2467 Oral Answers [COUNCIL] to Questions 2468 (.a; wnetner the industrial potential ity of all Central Government Departments, the State of Travancore-Cochii and tbe including Part' C ' States, are required District of Malabar in Madra; State has been surveyed with a viev to harmonising it normally to place their indents on the with the operation! of the Planning Directorate General of Supplies and Commission in th< near future ; Disposals (not the Director General of Disposals) if the value of each item required (b) if so, the industries that may be set exceeds Rs. 2,000. up there in consonance with the survey and (b) It is difficult to give a categori the time schedule ; cal answer unless further details are furnished by the hon. Member. (c) the amount that would be expended in that area during the first year of the (c) Ordinarily all stores exceeding execution of the plan ; and Rs. 2,000 in value have to be pur chased through the agency of the

(d) the number of persons that might Director General, Supplies & Disposals. obtain employment directly as a result of the Local purchase is, however, allowed planning operations ? as a special case, if it is considered that THE MINISTER FOR PLANNING AND owing to the urgency of the require IRRIGATION & POWER (SHRI GULZARI ments, etc., it would be more expedi LAL NANDA) : (a) and (b). No, Sir. A local tious or economical, to procure the Project Advisory Committee, which is required stores/equipment by the in- proposed to be set up, will shortly undertake dentor himself such a survey in Malabar District. In the LABOUR DISPUTES State of Travancore-Cochin no such survey has been done recently. 115. BABU GOPINATH SINGH : Will the Minister for LABOUR be pleased to state : (c) and (d). Do not arise. (a) the number of labour disputes PURCHASE OF STORES FOR PART C STATES reported during the year 1951 ; (b) the number of such disputes referred 113. SHRI C. L. VARMA : Will the to :— Minister for WORKS, HOUSING AND SUPPLY be pleased to state : (t) Regional Conciliation Officers ; (a) whether it is a fact that all stores, (ii) Arbitrators ; vehicles and oth^r similar articles required (Hi) Adjudicators ; and by Part C States have to be obtained through the ageacy of the Director-General of (tv) Industrial Tribunals ; Disposals ; (c) the number of cases settled as the (b) whether the budget provisions of result of reference to authorities mentioned some Part C States for the purchase of such in part (b) above ; articles during the last financial year lapsed due to delay on the part of that agency; (d) the number of cases in which the and awards of the arbitrator, the adjudicator and the industrial tribunal have been (i) (c) whether it is a fact that even implemented and (ii) not implemerted ; and essential hospital equipment required by those States cannot be purchased locally ? (e) what steps Government propose to take or have already taken in the :ase of non- THE DEPUTY MINISTER FOR WORKS, implementation of awards ? HOUSING AND SUPPLY Nahan Foundry at Rs. 28 1/2 lakhs by an above, rests with the State Governments. officer of the Government of India did not Government of India have no information in include the cost of raw materials, stores, cash regard to such labour disputes. balances and investments which were to be valued on the date of transfer. The power house NAHAN FOUNDRY IN HIMACHAL PRADESH which also formed part of the Foundry was separately valued at Rs. 1-34 lakhs. Various 116. SHRI C. L. VARMA : Will the proposals were under the consideration of the Minister for PRODUCTION be pleased te state : Government regarding the future of the Foundry, one of which was that the Ruler (a) whether the Nahan Foundry in should be given the option to purchase the Himachal Pradesh which was State property Government's share within a stipulated period before the merger was working on a 50 : 50 on the basis of the expert valuation of the fixed basis between the Government and the Ruler assets plus the valuation, on the date of the after the merger ; transfer, of raw materials, hiring stock, stores, cash balances and investments. Before a final (b) whether the value of the entire Foundry decision was taken on this proposal, it was was assessed at Rs. 28 lakhs by an official of suggested to the Government that if the the Government of India and the ex-Ruler was Foundry was acquired by the Ruler, he might asked to pay Rs. 14 lakhs to buy off the Go- sell it to a third party and the new owner might vernment's share ; shift it somewhere else which would result in the unemployment of a large number of the (c) whether it is a fact that the ex-Ruler local population and affect the State's economy failed to pay the stipulated amount within the 5 that certain items of property (particularly specified period, and was paid without any lands and buildings) had gone up considerably further valuation, a sum of Rs. 30 lakhs by in value ; that if the transaction were concluded Government to buy off his share of the on the original valuation, Government would Foundry ; part with a valuable property for Less than its economic price ; that the Foundry was a (d) whether Government have taken profitable concern with considerable potentiali- possession of the Foundry ; and ties and that the Government rather than the Ruler should acquire this valuable asset. The (e) whether the Himachal Pradesh whole question was again reviewed and it was Government was a party to this deal or decided that every efforts should be made to whether that Government was consulted in the persuade the Ruhr to sell his share to the matter ? Government. Negotiations were accordingly undertaken with the Ruler who demanded Rs. THE MINISTER FOR PRODUCTION (SHRI 40 lakhs for his share. The basis of a fresh K. C. REDDY) : (a) Before the merger there valuation was further examined. The balance was hardly any distinction between the State sheets and the profit and loss accounts of the Administration and the Ruler in so far as this Foundry were also examined and the value of Foundry was concerned. In settling the private the Ruler's share was finally fixed at Rs. 30 properties of the Ruler on the integration of lakhs and he has been paid this amount. Sirmur State in Himachal Pradesh, the Nahan Foundry was treated as the joint property of the Ruler and the Go-