Steno Kailash Chandra Vol-2 Dictation No. 784

Mr. Vice-Chairman, Sir, I would like to speak on this Bill in the interest of the rapid economic growth in the country. If the nation grows from strength to strength economically leading to eradication of the degrading and disheartening poverty of the people of India the workers of this nation would also benefit and they would also go above the poverty line. Sir, I would like to mention here that the plantation crops as understood by the term so far, namely, coffee, rubber, tea and cardamom have been giving this nation substantial amount of the much-coveted foreign exchange annually. It must be noted that coffee exports alone have given our country during the last five years over Rs.1000 crores in foreign exchange by way of export earnings and export duties.