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(c) if this Committee is empowered to authorise departures from the above rule in suitable cases; and
(f) in how many cases this Committee has relaxed the rule in respect of women Government servants ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) Yes.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) (i) Lt. General T. J. Hutton, C.B., M.C.
(ii) The Honourable Mr. H. C. Prior, C.S.I., C.I.E., I.C.S.
(iii) The Honourable Mr. E. Conran-Smith, C.S.I., CLE., I.C.S.
(iv) Mr. G. Mackworth-Young, C.I.E., I.C.S.
(e) No, the Committee can only make recommendations to His Excellency the Governor-General.
(f) In view of the answer to (e) above, this does not arise.
Sir F. E. James : My Honourable friend is doubtless aware of the hardship which the rigid application of this rule inflicts upon a number of perfectly good, hard-working and deserving women in Government service ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I am aware of that.
Mr. N. M. Joshi : May I ask if the Government of India propose to introduce rationing of accommodation in view of the difficulty felt by several people ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I can give no answer at this stage.
Pandit Lakshmi Kanta Maitra : May I ask when was this Accommodation Advisory Committee appointed and who appointed it ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I have no information available at this stage.
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Introduction of Women Labour in Coal Mines
- Mr. Lalchand Navalrai : (a) Will the Honourable the Labour Member be pleased to state whether it is a fact that the Honourable Member has re-introduced women labour in coal mines ?
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. I of 1944, 16th February 1944, pp.
285-86.