L. A. DEBATES (CENTRAL) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 697
than two months’ wages as war bonus can be treated as expenditure on which the company will have to pay no tax ; if so, what their decision is; and
(c) if he is aware of the decision of the Working Committee of the Central Provinces and Berar Textile Workers’ Federation to go on strike from the 15th November, 1943, if the mill-owners in the Province will not pay this additional or second instalment of the war bonus by the 14th November 1943 ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) No.
(b) No. The general question of limitation of bonuses admissible as revenue expenditure is under consideration and it will not be expedient to give further details at the present stage.
(c) Yes.
Mr. Govind V. Deshmukh : May I know the reasons why it would not be possible to arrive at a conclusion at an earlier date and give details ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : We are doing our best to arrive at a conclusion as early as possible.
Mr. Govind V. Deshmukh : What time it will take, because the withdrawal of the strike has been made under my instructions that the Government of India will decide this question and the strike had better be postponed ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I am unable to give any detail.
Mr. N. M. Joshi : May I ask whether the Government of India is aware that there is very great discontent among the textile workers of Central Provinces on account of the fact that the Government of India have not decided this question early ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I have no information on the point.
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- Students Admitted to Dhanbad School of Mines
- Maulvi Muhammad Abdul Ghani : Will the Honourable the Labour Member please state :
(a) the number of students admitted to the Dhanbad School of Mines, and the number of Muslims therein during
1941, 1942 and 943 ;
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. IV of 1943, 17th November 1943, p. 416.