984 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
(3) the number of employees debited with loss or damage of goods and the amount so recovered, and
(4) the number of inspections held and irregularities noted ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) The answer to first part of the question is in the affirmative. The note published in the Indian Labour Gazette contains of the Payment of Wages Act on Railways.
(b) (1) to (3) A statement containing the available information is placed on the table of the House.
(4) The information is not readily available.
Statement showing the staff employed by the Jodhpur Railway Administrations in factories and otherwise than in factories in the British Section of the Railway according to the returns submitted in pursuance of the provisions of Rule 17 of the Payment of Wages (Federal Railway) Rules 1938.
1941-42 1942-43 1943-44
Total number of persons employed—
Adults … 1901 1933 2024
Children … Nil Nil Nil
Total wages paid … Rs. 5,82,379 Rs. 6,35,938 Rs. 6,21,433
Number of employees fined … 128 102 140
Amount of fine recovered … Rs. 41 Rs. 31 Rs. 48
Number of employees debited with 1,102 1,127 1,303 loss or damage of goods.
Amount recovered for damage … Rs. 1,287 Rs. 1,129 Rs. 1,985
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*** Disposal of U. S. Army Chapel in New Delhi**
- Sri S. T. Adityan : Will the Honourable the Labour Member please state whether the U. S. Army Chapel, Parliament Street, New Delhi, is going to be surrendered to Government, if so, what Government propose to do with it ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Yes, the matter is now under consideration.
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. III of 1946, 6th March 1946, p. 1971.