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industry made arrangements to supply food grains at reasonable prices to their labour. The Provincial Governments assisted them in obtaining food grains.
Mr. K. C. Neogy : I am afraid I have not received a reply to the second part, clause (b), of my question, viz., “Has any effective action been taken by either of the two Provincial Governments : if so, on what lines and when ?”
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : As I said, they helped them to secure food supplies.
Mr. K. C. Neogy : But exactly in what way ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : They helped them in getting them.
Mr. K. C. Neogy : But in what way was that help rendered, because we have instances in which there was actual hindrance ?
Dr. Sir Zia Uddin Ahmad : What steps have the colliery owners taken to supply food to their labour ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : As I said, they maintained stocks and were also helped by the provincial Governments to maintain them.
Mr. K. C. Neogy : Has the attention of the Honourable Member been drawn to an instance in which certain stocks of rice which certain colliery owners acquired for their collieries were actually commandeered by the Government and a complaint to that effect was made by them to the Provincial Governments and here ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I have no such information.
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- The War Injuries (Compensation Insurance) Bill Presentation of the Report of the Select Committee
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar (Labour Member): Sir, I present the Report of the Select Committee on the Bill to impose on employers a liability to pay compensation to workmen sustaining war injuries and to provide for the insurance of employers against such liability.
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. III of 1943, 26th July 1943, pp. 42-43.