L. A. DEBATES (CENTRAL) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 1025
Chowdhries and Assistant Chowdhries in the Horticulture Division ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : The scales of pay with rates of increments are as follows :
Chowdhries—Rs. 20—1—35—2—55 (for old entrants).
Rs. 25—1—45 (for new entrants).
Assistant Chowdhries—Rs. 20—1/2—30 (for old and new entrants).
Prof. N. G. Ranga : What is the particular post of a Chowdhri ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : A sort of head mali.
Mr. Manu Subedar : Do Government expect a Chowdhri to live on Rs. 20 a month in the present day living conditions ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : They get dearness allowance also.
Mr. Manu Subedar : What do they get ? Rs. 14 or Rs. 8 ? How much ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I have not got the information with me.
Mr. Manu Subedar : Will the Government go into the question as to whether industrial class Government employees can really exist on the pay they are getting ?
Prof. N. G. Ranga : How much are the malis paid ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: I want notice.
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*** Appointments Made by Superintendent Horticultural** Operations, Central P. W. D.
- Mr. Ahmed E. H. Jaffer : Will the Honourable the Labour Member kindly state, communitywise, viz., Hindus, Muslims, Other Minority Communities and Scheduled Castes, the number of persons appointed by the present Superintendent, Horticultural Operations, Central P. W. D., New Delhi, from the 1st November, 1943, to the 28th February, 1946, as clerks, chowdhries, assistant chowdhries, lorry drivers, fitters, timekeepers and mechanies ?
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central). Vol. IV of 1946,29th March 1946, p. 3135.