1080 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
The Minister of Law (Dr. Ambedkar): (a) and ( b ) The scheme is under active consideration. It will be shortly placed for approval before the Standing Committee of Parliament for the Ministry of Health and the Standing Finance Committee.
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*DIRECTORATE OP HOUSING
259. Shri Kamath : Will the Minister of Health be pleased to state:
( a ) the date on which the Directorate of Housing was set up ;
( b ) the date on which it came to an end;
( c ) the nature and volume of work accomplished by the Directorate during this period; and
( d ) what were the qualifications of the Director of Housing ?
The Minister of Law (Dr. Ambedkar): ( a ) and ( b ) No separate Directorate of Housing as such was set up. A Directorate of Housing with a skeletion personal staff was appointed with effect from the 4th October, 1948. The Director of Housing relinquished charge of his office on the
1st July 1951.
( c ) The Director of Housing gave advice to the various Ministers of the Government of India, the State Governments and Local Bodies on questions relating to housing. Most of his time was however taken up with the construction and management of the Government Housing Factory.
( d ) The attention of the hon. Members is invited to the reply given to part ( c ) of his Starred Question No. 390 on the 7th December, 1949.
*P. D., Vol. 9, Part I, 17th September 1951, p. 1413.