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Thursday 18th February, 1954 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES HOUSE OF THE PEOPLE OFFICIAL JREPORT <Part I l—Proceedings other than Questions and Answers) (Part I- Questions and Answers ) VOLUME I91954 <x5th February, 1954 to 5th March* 1954) Sixth Session 1954 PARLIAMENT SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI :^ 9L8D O K a tta a e% DO- •• :'2Cn 3 R C v:. N x . the [>'v . ...A67'3-v 2.0/^ , PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES (Part I—Questions and Answers) OFFICIAL REPORT ^ 97 98 HOUSE OF THE PEOPLE Shri K. D. Malaviya: Yes. Under the agreement, after the completion Thursday, 18flt February, 1954 of the survey and all the necessary computations, the records relating to the survey including maps and aerial The Il^mse met at Tivo of the Clock photographs will be handed over to the Government. [M r . S peak er in the Chair ] Shri Meirhnad Saha: May I know ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS if any Indian technicians have been attached to this survey party? O il S urvey o f A ssam V a l l e y Shri K. D. Malaviya: Yes, under the agreement the representatives of ♦88, Shri Amjad Ali: Will the Min- the Indian Government had also to istcr of Natural Resources and Scien accompany the party. tific Rcsearcli be pleased to state: Shri Amjad Ali: Will it be possible (a) whether it is a 'fact that an for Government to state what data Aircraft (Percival Prince) has recent they have collected as a result of ly been added to the three helicopters their surveys up till now? in Assam for the three-way Geo physical Survey for petroleum pro Shri K. D. Malaviya: The results spects in the Assam Valley; and of the survey are still being investi gated by the company. (b) if so, whether it was done with the permission of Government? Shri Sarangadhar Das: May I know if any oil geologists have been attach The Deputy Minister of Natural ed to thTe party? That was the ques Resources and Scientific Research tion when ,a previous hon. Member <Shri K. D. Malaviya): (a) and (b). referred to oil technicians. The re Yes, Sir. ference was not to government offi Shri AmJad Ali: May I know cials. under what conditions this Percival Shri K. D. Malaviya: Technical Prince Aircraft has been added to the officers have been associated. I can existing three helicopters for oil pros not say precisely whether he was an pecting in Assam? oil geologist. Shri K. D. Malaviya: Under the O p iu m agreement, the Assam Oil Company •89. Shri M. L. Dwivedi: (a) Will had the option of importing a num the Minister of Finance be pleased to ber of aeroplanes for aeronautical state the quantity and cost of contra surveys, and that is why they got band opium seized by Customs Au one more, thorities since January 1953? Shri Amjad All: Are they going to (b) What is the number of persons give the results of their findings to arrested during this period and how the Government? have they been dealt with? 697 PSD. 99 Oral Answers 18 FEBRUARY 1954 Oral Answers ICO The D e p u ty Minister of Finance cultivated; then inter-Statb smuggl (Shri A. C. Guha): (a) 105 mds., 37 ing; and lastly, international smuggl seers and 78 tolas of opium worth ing. Proper measures are taken to about Rs. 2J lakhs were seized dur control smuggling at all these stages. ing the calendar year 1953. t N a t io n a l I n c o m e (b) A statement giving the requir ed infdflRation in respect of the •90, Shri Bansal: WiU the Minister year 1953 is laid on the Table of the of Finance be pleased to refer to the House. [See Appendix I, annexure reply to starred question No. 1053 No. 19.] asked on the 17th December, 1953 and state: (a) whether the national income 3rr?T4T f f r fsr^T ^ ?ft»r unit have since computed the national Ir ^ iTT«rft5> income for the year subsequent to 1948-49; fSTT ? (b) if so, for how many years; and Shrl A. C. Guha: The opium has (c) the per capita national income been confiscated. for each of these years? Tjflfo ^ ^ o fir^d ; fsr^T The Minister of Finance (Shri^C, n »rq- fff, ^ D. Deshmulch): (a) Yes, Sir. ^<TJP7 5ft»rf ? (b) for 1949-50 and 1950-51. (c) Rs. 246-9 for 1948-49 (revised Shri A. C. Guha: Any opium seized estimate) as contraband opium must have been confiscated. Rs. 263.9 for 1919-50. Rs. 265.2 for 1950-51. «r> (jno qno : # 3T? Shri Bansal: Why have the figures I T ^ t^i*i for 1948-49 been revised? f 3rft TT ^ % 3TH apr Shri C. D. Deshmukh: For techni ^ ^iT^T T?T f cal reasons. More up-to-date data were available. ftrJT ? Shri Bansal: Do these revised esti mates take into account the increase Shri A. C. Guha: There are certain in food production by 20 per cent, to regions where opium is cultivated 25 per cent, as was stated by the In some of these regions, I think hon. the Finance Minister in one of smuggling is more prevalent than in his statements? other regions, and Government are Shri C. D. Deshmukh: This report gradually curtailing the cultivation has not been prepared by Govern in those regions which are suspected ment. It is being submitted to Gov of indulging in smuggling. The policy ernment. If the hon. Member will of the Government is gradually to wait for a few days longer, he will eliminate the cultivation of opium in have the report in his hands and those areas. The usual procedure will be able to find out in detail the and methods followed for checking reasons why the estimate has been smuggling of other articles are also revised and the heads under which being followed here. And in the case it has been revised. of opium the measures taken by Gov ernment really are of three categories Shri Muniswamy: May I know firstly, in the regions where opium is whether there is any such committee loi Oral Answers 18 FEBRUARY 1954 Oral Answers 102 as th e National Income Committee, reduce the import. As for the coun and if so, who are its members? tries from which this long-staple cotton is being imported, I may men Shri C. D. Deshmukh: There is tion Pakistan, (Western) Kenya such a committee as the National In Colony, Tanganyika territory, Egyp come Committee and they have tian Sudan, Egypt, the United States signed this report on the 14th Febru of America, Peru and some other ary 1954. countries wherefrom small quantities Shri Mefirhnad Saha: May I know if are imported. these figures do not indicate that Shri Bahadur Singh: May I know there has been absolutely no improve whether any portion of the duty ment in the per capita income during charged has been refunded, and if the three 3rears of the Plan and there so, what are the reasons therefor? fore planning has been an absolutely hopeless failure? Shri A. C. Guha: I think the hon. Mr. Speaker; He is mixing up in Member may be aware that under the ferences with a question. recent Sea Customs Amendment Act Section 43 (b), refund is allowable Shri C. D. Deshmukh: The informa' to certain type of cotton manufactures tion I would like to give is that on that are made out of imported cotton the figures there has been an improve and are exported. But as yet no ment but it is probably true that refund has been applied for and there has been no improvement in given, because exporters are entitled the real income. to make their demands within six months after the export, and that C o t t o n I m p o r t period has not yet expired. There •91. Shri Bahadur Singh: Will the fore, we have not yet given any re Minister of Finance be pleased to fund. state : Shri B. S. Murthy: May I know fa) the quantity and value o^ foreign whether any attempts have been cotton imported into India during made to grow long-staple cotton in 1953-54 as far as figures therefor are India, and if so, what are the results available; and thereof? (b) the duty charged on this import ed cotton? Shri A. C. Guha: Every attempt is being made and some small quantity of The Deputy Minister of Finance long-staple cotton is being grown in (Shri A. C. Guha): (a) The quantity India. and value of foreign cotton imported into India from 1st April 1953 to 31st December 1953 are tons 88291 and M e d ic a l E x p u n d it u r e o n M in is t e r s Rs. 39,16,03.663 respectively. *92. Th. Lakshman Singh Charak: (b) The duty collected on this im Will the Minister of Horae Affairs ported cotton is Rs. 2,70,03,000. he pleased to state the expenditure Shri Bahadur Singh: May I know that has been incurred on medical whether this cotton was of some treatment in India and abroad of Ca special quality that could not be binet Ministers. Ministers of States grown in India, and if so, what are and Deputy Ministers during 1950-51. the countries from which it was im 1951-52 and 1952-.53? ported? The Deputy Minister of Home Shri A. C. Guha: Only long-staple Affairs (Shri Datar): A Statement is <Jotton is imported and there also laid on the Table of the House.