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by the Centre, but it does not follow from that that the provinces are going to take any more interest in geology than the Centre has taken hitherto.
First of all, this is a matter of very great magnitude involving a great deal of expense and I do not think that the provinces will be able to find the resources to develop the minerals which are to be found within their area. From that point of view I think there will be no advantage in transferring geology to the Concurrent List so as to give the provinces an opportunity to legislate about it.
The second difficulty I find in accepting his amendment is that we have in the Union List an entry stating that the mineral resources of India may be developed by the Centre. If Parliament were to make a law that the mineral development of the country shall be a central subject obviously there would be very great difficulty created in the way of Parliament executing that law or developing the mineral resources, if the provinces retained with themselves concurrent power of legislation. Therefore, my request to Mr. Sidhva is to allow the entry to remain as it is.
Mr. President : Then I put the amendments to vote. The first amendment moved by Mr. Kamath .....
Shri H. V. Kamath : As Dr. Ambedkar assures me that the word “anthropological” includes the word “ethnological”, I accept his superior wisdom and won’t press the amendment.
(The amendment was, by leave of the Assembly, withdrawn.)
Mr. President : Then Mr. Sidhva’s amendment..
Shri R. K. Sidhva : In view of the assurance given, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.
(The amendment was by leave of the Assembly, withdrawn.)
(The amendment of Dr. Ambedkar was adopted.)
[Entry 41, as amended, was added to the Union List.]
ENTRY 43
*Mr. President: Now we take up entry 43. Dr. Ambedkar has to move an amendment.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I move :
“That for entry 43 of List I. the following entry be substituted :
‘43. Acquisition or requisitioning of property for the purposes of the Union.’ ”
Members will see that the original entry as it stood had other words along with it, namely, the principles of compensation etc. Those words, it is proposed to put in a separate entry in the Concurrent List. So it is
*CAD, Vol. IX, 30th August 1949. pp. 771-772.