1004 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : The Government has no such intention.
Shri Mohan Lal Saksena : Will Government consider the advisability of giving them some temporary relief until the recommendations are received ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : As I said, the grievances are receiving attention.
Shri Mohan Lal Saksena : How long will they take to decide ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : The matter is under active consideration.
Shri Mohan Lal Saksena : Is it not a fact that press employees have gone on strike in other places ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Yes, that is so but they are working elsewhere, I understand.
Shri Mohan Lal Saksena : Will the Honourable Member see that temporary relief is granted before they are forced to resort to a strike ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: I cannot give any time limit.
Mr. Ahmed E. H. Jaffer : Is it not a fact that the words “under active consideration” usually indicate that there is no time limit, as far as my Honourable friends are concerned ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I do not think so.
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*** Surface Work for Women Workers in Coal** Mines
- Prof. N. G. Ranga : Will the Honourable the Labour Member be pleased to state :
(a) how many of the twenty thousand women workers withdrawn from underground in coal mines have been provided with work on the surface;
(b) whether he will enquire how many of the women withdrawn from underground in the State Railway collieries have been fully
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. IV of 1946, 21st March 1946, p. 2696.