Sir, I would like to submit that the Government requires paying more attention on implementation and monitoring of these schemes; otherwise, the real benefit of these schemes does not reach the aam admi. Due to wrong policies of the UPA Government the reduction in growth has translated very sharply and directly into employment sector, especially in labour intensive export sector, IT sector, construction and others. Farmers are also not in a position to get remunerative prices. In many places we have seen that many farmers are committing suicide. On the other hand, aam aadmi also does not get his daily requirements of food, accommodation etc. He is not getting his requirements. So farmers on the one hand, are not getting their remunerative prices and the aam aadmi for his daily consumption, is also not getting things at affordable prices. In one village, one person asked another is an Interim Budget. Another replied. It is a Budget presented by an Interim Government. Then, the first person asked. What is an Interim Government? The next person replied. The Interim Government means that the Government does not know whether it will come back after the next elections or not. Madam, though the UPA Government talks of aam aadmi but in fact it does not care for the aam aadmi and, therefore, the fate of the next election is apparent. Our IT sector was developed very well but today the same is suffering heavily due to the global melt down and also due to the big Satyam scam. Our technologists fear retrenchment of their jobs. With regard to a fall in IT export, what measures the Government is going to take? Government should specify the remedial measures which it is going to take in this regard. Madam, as per the Report on Effect of Economic Slowdown on employment in India, about half a million workers have lost their jobs during October-December 2008. The most affected sectors were Gems and Jewellery, Transport and Automobiles where the employment has declined by 8.58 per cent to 4.03 per cent.
