WHAT CONGRESS AND GANDHI HAVE DONE TO THE UNTOUCHABLES : 27 A SHABBY SHOW
dispose of all applications for grants. The Sub-Committee consisted of Mr. Gandhi, Pandit Motilal Nehru and Seth Jamnalal Bajaj The following grants were voted by the Grants Sub-Committee in the course of several meetings :—
“6. A sum of Rs. 1 lakh be voted as a grant for Swadeshi work in Bihar and a loan of Rs. 4 lakhs recommended for the same purpose ( i ) .
A loan of Rs. 35,000 to the C. P. (Hindustani) Provincial Congress Committee for Swadeshi ( ii ) .
Rs. 25,000 for famine relief in the U.P. ( iii ) .
Rs. 25,000 to the Punjab Provincial Congress Committee for famine relief, and the Jagraon School ( iv ) .
Rs. 50,000 on the telegraphic application for the relief of the distressed in Malabar ( v ) .
Rs. 15,000 to the Gandhi Ashram, Benares City ( vi ) .
Rs. 10,000 to the Pallipadu Ashram ( vii ) .
Rs. 15,000 to the Andhra Jatheeya Kalashala, Masulipatam ( viii ).
Rs. 10,000 to the Secretary, Taluka Congress Committee, Karjat (Maharashtra) ( xx ) .
Rs. 10,000 to the Anatha Vidyarthi Griha, Chinchwad (Maharashtra) ( x ) .
16. The applications of (1) Mr. K. G. Patade, Assistant General Secretary of the Depressed Classes Mission Society of India, (2) of the Kulladaikurichi National School, Vidyasangam and (3) of the Rajahmundry Depressed Classes Mission were rejected as unbacked and not in accordance with the instructions issued by the Sub-Committee (xiii).
Rs. 10000 to the Kerala Provincial Congress Committee to be principally spent on Swadeshi and the popularising of the hand-spinning and hand-weaving ( xx ) .
Rs. 60,000 to the Madras Provincial Congress Committee ( xxii ) .
Rs. 1,50,000 set apart for the U. P. Provincial Congress Committee ( xxiii ) .
Rs. 63,000 to the Sind Provincial Congress Committee ( xxiv ) .
Rs. 25,000 for famine relief in the Ceded Districts in Andhra ( xxv ) .
Rs. 20,000 to the Maharashtra Provincial Congress Committee ( xxvi ) .