Book Title: Gujarat Varnacular Societyno Itihas Part 03
Author(s): Hiralal Tribhuvandas Parekh
Publisher: Hiralal Tribhuvandas Parekh
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ઉગ પણ પૂરા વિકસેલા નથી એટલે દેશમાં ભુખમરાની સાથે બેકારી પણ બેશુમાર વધી પડેલી છે.
આ પ્રમાણે ખેતીના, બેકારીના અને આર્થિક સ્થિતિના પ્રશ્નએ આપણને હાલમાં ભારે મુંઝવણમાં નાખેલા છે. એને ખરો ચિતાર, ચાલુ વર્ષમાં હિન્દુસ્થાનનાં વહેપારમંડળના સંયુક્ત સમાજની દિલ્હીમાં બેઠક થઈ હતી, તેના પ્રમુખ સ્થાનેથી ભાષણ કરતાં શ્રીયુત નલિનીરંજન સરકારે, -241 9. all greua 3:
“There is a pronounced lack of equilibrium between agriculture, industry and other channels of economical activities. The development of urban and rural areas is characterised by a marked disparity. Low yield per acre, uneconomic fragmentations, inadequate irrigation and enormous indebtedness of peasants have made agriculture, the most important occupation of the country, and extremely uuproductive and unprofitable industry. Industries are handicapped by insuffi.cient capital resoures, inefficient Tecknical Service and low quality of raw materials. The policy of discriminating protection has afforded many of them a small measure of security, but unless it is supplimented by a readjustment of internal freight rates and the adoption of a more sympathetic stores purchase policy their full development will always lag behind their potentialities. Banking is still undeveloped and its structure ill balanced. A great part of our population and a large number of our smaller towns are still ill-provided with banking facilites. In the absence of Industrial, exchange and land mortgage banks our industries, foreign trade .and agriculture are forced to fall back entirely upon their own resources and in many cases, face competi. ition from foreign countries which enjoy immenselly
