts but I am not goint to convert this forum into a forum for accusation one way or the other. All can say is that if any wrongdoing has been done by me, I invite the Leader of the Opposition to look at my property which I may have accumulated in the last 41 years, my members of my family. I would accept the verdict of the Leader of the Opposition if they find that I have used public office to amass wealth for myself or for any member of my family. Madam, in the course of seven years as Prime Minister, I may have made mistakes. Who is above making mistakes? To err is human but to accuse me of evil intentions, of conniving at corruption is a charge I firmly repudiate. Madam, this is not an occasion to trade allegations to and from and I am not going to deal with this matter as the matter is before the court or before the various Committees of Parliament and they will come with their own conclusions. I would, however, like to say that corruption is a multifaceted problem. Therefore, we, as a nation, have to find practical, pragmatic means but effective means to tackle it, and this is not merely the responsibility of the Central Government. The State Government are responsible for over 50 per cent of the total national spending and the conduct of the State Government, which is  come. New Delhi wherein this question. Of course, the freight rate increase has come into operation only very recently, namely, on the I october, 2008 I would like to congratulate the hon. Minister for this that in the currrent year, there had been no major accidents. The effect of it, you have seen in Punjab. This time the incidence of deaths was not go high. We were able to conduct the election and the government elected by the people of Punjab was resorted after a long time. I hope the house will agree unanimously as far as this part of it is concerned. Here we have found that the railways are really aware of their duties and responsibilities and it is one source by which our economy can gain momentum and which helps to fulfil our social obligation.
