570 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Sir Cowasji Jehangir : Is it a fact that some of these young boys have not found employment ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : My information is that a great many have found employment.
Babu Baijnath Bajoria : How many have returned ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : 149, light believe.
Babu Baijnath Bajoria : What is the test of intelligence to which the Honourable Member has referred ?
Sir Cowasji Jehangir : Is it a fact that some of these boys have been offered less wages than they were earning before they left for this training ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Not to my knowledge.
Sir Cowasji Jehangir : Will the Honourable Member inquire as to how many arc unemployed ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Very few, to my knowledge, arc unemployed.
Mr. Jamnadas M. Mehta : Were they sent under a guarantee of employment ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: No guarantee of employment.
Dr. Sir Ziaucklin Ahmad : Will Government consider the employment of Bevin boys for training as war technicians ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I will consider that.
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*** Recruitment of Scheduled Caste Boys under** the Bevin Scheme
Rao Bahadur N. Sivaraj : (a) Will the Honourable the Labour Member please state the number of scheduled castes boys recruited under the Bevin Scheme ?
(b) What steps do Government propose to take to secure adequate representation of these castes ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) No particulars were kept in respect of the first five batches. Particulars are being collected
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. Ill of 1942, 23rd September 1942, p. 457.