670 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
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- Commercial Aspects of Indian Spring-Waters
- Mr. K. C. Neogy : Will the Honourable Member for Labour be pleased to refer to the unstarred question No. 92, dated the 30lh March 1943, and make a statement :
(a) explaining whether the commercial aspects of the Indian spring-waters referred to therein have been examined, and whether the arrangements to bottle the waters for trial have been completed ; and
(b) indicating the location of the different springs which have so far been tried and found satisfactory ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) The commercial aspects of Indian spring-waters are still under examination. The arrangements to bottle the waters for trial are complete.
(b) The springs occur on private land, as negotiations are still in progress with the proprietor of the land, Government do not consider it desirable to disclose the location of the springs at this stage.
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@ Survey of Hydro-Electric Possibilities in India
- Mr. T. T. Krishnamachari (on behalf of Mr. R. R. Gupta) : (a) Will the Honourable member for Labour be pleased to state if Government have directed a survey of Hydro-electric possibilities in this country ? If so, when was the survey last carried out, and by whom ?
(b) Do not Government consider that, in view of the generally accepted policy of conservation of India’s better class coal resources, hydro-electric developments should be actively encouraged, particularly in the United Provinces, the Punjab and the Central Indian States, which are situated away from the sources of India’s coal supply ? If so, in what form do Government propose to encourage such development ?
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. III of 1943, 5th August 1943, p. 434.
@ Ibid., 12th August 1943, p. 642.