888 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
B. A. Examination, if he obtained 15 per cent of the total marks shall be deemed to have passed that examination; and suppose the Bihar University says that a candidate who has obtained 20 per cent of marks shall be deemed to have passed the B.A. Degree examination; and some other university fixes some other standard, then it would be quite a chaotic condition, and the expression that is usually used, that the candidate should be a graduate, I think, would be meaningless. Similarly, there are certain research insti tutes, on the results of which so many activities of the Central and Provincial Governments depend. Obviously you cannot permit the results of these technical and scientific institutes to deteriorate from the normal standard and yet allow them to be recognised either for the central purposes, for all-India purposes or the purposes of the State.
Consequently, apart from the question of financial aid, it is absolutely essential, both in the interest of the centre as well as in the interests of the Provinces that the standards ought to be maintained on an allIndia basis. That is the purpose of this entry and in my judgment it is a very important and salutary provision, in view of the fact that there are many provinces who are in a hurry to establish research institutes or establish universities or lightly to lower their standards in order to give the impression to the world at large that they are producing much better results than they did before.
Dr. P. S. Deshmukh : Is it the government’s intention to fix the percentages and marks for passes ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : They may do so. It is up to government to maintain the standard by any means which they think proper. I can not say what a government may do.
[Amendment moved by Shri B. K. Das were withdrawn. Dr. Ambedkar’s motion was adopted, Entry 57-A was added to the union List.]
ENTRY 58
*The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I move :
“That for entry 58 of List I, the following entry be substituted : —
‘58. Union Public Services. All-India Services : Union Public Service Com mission.’ ”
†The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : With regard to the amendment of my Friend Dr. Punjabrao Deshmukh requiring the deletion of AllIndia services, it is not possible to accept that for the simple reason that
*CAD, Vol. IX, 31st August 1949. p. 797.
† Ibid., pp. 798-799.