862 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
(ii) and (iii). Of the 31 schemes mentioned in reply to part (a), 14 are being dealt with by Provincial Governments, 13 by Indian States and 4 by private concerns.
(c) Approximately 6,70,000.
(d) 28 schemes requiring plant before the end of 1947 have so far been approved by the authorities concerned.
(e) Seven.
(f) Between the end of 1946 and 1949.
(g) The Mohammadpur Hydro Electric Schemes of the U. P. Government will probably be the first to start functioning out of postwar schemes.
Mr. Manu Subedar : Is it a fact that the Government of India are unduly strict with regard to hydro-electric projects which arc submitted to them from the Provinces and from the States ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I do not suppose there is any ground for believing that they are more strict than the necessities of the case require.
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† 541. Mr. Manu Subedar : (a) Will the Honourable the Labour Member state why a copy of the report produced by the Electrical Commissioner with the Government of India has not been placed in the library of the House ?
(b) Has the Policy Committee, in connection with power, reported ?
(c) If so, will a copy of their report be made available to the Members of the Legislature ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) Presumably the Honourable Member refers to the proceedings of the Technical Power Conference of which the Electrical Commissioner was the Chairman. The report is under print and a copy will be placed in the Library of the House as soon as the printed copies become available.
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. II of 1945, 28th February 1945, p. 804.
† Answer to this question laid on the table, the questioner being absent.