PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1055
Seth Govind Das: Has the Government any information regarding the activities of those institutions and organisations which are being given the grants for the propogation of Hindi: and do the Government receive any yearly, half yearly or quarterly reports in this connection ?
Dr. Ambedkar: I think my hon. friend may legitimately presume that Government must be informed on this subject before making this contribution.
Shri Kesava Rao: May I know if any non-Hindi States have asked for a grant to promote Hindi in their States ?
Dr. Ambedkar: I suppose every Government is in the habit of asking for grants.
Mr. Deputy Speaker: The Hon. Minister is giving answers which can be inferred by the Hon. Members themselves. He is obviously not in a position to give detailed answers. Members may reserve their questions for the Hon. Minister in charge when he comes here. It is no use putting hypothetical questions and getting hypothetical answers.
Seth Govind Das : I am not asking for details, but I am asking on a question of principle. Has the Government prepared any definite plan for the propagation of Hindi or is any such plan in the course of preparation, or is there no such plan at all ?
Dr. Ambedkar : I should like to leave this question to be answered by the Hon. Minister of Education.
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*MODE OF VOTING AT GENERAL ELECTIONS
455. Shri Alexander: Will the Minister of Law be pleased to state :
(a) whether Government have decided upon the mode of voting in the next General Elections; and
( b ) if so, what it is and what steps are taken to educate the common people on the same ?
- P. D., Vol. 9, Part I, 22nd August 1951, p. 553.