1054 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
and they spend more money. There are others which are less enthusiastic and they spend less.
Mr. Deputy Speaker : The Hon. Minister has already said that the Government is considering the desirability of opening institutions and recognising them and having a central institution also for non-Hindi-speaking areas.
Shri R. K. Chaudhari: Has the amount set apart for distribution to non-Hindi States been distributed already and if so, what is the amount allotted to Assam ?
Dr. Ambedkar: I do not know that this has been done. I cannot give any information on the subject now.
Shri A. C. Guha: In view of the fact that the four institutions whose names the Hon. Minister has given as receiving subsidies are situated either in Allahabad or in Delhi, may we know what are their functions and what is the purpose behind the grant of subsidies to these institutions ?
Dr. Ambedkar: Because we want to spread Hindi and they have branches all over India.
Shri A. C. Guha: Have they branches all over India ?
Dr. Ambedkar : One can draw a legitimate inference that they have branches all over India. Otherwise they would not be given any subsidy.
Shri Shiv Charan Lal: What is the amount given to the Hindi Sahitya Sammelan during 1949-50 and 1950-51?
Dr. Ambedkar: I have not got the break-up figures.
Seth Govind Das: Why has the expenditure incurred on this account this year been less as compared to the year
1949-50 ?
Dr. Ambedkar: Because Hindi has spread very much.
Seth Govind Das : What is the difference between the amounts granted to the Hindi Sahitya Sammelan and the Jamia Milla rspectively ?
Dr. Ambedkar: As I said, on the basis of the figures which I have before me I am unable to make any such comparison. I have given totals.