Sir, the house would appreciate that would take some time for the comprehensive bill which involves a complete overhaul of the present legislation perhaps and may necessitate a motion for reference to a joint select committee to be passed by parliament. In the meanwhile, it has become necessary for us to make an amendment to section 23 of the act for the purpose of vesting the controller of patents and designs with powers to grant compulsory licences for the manufacture of insecticides considering the vital part that agriculture plays in our economy, it is most important that the manufacture of these insecticides on a large scale should be encouraged and that we should not allow any loophole in our legislation which can be exploited by the interested people. Sir, clause 2 of the bill is intended to enlarge the scope of the existing section 23 of the Indian patents and designs 2001, so as to include insecticides, germicides along with food and medicines. Clause 2 of the bill is intended to insert a new sub-section, namely, sub-section (4), in the existing section 23 to equip the government with the necessary powers by enabling them to notify the category of articles. The house will appreciate that it is impossible to draw up an exhaustive list of the articles for which it may be necessary for the controller to grant in future compulsory licences so that articles are produced and made available to the public at lowest prices consistent with the patentee deriving a reasonable advantage from his rights under the patent. Sir, this is a short bill and the background of this legislation is breifly as follows. The house is aware that in the autumn session of parliament last year, an amendment was made to our law grants. On hon. Friend is quite senior and has been active in politics for the last forty years. We have in our education distinct stages from nursery schools to the secondary schools. The Hoover commission was appointed to study contemporary modern trends in the U.S.A and it observed as far back as 1933 that films had injurious influence on the minds of the young. Madam, about the amenities and so many other things concerning the second class passengers, the railways have done very well. A democratic government, as it is, has to look to the needs of the second class passengers who subscribe to the tune of 80 percent of the railways revenue. Installation of fans in coaches, construction of passenger halls and, above all, the abolition of the invidious distinction about exist and entry of the passenger do speak very well of the administrative side.
