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L. A. DEBATES (CENTRAL) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 1069

representative on the Board of the Delhi Central Electric Power Authority Company, Limited; and

(f) what objections, if any, Government have got to give more representation to the Delhi Municipality by giving it the representation enjoyed by the Delhi Electric and Traction Company, Limited, when it is taken over in addition to the representation already given to it ?

The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) Presumably the Honourable member refers to the Delhi Central Electric Power Authority. Its membership is as follows:

(1) Governor General in Council;

(2) Delhi Factories Owners’ Federation;

(3) Commander, Delhi Independent Brigade Area;

(4) The Punjab Chamber of Commerce ;

(5) The Delhi Electric Supply and Traction Company, Ltd.,

(6) New Delhi Municipal Committee.

(b) Yes.

(c) No.

(d) This was the position of the Delhi Municipal Committee in 1938 when the Delhi Central Electric Power Authority was established. The question has not been raised since.

(e) Yes.

(f) As the Delhi Municipal Committee is not a member of the Delhi Central Electric Power Authority Limited, the question of giving it additional representation does not arise.

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*** Dr. Krishnan’s Suggestions** re: Mineral Resources of India

  1. Prof. N. G. Ranga : Will the Honourable the Labour member be pleased to state :

(a) if his attention has been drawn to the report of a lecture delivered by Dr. M. S. Krishnan to the Geology Association of the Presidency College, Madras, on the 14th of March, as reported in the Hindu of the 14lh March ;