L. A. DEBATES (CENTRAL) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 809
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*** Refusal of Facilities to All-India Womens** Conference for Studying the Condition of Women in Coal Mines
- Mrs. Renuka Ray : Will the Honourable the Labour Member please state:
(a) if it is a fact that the All-India Women’s Conference approached the Government for facilities to send an investigation Committee for an impartial studying of women in coal mines and that on the 3rd May, the Government of India informed the aforesaid organization that there was no objection against such investigation, and the time was not suitable at present; and
(b) if it is a fact that subsequently on a request from the All-India Women’s Conference on the 26th May, the Government of India again refused the facilities and informed them that Government would let them know when the time was suitable and that upto now the All-India Women’s Conference has not heard from the Government; what the causes are which led to this course of action ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) Yes.
(b) the reply to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. The reasons were explained in the Government of India’s letters to the President of the Conference.
Mr. K. C. Neogy : May I know the reasons which led the Government to pass the order referred to in part (b) ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : The time was not suitable.
Mr. N. M. Joshi : What does the Government mean by saying that the time was not suitable ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I think the word ‘suitable’ is a very simple word. Everybody can understand it. I do not think I can further simplify it.
Mrs. Renuka Ray : Is it a fact that the Government allowed the Regge and the Health Survey Committees to go and investigate during
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. V of 1944, 20th November 1944, pp.
1000-01.