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(c) Is it not a fact that officials show partiality and favour to some in the allotment of work in such a way that there is a very unequal distribution of wages and the wages of a large number of piece workers amount to very little and do not suffice for their requirements and the maintenance of their families ?
(d) Do Government propose to consider the advisability of giving equal work to all, so that at the end of the month all should have a nearly equal amount of pay and thus redress their grievances ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) Yes.
(b) The answer to the first pail is in the negative. The second part does not arise.
(c) No.
(d) This is actually done but equal work does not ensure equal earning. The attention of the Honourable Member is invited to the reply to part (c) of starred question No. 85 given in this House on 17th February 1941.
Qazi Muhammad Ahmad Kazmi : May I know whether the Honourable Member has made an enquiry into the allegation that the actual distribution of the work at present does not give equal wages to the persons employed ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : The answer is based on enquiry.
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*** Annual Election for the Works Committee of** the Government of India Press, New Delhi
- Qazi Muhammad Ahmad Kazmi : (a) Will the Honourable the Labour Member please state if it is a fact that the annual election for the Works Committee of the Government of India Press, New Delhi, which is held on 8lh April, is not properly conducted ?
(b) Is it or is it not a fact that the voters are not called one by one but all the voters gather together and stand in the room where the voles are received ?
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. II of 1993, 20th March 1943, pp 1270-71.