<span style="color: #222222;">Lok Sabha has taken up discussion on demand for grants under the ministry of Commerce and Industry. Participating in the discussion, the Congress member Anto Antony expressed concern over falling prices of spices and rising cost of production. He sought price stabilization and import duty enhancement on rubber.<br />''<br />''Presenting his views, the BJP member Shiva Kumar Udasi expressed happiness over India's march towards achieving over 400 billion dollar exports in this financial year. He stressed that free trade agreements, India's standing in the ease of doing business  and Make-in-India initiatives among others have made India the fifth largest economy in the world.<br />''<br />''India is today occupying the third position globally in terms of number of Unicorns and has today the third largest start ups. Economic reforms, tapping demographic dividends, good governance and encouragement to innovation has provided India an edge over others.<br />''<br />''Sudip Bandyopadhyay of AITC pointed out that the allocation to the Ministry of Commerce and Industries is insufficient to promote industrial growth and generate sufficient employment. He wanted to know from the Minister for Commerce and Industry whether platforms like BRICS are used to push investments.<br />''<br />''He objected to the decision of the Government to divest the public sector enterprises in the country. P V Midhun Reddy of YSRCP said the budgetary allocation to the ministry is not sufficient to complete 14 industrial corridors under construction.<br />''<br />''Allocations made to the leather sector also he said are not sufficient. Unhappy over the progress made in SEZ, he said that 268 SEZs are still not fully operational. He suggested that MSMEs and Agriculture sector should get further encouragement to generate sufficient employment.</span><br />