L. A. DEBATES (CENTRAL) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 961
“The Government would be, therefore, well advised to consider if until the law of supply and demand has reasserted itself, residential use is possible of the temporary structures put up during the war”?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) Yes. These measures have been fully explained in the British Ministry of Information pamphlet No. R. 520, a copy of which will be found in the Library of the House.
(b) The suggestion made by the Statesman of the 23rd January, 1946, was in respect of the temporary buildings constructed in Calcutta and I take it that the Honourable Member wants to know the policy of Government in respect of those buildings. I am concerned only with the buildings constructed for Central Government Civil Offices which will no doubt be retained for use until they have become surplus to our requirements.
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*** Working Hours of Factory Workers in India**
- Mr. Vadilal Lallubhai: Will the Honourable the Labour Member kindly state :
(a) the actual daily working hours of factory workers in India according to different industries including collieries and plantations ;
(b) the total number of factories coming under the purview of the Indian factories Act, 1934;
(c) how many of them are working one shift, how many of them two shifts and how many of them three shifts; and
(d) the working hours in each shift ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) Two satements showing the daily working hours in industries and plantations are placed on the table of the House. No detailed information about the actual working hours in collieries is available.
(b) Total number of factories under the Factories Act was
14,922 in 1944, the last year for which figures are available.
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. I of 1946, 25th February 1946, p. 1428.