Parliamentary Debates

Par... &JU.LU Thursday, 3rd December, 1953 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES HOUSE OF THE PEOPLE OFFICIAL REPORT PARLIAIIElff BECBB'l'ABIAT DWDELBI Price Si:c Annas (lnuind) Price Two Shillings (Foreign) XHE ^ PARLIAMENTARY DEBATEB sJ&J .... 2-Sti.Ui^2 (P^ I—Questions and Answers) OFFICIAL REPORT 732 73« HOUSE OF THE PEOPLE (c) A statement containing the re quired information is placed on 'the Thursday, 3rd December, 1953 Table of the House. [See Appendix in, annexure No. 28.] The House met at Half Past One of the Clock. Shri S. N. Das: May I know the important points that have emerged [Mr. Speaker in the Chair,] from the review and examination of the working of this body? ORAL ANSWERS TO. QUESTIONS Special C omplaints O rganisation Shii Raj Bahadur: One Of the im *550. Shri S. N. Das: WiU the Minis portant points that has emerged and ter of Communicatioiis be pleased to about which Government is also con state: vinced, is that the organisation has moved its utility and it has, of course, (a) whether the working! of tiie built up the morale of the services on Special Complaints Organisation the one hand and satisfied people who which was set up at the end of 1947 bring in complaints on the pther. has been reviewed and re-examined; (b) if so, whether this Organisation Shri S. N. Das: May I know. Sir, has been accepted as a permanent the average number of complaints part of the Department; and received by this organisation and the average number of monthly disposals? (c) what is the present framework of the Organisation and its strength in the various circles? Shri Raj Bahadur: The number of complaints directly disposed of by the The Deputy Minister of Communi organisation I will not be able to give. cations (Shri Raj Bahadur): (a) Yes. The total number of complaints which are being specifically dealt with under (b) No, but a complaint organisa the supeirvi'sion o{ this organisation tion in a modified form is being re are her©—that means, it controls 'them tained. in some measure and looks into them. Year Balance pending Complaints Disposed Complaints from previous reed, durirg of during pending year the 3^ar the year Sept. *50 to August *51 65,504 417.211 433.154 49.561 Sept. *51 to August ’52 49.561 409.413 419.017 39.957 Sept. ’52 to August ’53 39»957 ,4^8,993 414.918 34.029 556 P.S.D. Oral Answers 733 Oral Answers 3 DECEMBER 1953 734 'I have referred to this because this^ thereby the Indian shipping is suffer organisation has to look into the robt ing a great deal and losing? causes' also ©f the complaints and has Shri Alagesan: As I said, from the to devise ways and means by which information that is available to us, such root causes can be eliminated. we come to know that they are using Shri S. N. Das: May I know wHetner Indian shipping as much as possible this organisation has been instrumen except, perhaps, in cases where the tal in decreasing the number of com ships are not ready at the exporting plaints? ports. Shri Raj Bahadur: That is obvious Shri S. N. Das: May I know whe from the figures. In September, 1950 ther the import control apparatus is the balance pending from the previous helping in any way Indian shipping year was 65,504. The balance at the by giving concsessions to those im end of 1953 is 34,029. The incidence porters who use Indian shipping? has also dropped a little. This is however, not very significant. 'Shri Alagesan: The import and ex port control apparatus has not been SmppiNG purjwsely utilised for this purpose lest it should have very unfavourable *551. Shri S. N. Das: (a) Will the reactions vis-a-vis other countries. Minister of Transport be pleased to state the extent to which Indian Shrimati Renn Chakravaitty: Could Trade has utilised Indian shipping any figures be given as to how far services in the years 1951, 1952 and below capacity we are now using 1953? Indian shipping? (b) Is it a fact that Indian ship Shri Alagesan: I have got a state ping services are not fully utilised by ment here which gives the number- of Indian traders? sailings over the past six months (c) What percentage of our total period and the quantity per sailing. imports ^re shipped f.o.b. and wfaat That shews that Indian ships went percentage of our exports were very satisfactorily loaded from Indian shipped ci.f. during the years 1951, ports. 1952 and 1953? Tr, Lanka Snndaram: May I know The Deputy Minister of Railways whether Government have legislative or administrative power to induce and Transport (Shu iUagesan): (a) A Indian shippers to use Indian bottoms? statement is laid on the Table of the House. [See Appendix III, annexure Shri Alagesan: No, Sir. We do not No. 29.] have such a legislative sanction, but they are expected to use Indian (b) From such i^qrmation, as is bottoms. available with Government, it appears that Indian traders are utilizing the Dr. Lanka Snndaram: May i Icnow Indian shipping services as much Sir ...... as possible. Mr. Speaker: I am going to the (c) It is not possible to give the next question. actual information asked for as the entire import trade in Indian Trade Japanese C able I nvestigation C om Statistics is recorded on a c.i.f. basis mittee while exports are recorded On a f.o.b. basis. *552. Shri S. N. Das: (a) WiU the Minister of Commnnirations be pleas Shri S. N. Das: May I know whe ed to state whether the report of the ther it is a fact that Indian traders Japanese Catole Investigation Com are not using Indian shipping to as mittee has been considered by Govern much extent as is necessary and ment? 3 DECEMBER 1953 Oral Answers 735 Oral Answers 736 (b) If so, what action has been Shri L. N. Mishra: May I know taken thereon? whether the proposed research farms will be on the same lines as exist in The Deputy Minister of Commimi- certain parts of Bihar and Bengal, cations (Sbri Raj Bahadur): (a) and Or on different lines? (b). The Report of the Japanese Cable Investigation Committee is Shri M. V. Krishnappa: They will under consideration. be different, research cum develop ment. About 50 villages will be Jute R esearch F arms attached to each centre and the results <^553. Dr. Bam Subhag Sinffh: (a) of the research will be put in practice WiU the Minister of Food and Agri- in these villages. I culture be pleased to s^te whether Shri V. P. Nayar rose— Government propose to open jute research farms in jute producing Shri L. N. Mishra: Who will ;neet areas as was recently suggested by the cost? .the Indian Central Jute Committee? Mr. Speaker: Mr. Nayar. (b) If so, how many farms are likely to be established? Shri V. P. Nayar: What will be the (c) Where will those farms be nimiber of scientists who will be established and when? working in this scheme? The Deputy Minister of Food and Shri M. V, Krishnappa: That is not Agriculture (Shri M. V. Krishnappa): known now. The entire scheme is <a) to (c). Certain proposals made still under consideration. by the Committee on this subject are under the consideration of the Govern Shri V. P. Nayar: What I wanted to ment of India. No final decision has know was whether there was any pro posal ...... been taken in the matter. Dr. Ram Subhag Singb: How many Mr. Speaker: Order, order. * jute research centres exist at present in the jute growing area of the coun M aldives try? *554. Dr. Ram Subhag Singh: (a) ShH M. V. Krishnappa: They have Will the Minister of .Food and Agri ^suggested six centres to be opened. culture be pleased to state whether the (Government of Maldives have Dr. Ram Subhag Singh: I want to approached the Government of India know whether any jute research centre for help to tide over her food diflO- < < exists at presant or not. culty? Shri M. V. Krishnappa: Our main (b) If so. have the Government of centre is in Barrackpore, but that is India rendered any help in that re under the Central Jute Committee. gard? Dr. Ram Subhag Singh: May I know The Deputy Minister of Food and whether it is a fact that despite the Agriculture (Shri M. V. Krishnappa): advice given by this jut© research (a) Yes, Sir. centre, the overaU production of jule acreage is going down every year? (b) The Government Of offer ed to meet their requirements but so Shri M. V. Krishnappa: They have far the Government of Maldives have ^suggested tj us only the starUng not availed of it. some research cum development cen tres and regarding the other details Dr. Ram Subhag Singh: May I I have no figures. knowi whether the Government of 737 Oral Answers 3 DECEMBER 1953 Oral Answers 73» India offered to meet the require Shri Raj Bahadur: It is all over the ments of that Government on a loan same. basis or did they offer to gire the f>X)dgrains free? Shri D. C. Sharing: May I know. Sir, (whdch departmental officers are Shri M. V. Krishnappa: Our propo selected—^I do not want their nameff sal was to give them the grains on but Hheir designation®—ft»r the pur a no-proflt no-loss basis.

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