Wednesday 25th March, 1953 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES HOUSE OF THE PEOPLE OFFICIAL REPORT PARLIAMENT SECBETABIA't" NBWDBUll Price Siz Amta1 (Inlcnld) Price Two Shntin§I (.P'Metgft) ' GazeJJs* S f>v:'-5t-c r>.'--:tian Bk -c /: 'G'* THE Acc - ......... PARLIAMENTARY DEBATB&^^j. ....... (Part I— Questions and Answers) OFFICIAL REPORT 1346 1345 Shri Anil K. Chanda: There is al­ HOUSE OF THE PEOPLE ready a customs cordon. Wednesday, 25th March, 1953 Dr. Surcsh Chandra: May I know whether the Government have received any proposal from the French Govern­ The House met at Two of the Clock. ment to renew the Customs Union with India? [M r. D e p u t y -S p e a k e r in the Chair] The Prime Minister (Shri Jawahar- ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS lal Nehru): There Vias been a customs cordon but owing to geographical and French Settlements in India other circumstances it is not quite easy to prevent smugglers going through. *966. Shri S. C. Samanta: (a) WiU Therefore it ha^ been decided to th e Prime Minister be pleased to state tighten the cordon. As regards the what steps have been taken by the other question of the hon. Member, in Government of India • after the view of other developments, there is d en ia l o f the charges o f terroj .>m, no question at the present moment of sm ugglih g etc., in ^he Fren ch posses­ our having a customs agreement with sions in India by the French Delegate the French Government. M Pignon, in U.N.O. m Novemoer ^last? Shri S. C. Samanta: May I know whether any legislative measures have (b) Have facts and fig u r e s been been taken or promulgated by the given to nullify the denials by M. French Settlements not to discriminate Pignon? against Indians? Shri Anil K. Chanda: There is ro in­ The Deputy Minister of E^ern^ formation, Sir. Affairs (Shri Anil K. Chanda): (a) No additional steps were considered ne<'es- O il R efinery sary. *967. Dr. Ram Subhag Singh: (a) (b) These facts and figures are well- Will the Minister of Production be known. pleased to state when the oil,refinery to be set up by the Standard Vacuum Shri S. C. Samanla: May I know Oil Company at Trombay Island near whether the draft resolution of the Bombay will go into production? • UNO. Trusteeship Committee on this ’ discrimination has been approved by (b) What is the refinery’s projected the U. N. O. General Council? capacity of refining crude oil? Shri Anil K. Chanda: I have no in­ The Minister of Production (Shri formation on the matter. K. C. Reddy): (a) The refinery is ex­ Shri S. C. Samanta: May I know pected to go into production in Janu­ whether any further instances of :er- ary 1955, provided the ancillary faci­ ' rorism and smuggling have reached lities, and especially the marine faci­ Government since November last when lities, can be completed by then. M. Pignon denied the charges? (b) Approximately 1-3 million long Shri Anil K. Chanda: Earlier in the tons of crude oil per annum. sessio^i r have already placed all rele­ vant facts- in our possession before the Dr. Ram Subhas Singh: May I know House. the estimated approximate yield of re­ fined petroleum from this factory? Shri K. Subrahmanyam: Is it pro­ posed to establish a Customs cordon on Shri K. C. Reddy: I am sorry I can the Indo-French border at Yanam? not give the figure off-hand- 13 P.S.D. 1347 Oral Answers 25 MARCH 1953 Oral Answers 1348 Dr. Ram Subhag Singh: May I know Indian Nationals in this complicated whether the Government has estimated refinery system.? as to what percentage of our total re­ Shri K. C. Reddy: Yes; certainly quirements of petroleum products that is one of the clauses of the agree­ would be met by this factory? ment with the companies and every care is being taken to see that Indian Shri K. C. Reddy: The hon. Member personnel arc appointed and trained may be aware that along with this by these companies. factory the Burma Oil Shell Refinery is expected to go into production. Bamboo R einforced C oncpete There ii also a proposal to set up ♦968. Shri M. L. Dwivedi: Will the another refinery on the East Coast and Minister of Works, Housing and Sup­ when all these projects are completed, ply be pleased to state: we will be very near meeting our full requirements of oil. (a) whether experiments being car­ ried on in the direction of the use of Dr. Ram Subhag Singh: May I know bamboo re-inforcing concrete have whether all these three factories are borne any fruit so far; going to be. opened on the same terms (b) if so, what is the result of the and conditions? work done so far; ■ Shri K. C. Reddy: With regard to the I'c) in what parts of India and un- Standard Vacuum Oil Company and ,.ier whom are these experiment.s being the other factory, the main provisions carried; have been already made available to (d) whether bamboo-reinforccd the hon. Members of the House. As ccri rete has been used in any building regards Caltex. negotiations are pro­ or other construction; and ceeding and we have not finalized a n y agreement with them. fe) if so. for how long it has been used in the construction, and with Shri V. P. Nayar: May I know whe­ 'vhr.t results? ther Government have taken any steps The Deputy Minister of Works, to see that the products of this re­ Ho’jsing and Supply (Shri Buragohain): finery are sold in India at rates (a) Experiments on the use of bamboo cheaper than the very prohibitory reinforced concrete have been under­ rates now prevailing? taken at the Forest Research lustitiate, Shri K. C.. Reddy: It will be about Dehra Dun. It will be some time be­ the same price at which it is now fore final conclusions can be drawn. being sold in India, after these refineries (b) It is yet premature to say one are established. But it is too early way or the other. to say now the exact rates. (r ) The experiments arc being Dr. Ram Subhag Singh: May I carried out at the Forest Research know whether the amount of percent­ Institute. Dehra Dun. Some tests age of investment of Indian capital­ were also carried out by the Railways ists would be the sam.e in all these at Bombay on behalf of the Forest three factories? ' Research Institute (d) Bamboo reinforced concrete was Shri K. C, Reddy: Spiecific agree­ used for roofing slabs in some of the ments have been entered into with temporary hutments at New Delhi. regard to them and Government is taking care to see that these agree- (e) Bamboo reinforced concrete was meifts are duly fulfilled and imple­ used by the Central Public W<)rks mented. Departmental as an experimental mea­ sure for concrete slabs during the war. Shrimati Renu ChakraTartty: In Now. after 8 to 10 years’ use, many view of the fact that the price rre- slabs have given way and have fallen vailling now are much higher than down. those in Australia, is it still proposed that the new rates will be the same as they are now, and that it will be ?T*6dl ^ ^ ^ d nowhere near* the Australian prices even? % ^ ^ ^ Shri K. C. Reddy: The rates will ^ I o fk w have to be worked out later, but according to present expectations the rate will be about the same as is pre- . vailing now in India. f ? ^ • Shri S. C. Samanta: May I know . Shri Buragohain: As I said, Sir, the whether arrangements have been or experiments have been carried on in win be made for the training of two places, at Dehra Dun and al50 by 1 S49 Oral Answers 25 M A R C H 1953 Oral Answers 135 the Railways at Bombay on behalf of time to time. The last time they met the Dehra Dun Institute: and recently was on the 21st of January and they on the claims made by Dr. Kam esam were to have met yesterday again. on this particular type of materia' certain experiments were also made at Sardar Hukam Singh: May I know his initiative by the National Physi­ whether any proposal to put up per­ cal Laboratory, but the results liad not manent boundary marks on that border been found to be very encouraging. has ever been considered? Shrr Anil K. Chanda: After the boundary has been properly demarca­ ted, of course the marks will be put up. Sardar Hukam Singh: Recently there ^ 'dd’il ^ were reports about the killing of a soldier of India at this border. May I know whether that has been investi­ gated? Was he on our side of the boundary or on the Pakistan side of * Shri Buragrohain: Certain claims the boundary? have been made by Dr. Kamesam with regard to this iTi-itter and this was also Shri Anil K. Chanda: I ^vcuM like discussed by the Seminar of the ECAFE to have notice of the question, Sir. last time. Sir. and further tests will Scrap I ron (E xport) have to be undertaken in this matter. *970. Sardar Hukam Singh: Will the Shri Dhulekar: The hon. Minister Minister of Commerce and Industry stated that the Bamboo reinforced be pleased to state whether Govern­ concrete roof had fallen. May I know ment propose revising their policy of whether the bamboos had fallen or were allowing exports of scrap from India? any repairs carried out? What was the cause? Was there any investi­ gation? ' The Minister of Commerce (Shri Karmarkar): Yes, Sir, the matter is Shri Buragohain: The bamboo con­ under the consideration of Government.