964 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
(b) the probable date by which the report of the Mica Enquiry Committee is to be printed and published; and
(c) the length of time to be taken by Government in considering the desirability of altogether removing or at least modifying the ban on the sale of Crude and Bima Mica under the Mica Control Order ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: (a) The Government of India wish to improve the working conditions in the industry and to organise it on sound commercial lines so that Indian mica gets a fair price in the market.
(b) The report is under print and will be published as soon as printed copies are available.
(c) It is not possible to fix any date by which Government will take decisions on the recommendations of the Mica Enquiry Committee. Every endeavour will be made to do it as quickly as possible.
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*** Unemployment Due to** Mica Control Order
- Babu Ram Narayan Singh : (a) Will the Honourable the Labour Member please state whether Government are aware that several lakhs of people in the Hazaribagh District have been thrown out of employment as a result of the introduction of the Mica Control Order ?
(b) Are Government aware that several lakhs of people of the Hazaribagh District have Mica Business as their only means of livelihood ? If so, do Government propose to regulate the Mica business and the Mica Trade so as to safeguard their interests ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: (a) The Government of India have no information that the introduction of the Mica Control Order has resulted the unemployment of several lakhs of people in the Hazaribagh District.
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. I of 1946, 25th February 1946, p. 1447.