180 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
The effect of these modifications in the shares in the joint heads of revenue and expenditure was to reduce the adjusting assignments to the following figures :—
| Province | Assignments in Lakhs of Rupees from Imperial to Provincial | From Provincial to Imperial |
|---|---|---|
| Central Provinces ... ... ... ... Burma ... ... ... ... ... Eastern Bengal and ... ... ... ... Assam Bengal ... ... ... ... ... U.P. ... ... ... ... ... Punjab ... ... ... ... ... Madras ... ... ... ... ... Bombay ... ... ... ... ... | 21.40 13.12 13.55 ... ... 6.77 ... ... | ... ... ... 18.40 19.26 ... 21.43 9.38 |
During the permanent as during the quinquennial and quasi-permanent settlements the grants-in-aid of specific services, unobjected to as they were by the Decentralization Commission, were continued to be given to the different Provinces throughout the period although, as may be seen from the following figures, in a continually diminishing magnitude :—
Special Grants-in-Aid (in rupees)
| Provinces | 1912-13 | 1913-14 | 1914-15 | 1915-16 | 1916-17 | 1917-18 | 1918-19 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CP. ... Burma ... Assam ... Bengal ... Bihar & Orissa U.P. ... Punjab ... Madras ... Bombay ... Total ... | 4790480 8538948 5530991 15401885 6379420 11470603 6700924 12277591 11192723 | 2643264 2263939 3283011 6480800 4761028 8542279 2424404 5066343 3996729 | 5138256 3849763 7533878 7594894 3526567 3842624 3988117 1697803 1468837 | 4407802 3869472 6577619 7186436 4278854 3229924 5908923 1220785 1200254 | 3795784 216979 2497861 6538732 3262214 2453969 4925830 1099165 1065964 | 3817540 —2478482 1922252 7074773 4235205 2706164 4862616 1483708 1154725 | 2726008 2490 2444730 9889717 4179425 3590530 5563665 1577446 2479510 |
| 82283565 | 39461797 | 38640739 | 37880069 | 25856498 | 24778501 | 35453521 |
Compiled from the Annual Finance and Revenue Accounts of the Government of India.
It was natural that the results of the permanent settlement should have been more anxiously awaited for with great interest by the Provinces, for the permanent settlement had the potentiality of a permanent gain or a permanent loss. That their anxiety on that score could not out have been completely allayed is amply supported by the repeated surpluses that meet the eye as it passes over the following figures of annual additions to and deductions from their balances during the