1058 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
considered by the Election Commission in consultation with the Punjab Government. An announcement will be made as soon as a decision is reached.
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*MANUFACTURE OF BALLOT BOXES
84. Shri A. B. Gurung: Will the Minister of Law be pleased to refer to starred question No. 2084 for 10th March 1951 and state the names of firms, with whom the Government of India have placed orders for preparing ballot boxes for the ensuing general elections in Part C States ?
The Minister of Law (Dr. Ambedkar): The Chief Commissioners of all Part C States (except Manipur and Tripura) have placed orders for ballot boxes with Messrs Godrej and Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd., Bombay, and the Chief Commissioners of Manipur and Tripura have placed orders with Messrs. Bungo Steel Furniture Ltd., Calcutta. The orders have been placed with the approval both of the Government of India and of the Election Commission.
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**HINDI TRANSLATION OF ACTS
530. Shri Raj Kanwar: Will the Minister of Law be pleased to state whether all the Acts passed since 15th August 1947 have been translated into Hindi ?
The Minister of Law (Dr. Ambedkar): No Sir. But out of 274 Central Acts passed between the 15th August 1947 and the end of the Third Session of Parliament last June,
113 have been translated into Hindi.
Shri Raj Kanwar: When are the remaining Acts going to be translated into Hindi ?
Dr. Ambedkar: I am quite unable to commit myself.
*P. D., Vol. 9, Part I, 22nd August 1951, p. 562.
** Ibid., 27th August 1951, p. 659.