116 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
These would have been the total assignments to the Provincial Governments for meeting the charges on the incorporated services, had it not been for the fact that the Government of India desired to obtain relief by way of retrenchment of the provincial resources to make up for the deficits expected to follow the reduction in the income tax. The relief originally fixed at £1,000,000 was reduced to £350,000, distributed rateably among the various provinces. Taking account of these retrenchments the permanent assignments made to the provinces were as shown below:—
| Provinces | Next Assignments | Proportion of Retrenchment | Permanent Assignments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oudh ... C.P. ... Burma ... Bengal ... N.W.P. ... Punjab ... Madras ... Bombay ... Total ... ... | £ 222,459 280,846 275,332 1,256,183 688,822 554,914 794,916 946,040 | £ 15,511 19,583 19,199 87,591 48,030 38,693 55,428 65,965 | £ 206,948 261,263 275,332 1,168,592 640,792 516,221 739,488 880,075 |
| 5,019,512 | 350,000 | 4,688,711 |
For conversion into Rupees, £1 equal to Rs. 10.
Before the commencement of the time appointed to carry the scheme into practice the Government of India incorporated the following additional services [1] into the Provincial Budgets :—The Charges for Petty Construction and Repair of Buildings in the Civil Department excepting the Opium Department in Bengal, the Salt Department outside the Lower Provinces of Bengal and Medical Services such as (1) Salaries of Medical Officers of Medical Colleges and Central Jails, and of Lunatic Asylums at the Presidency towns; (2) Extra allowance to Medical Officers for the Medical charge of Lunatic Asylums in the mofussil, and of Colleges, Central Jails, etc., also extra allowances to Medical Officers for the executive charge of jails, and (3) charges for subassistant Surgeons and Apothecaries employed in other than civil medical charge of the sudder stations or districts, and for all other subordinate medical establishments. Side by side with these transfers the Government of India withdrew the Calcutta
1 Finance Department Resolution No. 1659 of March 20, 1871.