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985 L. A. DEBATES (CENTRAL) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 401 * Release of Personnel from Government Departments 769. Mr. Manu Subedar : (a) Will the Honourable the Labour Member please state the total number of men, temporary and permanent, who are to be released in 1946 from (i) the War Department, including Army, Navy and Air Force (ii) Railways, and (iii) other Departments of Government ? (b) Is it a fact that some of them have put in exemplary service and are being now released ? (c) What steps are Government taking for getting them reabsorbed in other Departments ? (d) What special works do Government propose to set up for getting these men re-absorbed ? (e) Is it a fact that, simultaneously while Indians from various services are being thrown out of work, Britishers are being recruited for other services ? (f) Have Government considered the desirability of stopping such recruitment and taking Indians by giving them an opportunity to adapt themselves for other work for which fresh recruitment is started ? (g) 70 per cent of posts ordinarily filled by direct recruitment occuring in Central Government and in the various Provincial Governments, and what is the machinery devised by Government to make necessary arrangements ? The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) The information is not readily available. It is being collected and will be laid on the table in due course. (b) Yes. (c) Instructions have been issued requiring Departments to arrange for the registration at Employment Exchange of discharged personnel and directing them to fill vacancies as far as possible through Employment Exchanges. (d) Central and Provincial Governments are embarking on schemes selected out of the five-year plans with the special object of * Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. III of 1946, 6th March 1946, p. 1972.

986 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES counteracting any tendency to deflation and unemployment. These include productive schemes and schemes of economic importance which may not be self-financing, e.g. minor irrigation, roads, anti-errosion, agricultural measures, forests, etc. The two categories will provide inter alia considerable scope for building works, training and research, resettlement of ex-servicemen. Some other schemes, outside the five-year plan, e.g. public health schemes, especially anti-malarial measures, water supply and drainage schemes, which will provide a considerable volume of employment, are also being taken up. (e) No, except in those cases where specialists are required for particular appointments or the number is small and is required in the public interest. (f) Does not arise. (g) 70 per cent of posts ordinarily filled by direct recruitment occuring between the 20th June 1942 and 31st December 1945, have been reserved for ‘war service’ candidates. Information regarding proportion of vacancies reserved by various Provincial Governments is not readily available. Applications for war reserved Vacancies in the superior services have been invited from candidates and the last date of the receipt of applications was 15th February 1946 in respect of vacancies in non-technical services and 1st April 1946 in respect of vacancies in technical services. Candidates for technical services will be interviewed by the Federal Public Service Commission who will make a final selection. Candidates for the non-technical services will be first tested by Selection Boards of the type used by the War Department for recruiting officers for Commissions and subsequently interviewed by the F.P.S.C. who will make a final selection. In respect of vacancies in the Subordinate and Inferior Service arrangements have been made to receive applications from ex-servicemen after they are demobilised. . 402 * Conditions of Service of Staff in Viceregal Estates Division 70. Sardar Mangal Singh : Will the Honourable the Labour Member please state the detailed conditions of service, i.e., scale of * Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. III of 1946, 6th March 1946, p. 1974.

987 L. A. DEBATES (CENTRAL) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS pay, other free concessions granted and the place of duty, etc., under which the clerical and subordinate staff used to be employed in the Viceregal Estates Division at Simla or Delhi prior to the 14th July 1946 ? The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : A statement is laid on the table. ( See p. 988). 403 * Application of Hours of Employment Regulations to Jodhpur Railway 71. Seth Sukhdev : Will the Honourable the Labour Member be pleased to state : (a) whether the Hours of Employment Regulations apply to the Jodhpur Railway portion running through die British India, (b) if the reply to (a) above be in the affirmative, why no reference to it is made in the Conciliation Officer and Supervisor of Railway Labour’s report for three years 1941-44, published in the issue of the Indian Labour Gazette for December 1945, and (c) whether the Honourable Member will please lay on the table of the House a statement showing the following information for the British portion of the Jodhpur Railway, separately, for three years, 1941-44 — (i) the number of staff employed, (ii) the number of staff affected by the regulations, (iii) the number of staff classed as continuous workers, (iv) the number of staff classed as ‘essentially intermittent workers’, (v) the number of staff excluded, (vi) the percentage of staff enjoying calendar day’s rest, (vii) the number of inspections held, (viii) the number of cases in which the classification was challenged by the Labour Inspectorate, (ix) the number of doubtful cases which were referred to the Labour Department of the Government of India for decision, and * Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. III of 1946, 6th March 1946, p. 1976.

988 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES STATEMENT (See S. No. 403, reply by Dr. Ambedkar to Q. No. 70) Sr. No. Name Designation Scale of Pay Pay at the time of transfers from the viceregal Estates Nature of free Concessions enjoyed Place of duty 1 Mr. Hussain Ali Sanitary Overseer Rs. 80—7—255 Rs. 241 Rent-free accommodation and exemption from payment of taxes, water rates and lighting charges. New Delhi 2 Mr. Shiv Saran Das Building Supervisor 200-10-400 340 ” ” 3 Mr. B. G. Mathur „ ” 290 ” Simla 4 Mr. B. C. Banerjee ” ” 200 ” Calcutta 5 Mr. Mohan Lai Draftsman 60-5-150 130 ” New Delhi 6 Mr. Madho Narain Sub-Overseer 75–4–95–5–150 135 ” Simla 7 Mr. P. N. Chatterjee Electrical Supervisor 200-10-400 400 ” ” 1. Retired 2. Since Died 3. Retired 4–7. No more in the Viceregal Estate Division.

989 L. A. DEBATES (CENTRAL) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (x) the number of employees discovered working beyond rostered hours (i) habitually and (ii) occasionally ? The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) The answer is in the negative. (b) Does not arise. (c) Information is not readily available. 404 * Statutory Rules re Inspections of Railway Contractors’ Labour 72. Seth Sukhdev : Will the Honourable the Labour Member be pleased to state : (a) whether his attention has been drawn to a remark in the report of the Conciliation Officer (Railways) and Supervisor of Railway Labour, for the years 1941-44, published in the Indian Labour Gazette for November, 1945 to the effect that the Labour Inspectorate appointed under the Payment of Wages Act, was handicapped in the inspection of Railway Contractor’s Labour Establishments in the absence of statutory rules requiring contractors to maintain registers of wages, fines and deductions, and (b) whether it is proposed to amend the statutory rules, if so, when, if not, why not ? The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) The answer is in the affirmative. (b) The matter is under consideration. 405 @ Factories (Amendment) Bill Presentation of the Report of the Select Committee The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar (Labour Member) : Sir, I present the Report of the Select Committee on the Bill further to amend the Factories Act, 1934. * Legislative Assembly Debates (Central). Vol. III of 1946, 6th March 1946, p. 1998. @ Ibid., p. 1999.