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Mr. President : I shall now put Dr. Ambedkar’s amendment to vote.
(The amendment was adopted.)
ENTRY 56
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I move :
“That for entry 56 of List I the following entry be substituted :—
‘56. Inquiries, surveys and statistics for the purpose of any of the matters in this List
There is hardly any difference. We have merely made it “for the purpose of any of the matters in this List”.
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad (West Bengal : Muslim) : Though my amendment No. 167 will improve the text, I do not want to move it.
(Amendment No. 254 was not moved.)
Shri Phool Singh (United Provinces: General) : Mr. President, Sir, the amendment suggested by Dr. Ambedkar will limit the scope of this entry...,With these few words 1 request Dr. Ambedkar to reconsider the situation.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I think the fear expressed by my friend is somewhat groundless and arises from the fact that he has not adverted to the fact that all other inquiries and so on relating to the States, and other matters, are now put in the Concurrent List. So there is no absence of any such purpose that he wants.
(Entry 56, as amended, was added to the Union List.)
ENTRY 51
† The Honourable Dr. B.R. Ambedkar : Sir, I move :
“That for entry 57 of List I, the following be substituted :
‘57. Union agencies and Union institutes for the following purposes, that is to say, for research, for professional, vocational or technical trining, for scientific or technical assistance in the investigation or detection of crime, for the training of police officers, or for the promotion of special studies’.”
The entry is somewhat enlarged by the introduction of the words “vocational training” and “investigation or detection or crime, for the training of police officers” and so on.
‡ Mr. President : There is an amendment to this entry 57, standing in the name of Mr. Karimuddin (No. 3544). As it is not being moved. Dr. Ambedkar may reply.
*CAD, Vol. IX, 31st August 1949, pp. 784-785.
† Ibid., p. 785.
‡ Ibid., pp. 787-788