846 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
(b) For what class of persons are these bureaus intended to serve ?
(c) Till now, for how many persons have they found employment ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) Employment Exchanges have been established at ten centres in India, viz., Bombay, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Madras, Calcutta, Dhanbad, Cawnpore, Delhi, Lahore and Karachi.
(b) for the present, the Employment Exchanges are intended to serve technical personnel as defined under the National Service (Technical,) Personnel Ordinance, 1940 who are in receipt of wages of not less than Rs. 1-8-0 per day in the cities of Bombay and Calcutta and Re. 1 per day in other places.
(c) Upto 31st December, 1944 the Exchanges had found employment for 5,909 workmen.
I may add that it was only in December, 1943 that it was decided to set up these exchanges and considerable difficulty was experienced in securing competent staff and suitable accommodation.
Mr. T. S. Avinashilingam Chettiar : May I know whether Government propose to extend the work of these Labour Exchanges to other categories of labour ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Yes, Sir.
Mr. T. S. Avinashilingam Chettiar : What are these other categories of labour which extension is proposed ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : We have come to no decision as yet.
Mr. Abdul Qaiyum : May I know for what percentage of the total applicants jobs were found ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : The total number of workmen that were registered as wanting jobs was 14,697 out of whom employment was found for 5,909 men.
Shrimati Radha Bai Subbarayan : Do these figures include women also?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : My figures do not make any distinction between male and female.