886 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Mr. President, I have compared the amendments moved by my honourable Friend Mr. Kamath with the entry as proposed by me. I think except for one matter, it will be quite open to Central Government to carry out the purpose which my honourable Friend Mr. Kamath has in mind. The only thing which the Central Government will not be able to effectuate under entry 57 is spiritual research. I do not think that this House, knowing full well the various problems with which the Central Government has to carry on these days, would like to burden it with any such agency as spiritual research. The rest of the objects of the amendment will be covered by entry 57.
Shri H. V. Kamath : How do you say that the administrative service officers are covered by the entry as proposed ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I think so, because the training is not only for police officers. The language used is “research, for professional, vocational or technical training”. Anything can be brought in under the above.
Mr. President : I will now put the entry as moved by Dr. Ambedkar in the amended form. The question is :
“That for entry 57 of List I, the following entry be substituted :
‘57. Union agencies and Union institutes for the following purposes, that is to say, for research, for professional, vocational or technical training, 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 amendment was adopted.)
(Entry 57, as amended, was added to the Union List.)
ENTRY 57(A)—( contd. )
*The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I move :
“That after entry 57 of List I, the following new entry be inserted :—
“57A. Co-ordination and maintenance of standards in institutions for higher education scientific and technical institutions and institutions for research’.”
This entry is merely complementary to the earlier entry, No. 57. In dealing with institutions maintained by the provinces, entry 57-A proposes to give power to the Centre to the limited extent of co-ordinating the research institutions and of maintaining the standards in those institutions to prevent their being lowered.
Sir, I also move :
“That in amendment No. 28 of List I (Sixth Week), in the proposed new entry
57A of List I, for the word ‘maintenance’ the word ‘determination’ be substituted.”
*CAD, Vol. IX, 31st August 1949, p. 788.