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I come to external situation. We already have almost $65 million going out of our foreign exchange reserves because FIB withdrew the money. It is putting tremendous pressure on our current account situation. So, at a time, when our remittances from non-residents had reached the highest level ahead of China, Philippines and even Mexico that means despite all these, our current account situation is showing a sign of stress. Now, how are you going to handle the external situation which is also going to put a lot of pressure on rupee and that again will have some adverse impact on the economy in the years to come? So, I would request the hon. Minister to make a statement about how does he see rupee performing in the next few years time in the light of tremendous pressure on our external account.
Sir, employment as I started by saying is a very important issue. We do not really calculate the loss of employment in unorganized sector particularly for constructions where the DLF and Unitech shares are falling because of the big news. But because of that, millions of workers are losing jobs in that sector who do not have any protection whatsoever is socially safety net. They have gone to villages and they have no voice and they cannot talk about it. So, can we actually think about some scheme for such workers? They are people who are really in need of it.
Mr. Minister, you started a Scheme for the widows to be given pension. I welcome the Scheme But, Sir, widowhood is not something which is going to haunt us as much as the sum of Rs.200 as pension per month that a widow is going to get. Does the hon. Minister really believe that a widow can survive on Rs.200 per month?