L. A. DEBATES (CENTRAL) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 831
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : It is received by the Secretary of the Federation.
Mr. Jamnadas M. Mehta : No money has been received by the Federation from the Government. The Name of the Federation has been used behind the back, over the head and without the knowledge of either its Executive Committee or its President. The Government have been cheated. It is without the knowledge of the Federation.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : It is not my information.
Mr. Jamnadas M. Mehta : Government have been cheated.
Mr. Lalchand Navalrai : Will the Government take any action now that the Honourable Member has been told that Government has been cheated ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Government does not believe that it has been cheated.
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*** Re-Imposition of Ban on Women Working** Underground in Mines
- Mr. T. S. Avinashilingam Chettiar : Will the Honourable the Labour Member please state :
(a) whether the matter of continuing to allow women inside the mines has been reviewed ;
(b) how many women are now working under mines ; and
(c) in view of the fact that women working underneath cannot even decently clothe themselves, whether he will consider the advisability of abolishing the practice altogether ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) The question of re-imposing the ban on the underground employment of women in coal mines, to which the Honourable Member presumably refers, has been reviewed.
(b) The figure varies but at present about 15,000 to 16,000 women are employed underground in coal mines.
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. I of 1945, 9th February 1945, p. 104.