Apparently, the Government has had no money to spare for providing any Package for the garment exporters and has chosen to spend still more on what they call as Social Sector, which might give a temporary relief to the weaker sections of the society, in terms of palliatives, but this, to my mind, is rather a short-sighted policy or a political decision on an entirely an economic and development issue. Anand Sharma, a transplant from Ministry of External Affairs to a promotion of Commerce and Industry Minister, is after all neither a Finance Minister nor the Prime Minister to have a final say on the national priorities of the UPA Government-and I have virtually no hesitation to reiterate what I had concluded my said article by saying To my mind, the Government could afford to be liberal on modifying procedures, which might help to reduce the transaction charges, but it would be nave to expect the Government to offer more than some lollypops.

Let me even further state that garment exporters or their trade bodies should not expect any fiscal relief or reform even in the next years financial Budget i.e. for 2011-12, unless the Government of the day corrects its vision and priorities-notwithstanding anybody taking over as Minister of Commerce and Industry. It is a matter beyond the Commerce Minister.

The Budget Has Provided Just What The Stitch Times Had Predicted Two Months Back.