854 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
immediate superiors who do not care to report to the authorities concerned ?
(f) Does the Honourable Member propose to make an enquiry and remedy the defects ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) 1942— Nil.,
1943— about 7,000, 1944—16,000.
(b) Yes. Every effort is being made to expedite the bringing about of such conditions as would enable Government to reimpose the ban on the underground employment of women in coal mines. In other mines, the ban already exists.
(c) No. So far as I am aware no children have been born underground in mines. No such reports have ever been received. The last part of the question does not arise.
(d) A proposal on these lines is under the consideration of Government.
(e) There are one Senior Labour Inspector and two Junior Labour Inspectors working under the Chief Inspector of Mines to administer the Mines Maternity Benefit Act, and every effort is made to see that the requirements of this Act are complied with.
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*** Scheme for Recruitment of Gorakhpur Labour for** Employment in Coal Mines
- Mr. K. C. Neogy : (a) Will the Honourable the Labour Member be pleased to explain in detail the scheme for the recruitment of Gorakhpur labour and its employment in the coal mines ?
(b) What is the total number of labourers so far recruited under this scheme ? What has been the total expenditure incurred therefor, and how much of it has been and is expected to be recovered from the collieries in which the labourers are employed or intended to be employed ?
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. I of 1945, 21st February 1945, p. 629.