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* Post-war Electric Power Development
A schedule of heavy power equipment required by India as soon as possible after the cessation of hostilities has been prepared and steps have been taken to reserve for India the necessary manufacturing capacity, said the Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, Labour Member, Government of India, in his address to the second meeting of the Policy Committee on “Public Works and Electric Power” held in New Delhi on February 2.
Here is the full text of Dr. Ambedkar’s speech :
I should like to begin by extending to all the representatives, old and new, present at this meeting a most hearty welcome. I say old and new because we have on our Committee new members who were not on the Committee when we met last. They are the nominees of the Federation of Electrical Undertakings in India and of the Indian Trade Union Congress. Electrical undertakings and organised labour are both vitally concerned in the future of electrical development in India and whatever they may have to say about the subject must receive due consideration in any decision that may be arrived at. I am sorry that an omission to have them with us should have occurred last time. I apologise for it, for it was indeed a very serious omission. I am sure we are all very glad to have them with us today and will be looking forward to their contribution to the discussion of the subject we have before us.
Power Engineers’ Conference
I believe it would be of some advantage if I were to begin the few observations I have to make as Chairman by referring to what has been
*Indian Information, February 15, 1945, pp. 235-41.