Former MP of Lok Sabha, Rajkot and the chairperson of consumer coordination council, Ramban Mavani said, “Consumers need to pose a check on school and college going children who indulge in tobacco, beedi and alcohol.”

Coordinator of the seminar S K Khosla while reading his paper on ‘Global Financial Crisis — Impact on Employment’ said that there has been large scale unemployment because of the financial crises. He said that about

71 diamond polishers have committed suicide in Gujarat over the last few months following their lay offs.

Professor Manjit Singh of Sociology at PU highlighted the need of an accountable government. Former Professor of University Business School of Panjab University, Dr P P Arya, traced the history of the 1930 meltdown, which continued for five years.