WHAT CONGRESS AND GANDHI HAVE DONE TO THE UNTOUCHABLES : 33 A SHABBY SHOW
Was it distributed on the basis of cultural units and their
relative size ? Compare the following figures:—
Table 3
| Linguistic Areas | Total Grant | Amount of Grant | Percentage of the Total Grant to the Province | Percentage of Popula- tion of the Area to the Population of the Province |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bombay Presidency ... Gujarath ... ... Maharashtra ... Karnatak ... ... Central Provinces ... Marathi Districts ... Hindustani Districts Madras Presidency ... Tamil Nad ... Andhra ... ... Kerala ... ... Bihar and Orissa ... Bihar ... ... Orissa ... ... | Rs. ... 26,90,381 ... — ... — ... — ... 47,000 ... — ... — ... 5,05.000 ... — ... — ... — ... 5,65,000 ... — ... — | Rs. — 26,22,381 43,000 25,000 — 10,000 37,000 — 1,03,000 3,02,000 1,00,000 — 5,15,000 50,000 | — 97.4 1.6 0.93 — 21.2 78.7 — 20.4 60.0 19.6 — 91.0 0.9 | 100 18 69 13 100 45 55 100 38 52 10 100 73 27 |
From these figures it is clear that the distribution of these
sums was not made on the basis of any intelligibly principle.
There is no relation between the grants and the population, nor
between the grants and the claims of the cultural units. A province
like Bombay with a population of one and a half crores gets as
much as 27 lakhs while U. P. and Madras with a population of
about 4 crores each get no more than about five lakhs severally.
Consider the grants in relation to cultural units. Take Bombay
Presidency. It includes three cultural units, Maharashtra, Gujrath
and Karnatak. Out of the 26 lakhs and 90 thousand given to the
Bombay Presidency Gujrath with only 18 per cent, of the population
of the Province got as much as 26 lakhs and 22 thousand i.e.,
97.4 per cent. and Maharashtra with a population of 69 per cent
got only Rs. 43,000 or 1.6 per cent and Karnatak. with a population
of 13 per cent got Rs. 25,000 or .9 per cent of the grant. In C. P.
out of a total grant of Rs. 47,000 the Hindustani districts having
55 per cent of the population got Rs. 37,000 or 78.7 per cent
while the Marathi speaking districts having 45 per cent of
the population got only Rs. 10,000 i.e., 21.2 per cent. In