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ascertaining the supplying capacity of their principals in America. Import licences for large quantities of typewriters have been issued. For the period July to December 1945 alone, licences for import from U.S.A. were issued for 11,717 typewriters. The acute shortage of typewriters in India was also brought to the notice of the American authorities in August last and they were requested to accord high priority to the releases of at least 15,000 typewriters for shipment to India by the end of June 1946.
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(f) Only 4,400 typewriters (excluding Hermes “Baby” typewriters from Switzerland which are unsuitable for regular office work) were imported into this country during the six months from September 1945 to February 1946 against India’s minimum yearly requirements of 15,500 machines. The present position is, therefore, unsatisfactory but some improvement is expected during the next twelve months.
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*** Contract Works given by Horticultural Division** Central P. W. D., New Delhi
- Mr. Ahmed E. H. Jaffer : Will the Honourable the Labour Member kindly place on the table of the House a comparative statement showing the amount of contract works given by (i) tenders and (ii) work orders, separately, to Muslims, Hindus and Scheduled Caste Contractors in the Horticultural Division of the Central P. W. D., New Delhi, during the period from 1st November, 1943, to the 28th February 1946, by the present Superintendent, Horticultural Operations, New Delhi?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : The information asked for is not readily available and the time and labour involved in collecting it would be incommensurate with the value of the result.
Mr. Ahmed E. H. Jaffer : What are the reasons why the information is not readily available ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : It is not available in the form in which my Honourable friend wants it.
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. IV of 1946, 29th March 19-16, p. 3133.