1052 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Dr. Ambedkar: I require notice.
Dr. Deshmukh: Has any attempt been made to find out the population of these backward classes State-wise ?
Dr. Ambedkar: At the moment, the question of population is quite unimportant.
Dr. Deshmukh : May I know if it is not a fact that the number of backward classes included in the Schedule of each State varies very considerably and that so far as Part C States are concerned the number of classes included are very fes ?
Dr. Ambedkar: That is quite possible, because a community which may be backward in one area may not be backward in another area.
Dr. Deshmukh: Is it not a fact that Part C States are more backward than the rest of India ?
Dr. Ambedkar: That is probably an aspersion which they would not like.
Thakur Krishna Sinh : Is it not a fact that the revised list was prepared before the Unions were formed and before the States were merged into the Provinces ?
Dr. Ambedkar: That may be so, but how does it affect the issue ? These lists are not hard and fast. They are revised every time.
Shri Deshbandhu Gupta: Is it not a fact that before these scholarships are awarded the amounts are allocated to different States on population basis and the distribution of the scholarships is also done through the States ?
Dr. Ambedkar: So far as I understand, that is not the case.
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*GRANTS FOR PROMOTING NATIONAL LANGUAGE
323. Shri Kesava Rao : (a) Will the Minister of Education be pleased to state the amount of money spent during 1949 50 and 1950-51 towards promoting the national language?
*P. D., Vol. 9, Part I, 18th August 1951, p. 323.