600 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
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*** Help to Dependents of Enemy** Air Raid Victims
- Mr. H. A. Sathar H. Essak Sait : Will the Honourable Member for Labour be pleased to state :
(a) the arrangements that have been made to succour the heirs and dependents of those who are killed or injured as a result of enemy bombing in India ;
(b) whether such arrangements for their succour will come into play immediately after the raids or the dependents are expected to go through the formalities of putting up applications and undergoing enquiries, etc., before help is rendered to them; and
(c) the details of the help that was rendered to the citizens, especially the poorer section of Calcutta and other places in India, which were bombed by the enemy for:
(i) the disposal of their dead,
(ii) the treatment of the injured,
(iii) the loss of their means of livelihood, and
(iv) their rehabilitation generally ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) and (b) Provision for relief of persons injured by enemy bombing and of the dependents of those killed by such action has been made in the War Injuries Scheme prepared by Government under the War Injuries Ordinance.
Applications for relief have naturally to be made, but the procedure has been made as expeditious as possible. When the person concerned is incapable of making an application, provision has also been made to entertain applications on his behalf.
Provision has also been made for advances by employers of amounts upto Rs. 50 in each case against awards that may be made in respect of the injury or death.
A copy of the pamphlet containing the War Injuries Ordinance Scheme and Regulations has been placed in the Library of the House.
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. I of 1943, 24th February 1943, p. 556.