L. A. DEBATES (CENTRAL) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 683
(g) If the amendments suggested were accepted, will they be given immediate effect?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) Yes.
(b) The penalising arises more from the shortage of accommodation than from the proviso to rule 7(2)xx(b).
(c) Yes, but this cannot be helped under the existing circumstances.
(d) No. Nothing can remove the grievances unless there is increased accommodation at the disposal of Government, which does not seem to be possible so long as the war lasts.
(e) I do not consider that this is the case, but so long as the accommodation available is short of requirements, whatever rules are made, some persons are bound to be put to hardship.
(f) This is already provided for in the rules.
(g) Does not arise.
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- Supply of Foodgrains to Employees of the Labour Department in Bengal at Concession Rates
- Mr. K. C. Neogy : (a) Will the Honourable Member for Labour be pleased to state the different classes of employees under the control of his Department and employed in Bengal that are in the enjoyment of a concession under which foodgrains are supplied to them at controlled or reduced prices ?
(b) What is the total number of such employees and what quantities of rice, wheat and other foodgrains have been supplied to them at controlled or reduced prices, month by month, since January last ?
(c) Who are charged in Bengal with the duty of furnishing supplies for the benefit of these employees and what is the approximate extent of the stocks that they had to maintain from time to time to enable them to discharge their obligation, and through what agencies in Bengal have these stocks been acquired, and at what prices on an average, month by month ?
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. IV of 1943, 9th November 1943, p. 81.