816 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Mrs. Renuka Ray : I should like to know if the Labour Member does not consider that the rate of progress of the work per tub is much slower because women work as loaders and cannot work as cutters.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I am glad to have that information, but I am passing no opinion either on the reliability of the statement or the feasibility of the suggestion.
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*** Post of Labour Welfare Officer for** Government of India Presses
- Maulvi Muhammad Abdul Ghani : Will the Honourable the Labour Member be pleased to state :
(a) whether the post of Labour Welfare Officer for the Government of India presses was advertised; if so, when and how;
(b) whether any selection has been made;
(c) whether it is a fact that the post was reserved for a Muslim;
(d) the number of persons who have been appointed as Assistant Labour Welfare Officers during the last two years; and
(e) what their academic qualifications are and how many of them are Muslims ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) One posts of Labour Welfare Officer for the Government of India Presses has been sanctioned and it was advertised by the Federal Public Service Commission in the approved newspapers in June last. Applications were due to reach the office of the Commission by the 10th July;
(b) and (c) Yes.
(d) One lady Assistant Welfare Adviser was appointed directly under Labour Department.
(e) She is M.A., M. Litt., and is a Hindu.
Prof. N. G. Ranga: Are these officers appointed for the Central Government Presses or also for the Provincial Government Presses ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : For the Central Government Presses.
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. V of 1944, 20th November 1944, pp.
1005-06.