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member. We have taken this initiative because it is our duty,
our responsibility. It is our true effort to help them. Gujarat is
the first state that has raised the salaries of the women workers
of ‘Aanganwadi’. Gujarat is the only state that has provided life
insurance cover to these women. It is impossible to carry out
this task if it is hindered deliberately. And unfortunately, there
are some people who disturb this good deed just because they
are mean and devilish. It is at this point that we need to awaken
the society. Our ultimate goal is to make the lower caste people
strong. Gujarat is the only state where every school-going child
has his own insurance. And those living below poverty line will
get the most benefit of these plans, as their families will get the
much-needed support during any crisis. The present Central
Government doesn’t belong to our party. They are always ready
to throw us out of their way. And yet, even they were compelled
to admit in Parliament that Gujarat has provided the highest
number of employment opportunities. Moreover, it is for the
first time that we have formed a board for the rural labourers.
The government has taken the responsibility of the health,
security and the earnings of women workers. Gujarat, at present,
is enjoying industrial peace mainly because we have tried to
bring about a revolution by taking ethical decisions. There are
no strikes, no march to oppose any policy. We live in a healthy
and intimate atmosphere. This is the greatest strength of our
industrial world. If this strength is known to industrialists across
the world, they all would be tempted to come to Gujarat, because
the peace that you experience in Gujarat is not seen anywhere
else. Other states are facing the problems of strikes, production
is halted for months and eventually the companies collapse. But
we have none of it in Gujarat. There is a favourable atmosphere
for business in Gujarat which increases productivity. This
atmosphere is mainly created by the policies of workers rather
than that of the government. We must introduce this asset to
the world.

Gujarat is the only state where there is least wastage of
working days. We have been able to sustain this for the last five
years. Not only that, but there is also a wide difference between