794 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) I would refer the Honourable Member to my reply to part (d) of question No. 31 put by Mr. Lalchand Navalrai.
(b) Yes.
(c) As already stated in reply to an earlier question, Government is satisfied that it has received adequate value for the money spent. The monthly grant is spent on the publication of printed literature, oral propaganda, visual publicity and the dissemination of reassuring news.
(d) and (e) This expenditure like all other expenditure is subject to Government audit and any comments made will appear in the Audit Report.
(f) No.
(g) Yes, it is the intention to continue for the present the grant made to the Federation.
(h) They are not grants-in-aid but represent payment for certain work carried out by the Association at Government’s request.
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*** Paucity of Muslims in the Eastern Zone of** Central Works Department
154. Khan Bahadur Shaikh FazI-i-Haq Piracha : (a) Will the Honourable the Labour Member be pleased to state if it is a fact that the Central Public Works Department has been bifurcated into Eastern and Western Zones ?
(b) Is it a fact that there is under recruitment of Muslims in all grades of service in the Eastern Zone ? If so, have Government taken any steps to redress this grievance ? If so, what ? If not, why not ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) Yes.
(b) In the case of Subordinates, there was an under recruitment of Muslims in the Eastern Zone and over recruitment of Muslims in the Western Zone, if these Zones are considered separate units. But there is no deficiency in the recruitment of Muslims in the Central Public Works Department considered as a whole.
In the case of Temporary Engineers there was over recruitment of Muslims in the Western Zone, and under recruitment in the Eastern Zone due lo the fact that suitable Muslim candidates were not available
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. IV of 1944, 7lh November 1944, p. 339.