Member Expressed the opinion that in mattes like food-stuffs, minerals, etc, the power of the government of India should be kept intact. Anyway, the constituent assembly did not accept the suggestion made by him. Even prior to this particular article taken up for consideration by the constituent assembly, in the several discussions that took place in regard to the distribution of powers between the center and the states, it was felt parliamentary control should be provided over essential commodities other than those expressly covered by item 52, list and item 33 of list attached to the Constitution of "India". I remember the {Discussions} that took place between the {Drafting Committee} of the constituent assembly and the chief ministers of the states and the ministers of the Central Government, and I would like to recall that our late lamented. Sir, I wish to speak a few words on this bill. Sir, I feel that there was no necessity for moving this coffee "Amendment" Bill as the coffee board administration has been carried on efficiently with the cooperation of all the members of the board, both elected and nominated. I do not know what the Government are aiming at by moving this amending bill. Government have not pointed out in what way the elected representatives of growers worked against the interest of the Government or the board of the planters. Instead of decentralising power, they seem to concentrate powers in the center. I think, Sir, this is a bad policy. The Government should decentralise powers and distribute the same among the people. Even today, there is a news item that under US Pressure Swiss Bank, UBS is agreeing to expose the names and details of the American Fraudsters who had stashed the money and put it in UBS Bank. The same thing was revealed by the Germans a few months back that Indians are amongst the richest people of the world. The number of dollar-billionaires is increasing and there is a growth of 14 per cent of such people in this country.
