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(c) Does the Honourable Member propose to lay on the table a copy of the Scheme ?
(d) Is it also proposed to lay on the table the opinions expressed by Provincial Governments on the Scheme ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) No.
(b) The Government of India have appointed a Special Officer to prepare a draft scheme of Sickness Insurance for workers in selected industries. The scheme is now under preparation but it is not possible at this stage to say when it will come into operation.
(c) and (d) These points will be considered later on. Legislation will be necessary, and the House will of course be fully informed of the details of the scheme.
Mr. Lalchand Navalrai : How far has the scheme been completed ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : A preliminary report has been received.
Mr. Lalchand Navalrai : When approximately is this going to be completed ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I cannot say anything about it.
Mr. Lalchand Navalrai : Say two years or one year ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Within two months’ time.
Mr. Lalchand Navalrai : Thank you.
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- Fixing Rents Lower than Pre-war Rental Value in Babar Road Area
- Sardar Sant Singh : (a) Is the Honourable the Labour Member aware :
(i) that rents for middle class tenement houses in the Babar Road Area have been fixed by the Rent Controller at Rs. 42-8-0 per mensem from the 1st July, 1942 ; and
(ii) that this rent is less than the rental value of Rs.
560 per annum assessed by the New Delhi Municipal Committee for levying house-tax on these houses ever since 1938-39 ?
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. III of 1943, 2nd August 1943, p. 271.