I move this resolution, I am aware that it will not be received kindly by certain sections of the house. e have heard arguments for rationalisation from interested people, and we have heard statements from the spokesmen of government. Nevertheless, I am happy that this house has today an occasion to discuss this problem. I am sure that if the labour minister is going to speak, he will admit that this is the most burning problem agitating the mind of the working classes in India. From everywhere you hear the in fact, after this motion was accepted and news came in the papers, hundreds of telegrams have been received by me. Most surprisingly of all was, not only the workers engaged in the jute and other mill industries, but also the workers from many other sectors, including agriculture, are writing workers who are thrown out of employment by the on-coming of tractors for which we have got a central organisation. Now, let us turn, for a moment, to the textile industry, the largest industry, occupying an important position even on a world scale, an industry for which our people have fought with sweat and tears against the British. It employs nearly 7 lakhs of workers. In this industry, rationalisation is being introduced or is proposed to be introduced in all the centers. Nobody will say that this is done in the interest of production, because only last year, we heard cries of over production raised even in. Who, Sir, does not sympathise with the difficulties of the common man? As a matter of fact, most of us come from that class, and I am sure the finance minister would have liked to do away with some of the levies. None would have been happier if he could have done without these new levies but there are, Sir, certain very imperative limitations. We are passing through a critical period. Sir, it may not be necessary to continue these levies for a long time, rather I am inclined to think that before long it may be possible to give up some of them at least. But it also a matter of safety as far as the community is concerned. It is well known, Sir, that the large number of accidents that take place on the roads are due to the fact that some of the transport workers have to work so strenuously that after a time they begin to experience fatigue and as a result of that they are not in a position to have that alert mind which is absolutely necessary if the accidents are to avoided at least in the crowded streets, and because of t he fact that the passengers travel between towns and cities and between one village and another.
