L. A. DEBATES (CENTRAL) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 931
(b) The question does not arise.
(c) According to the annual returns received for the period ending 31st March 1943, the number is twenty. Later information is not available.
(d) Applications have been received by the Examiner of Capital Issues, and permission has been given in some cases. It is not the practice of the Department concerned to disclose the names of the firms with which they have been dealing.
(e) Government are alive to the necessity for putting the Indian Mica industry on a sound footing and they intend to take all possible steps to safeguard the interests of the Indian mica producer.
Mr. Manu Subedar: May I know why Government have not attempted to bring the small mica producers together into a combine under their supervision and guidance and why they are making the way open for foreign interests ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : We do not propose to take any step until we receive the report of the Committee we have appointed.
Mr. Manu Subedar: Will Government permit the small Indian interests to be bought out by these foreign interests ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I do not wish to prejudge the issue.
Prof. N. G. Ranga : Meanwhile what is to happen to this industry ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : There is no need to fear very much on that account.
Mr. Manu Subedar : Will Government give an assurance to the House ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : As soon as the report is received we shall take all the necessary measures.
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*** Bad Condition of Timarpur Quarters, Delhi**
- Mr. Badri Dutt Pande : (a) Will the Honourable the Labour Member please state whether Government quarters in Timarpur were built temporarily ?
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. IV of 1945, 9th April 1945, p. 2630.