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*DEMAND NO. 13—MINISTRY OF LAW
Mr. Deputy Speaker : Motion is :
“That a supplementry sum not exceeding Rs. 15,93,000 be granted to the President to defray the charges which will come in course of payment during the year ending the 31st day of March 1951, in respect of ‘ Ministry of Law’.”
Shri Kamath : About this Supplementary Demand, in the last Session in the middle of the discussion of this, Parliament rose and Dr. Ambedkar had to reply to this particular demand placed before the House at that time. The footnote says that the excess is due to the post-budget creation of a Central Agency in the Ministry of Law for the conduct of cases in the Supreme Court on behalf of the Central and State Governments, The expenditure is to be shared between the Government of India and the Governments of the participating States. Dr. Ambedkar will recollect that he had to answer this particular point raised at that time, but Parliament rose for the day and the demand was not subsequently before the House. I would be grateful if Dr. Ambedkar can throw some light on this agency created after the Budget was passed, particularly with reference to the recoveries from other Governments. How many State Governments are contributing to this agency and in what proportion, and what exactly is the work to be transacted by this Central Agency that has been created?
The Minister of Law (Dr. Ambedkar) : Mr. Deputy Chairman, I believe—in fact I am certain—that there were two questions put to me during the course of this Session one by Mr. Raj Bahadur and another by Mr. Kazmi and I have given the fullest information on this point in reply
*P. D., Vol. 7, I, Part II, 21st December 1950, pp. 3178-79.