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WHAT CONGRESS AND GANDHI HAVE DONE TO THE UNTOUCHABLES : 29 A SHABBY SHOW

  1. Rs. 25,000 to the Bijapur District Congress Committee for famine relief and Swadeshi work ( iii ) .

  2. Rs. 30,000 to help the dismissed mill-labourers of Madras by giving them Swadeshi work ( iii ) .

II. Grants Voted in 1922.

I. Grants voted by the Working Committee at its meeting held in Bombay on 17th January 1922 :—

“42. Application by the U. P. Provincial Congress Committee for Rs. 50,000 already sanctioned and for a further grant of one lakh of rupees for Swadeshi work, be referred to Mahatma Gandhi for final disposal ( ii ) .

  1. The application of the Assam Provincial Congress Committee for a remittance of Rs. 25,000, the balance out of the sanctioned grant of Rs. 50,000 be referred to Mahatma Gandhi for final disposal ( vi ).”

II. Grants voted by the Working Committee at its meeting held in Delhi on 26th February 1922 :—

“44. Rs. 10,000 for initial expenditure on foreign scheme prepared by Mahatma Gandhi ( i ) .

  1. Rs. 14,000 for the office expenditure for the current year ( iv ).”

III. Grants voted by the Working Committee at its meeting held in Ahmedabad on 17th and 18th March 1922 :—

“46. Rs. 3,00,000 for organizing a larger production and marketing of khaddar ( i ).

  1. Rs. 10,000 out of Rs. 50,000 already sanctioned for the U.P. Provincial Congress Committee ( ix ) .

  2. Rs. 5,000 to the Kerala Provincial Congress Committee for general Congress work; amount to be deducted from the sum of Rs. 84,000 sanctioned for relief in Malabar and further Rs. 20,000 out of the above amount of Rs. 84.000 be remitted for relief work ( x ) .

  3. Rs. 10,000 to the Rohtak Anglo-Vernacular School ( xi ) .

  4. Rs. 15,000 out of the amount of Rs. 25,000 sanctioned for famine relief in the Ceded Districts be paid to Sjt. T. Prakasam representing the Andhra Provincial Congress Committee( xii ).”

IV. Grants voted by the Working Committee at its meeting held at Calcutta on the 20th, 21st and 22nd April 1922 :—

“51. Rs. 5,000 to the Antyaja Karyalaya, Ahmedabad, for organizing education amongst Depressed Classes in Gujarat (v).