Statement: Certain mining industries in Gujarat may come to a standstill because of the notification issued by the Department of Environment and Forest banning mining operations and industries alike within 25 kms of National Park, the game sanctuary and reserve forest areas.

Courses of Action:

1. The Department should be asked to immediately withdraw the notification.
2. The Government should make effort to shift the parks, sanctuaries and reserve forests to other non-mining areas.

Statement: Courts take too long in deciding important disputes of various departments.

Courses of Action:

1. Courts should be ordered to speed up matters.
2. Special powers should be granted to officers to settle disputes concerning their department.

Statement: The Secretary lamented that the electronic media was losing its credibility and that it should try to regain it by establishing better communications with the listeners and the viewers. He also emphasised the need for training to improve the functioning.

Courses of Action:

1. Efforts should be made to get organised feed back on the programme.
2. The critical areas in which the staff requires training should be identified.

Statement: Duty free technology parks where foreign firms can manufacture electronic hardware components are proposed to be established at various places in the country.

Courses of Action:

1. Government should immediately implement the proposal to augment the foreign currency reserve by exporting the products.
2. Government should not implement the proposal as it will hinder indigenous production of hardware components.

Statement: The cinema halls are incurring heavy losses these days as people prefer to watch movies in home on TV than to visit cinema halls.

Courses of Action:

1. The cinema halls should be demolished and residential multi-storey buildings should be constructed there.
2. The cinema halls should be converted into shopping malls.