. While the Department is functioning under a restrictive regulatory environment, what measures are in place to attract investment under such a restrictive environment? . What is the effectiveness of the current macro-economic variables. . Are there any plans by the current government to review the ASGISA policy? . Regarding the economic downturn, what is the turnaround strategy to address poverty and rural development? . Industrial Development Zones - why the development of these zones is on the eastern side of the country and not the other parts of the country. . Given the high rate of textile industries closures mainly due to illegal dumping of textiles by Countries such as India, the Committee wanted to know what the DTI is doing to address the matter. . Overpricing by local factories - what is it that the DTI is doing to deal with this matter.