L. A. DEBATES (CENTRAL) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 635
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*** Repair of Machines of the Government of India** Press, New Delhi
- Maulvi Syed Murtuza Sahib Bahadur : (a) Will the Honourable Member for Labour be pleased to state the amount of expenditure incurred on the local repair of machines of the Government of India Press, New Delhi ?
(b) Is it a fact that there is a mechanical section in the said Press ? If so why are the repairs not carried out there ?
(c) Is it a fact that the Head Mechanic personally gets the parts repaired in the city, and the letter to the firm undertaking repairs never gives instructions regarding the nature of the repairs but simply states that these will be explained by the Head Mechanic ? If so, why are the full details of the repairs not given in the letter to the firm undertaking the repairs ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) The total amount spent on local repairs to plant during 1942-43 is Rs. 1,177-2-0.
(b) The answer to the first part is in the affirmative. As regards the second part, only such work is entrusted to an outside agency as cannot be done in the Press.
(c) No.
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@ Extra Staff in the Government of India Press, Aligarh
†428. Maulvi Syed Murtuza Sahib Bahadur : (a) Will the Honourable Member for Labour please State how much extra work has been received from the Calcutta Forms Press by the Aligarh Press in connection with the dispersal of stocks of forms, and for that purpose
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. II of 1943, 30th March 1943, pp.
1585-86.
@ Ibid., pp. 1585-86.
† Answer to this question laid on the table, the questioner having exhausted his quota.