MICA MINES LABOUR WELFARE FUND BILL 379
The Honourable Dr. B.R. Ambedkar : No, it will be too late.
The Honourable Dr. B.R. Ambedkar : I did not say that I would have out Rajputana. I shall be constituting a separate committee.
Diwan Chaman Lall: I did not hear my Honourable friend say that he would constitute a separate committee. I heard him say, “Some other means”. I am glad he says “some separate committee” now. As for as this measure is concerned, Rajputana is left out.
The Honourable Dr. B.R. Ambedkar : There welfare measures will be carried out with the aid of this fund.
Diwan Chaman Lall : Will the money from Madras and Bihar be taken to help the Rajputana workers ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : We might employ some other agency, some other organisation in order to carry out the activities connected with welfare workers. The Fund will pay.
- The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I do not propose to take very long in replying to the criticisms which have been made against this Bill. I wish to state very briefly my opinion with regard to the points that have been raised to state very briefly my opinion with regard to the points that have been raised by three speakers. I shall first deal with the points raised by my friend Mr. Tyson. I had made no reference in the speech that I made in support of my motion with regard to the surplus stock of mica or the additional cesses that were proposed to be levied and the report of Mr. Justice Reuben. Sir, I deliberately did not touch upon these points in my speech, because I knew that these points would be raised by my friend Mr. Tyson and that I would have to reply to them. If I did not do so it was largely because I wanted to save the time of the House.
Now, Sir, the position is this, that although the Labour Department and the Government of India have decided to proceed with measures of social welfare on the basis of the report made by Prof. Adarkar, the decision was taken by the Labour Department long before the report of Prof. Adarkar was made. I am glad to say that the decision taken
*Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. V-No. 7, 9th April 1946, pp. 3757-59.