628 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
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*** Proposed Retrenchment Scheme for Engineering** Establishment of the Central Public Works Department
- Maulvi Muhammad Abdul Ghani : Will the Honourable Member for Labour please state if a retrenchment scheme for the Engineering Establishment of the Central Public Works Department is under contemplation ? If so, will Muslim employees be affected by it even if their strength is short of 25 per cent of the total strength ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Not at present. The second part of the question docs not arise.
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@ Muslim Lino Operators, Mono Operators, etc., in the Government of India Press, Calcutta
420. Hajee Chowdhury Muhammad Ismail Khan : (a) Will the Honourable the Labour Member please state the number of Lino Operators, Mono operators, Mono Casters and forme carriers in the Government of India, Press, Calcutta, and how many of them are Muslims ?
(b) What is the total number of appointments made in these grades during the last three years, and how-many Muslims were appointed in each of these grades ?
(c) What steps have been taken to appoint Muslims in these posts ?
(d) Does the Honourable Member propose to place on the table of the House a detailed statement showing the figures, communitywise, in regard to posts of clerks and copy-holders in permanent and temporary employ in the Government of India Press, Calcutta ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a), (b) and (d). A statement is laid on the table.
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. II of 1943, 30th March 1943, p. 1582.
@ Ibid., p. 1582.