714 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
(c) the despatches of coal, including the colliery consumption, from collieries in British India and in the States during the years 1941, 1942 and 1943 ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) The output of coal in British India and the States during 1941 and 1942 was :
1941 1942
British India ... 26,088,600 25,949,800
States ... 3,260,400 3,385,100
(b) Stocks of coal in British India on the 31st December
1941, were 2,767,500 tons. Stocks on 31st December 1942, were estimated by the C.I.M. to have been 2,521,600 tons. The figures reported by collieries were found to be greatly exaggerated when they were checked by the C.I.M. Stock figures of States are not available.
(c) The despatches of coal including the colliery consumption from collieries in British India during the years 1941 and 1942 were 24,257,700 tons and 22,695,800 tons respectively. The despatches of coal excluding colliery consumption from collieries in the States during 1941 and 1942 were 3,243,200 tons and
3,370,500 tons, respectively. Figures of colliery consumption in the States are not available.
It is not in the public interest to disclose figures for 1943 at present.
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*** Coal Position**
- Mr. K. C. Neogy : (a) Will the Honourable the Labour Member please state to what extent the present output of coal is below the requirements of the country ?
(b) Is it a fact that recently the Department of the Chief Inspector of Mines measured the stocks of the different collieries as reported to him by the respective collieries, and found a large shortage ? If so, what was the quantity of shortage, and how was it explained ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) It is not in the public interest to disclose to what extent the present output of coal is below the requirements of the country.
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. I, 7th February 1944, p. 38.