Legislative Assembly Debates. Friday 20th April 1934. Vol. V - No. 5. Official report

The principal duty of a Sorting Inspector is to supervise the work done in the Sorting Branch of the Postmaster-General's office and to see that the sorting lists of each sorting section and office in the Circle are corrected up to date. [...] The Honourable Sir George Schuster: The attention of the Honourable Member is invited to the reports of the Central Board of Revenue on the working of the Salt (Additional Import Duty) Act for the years 1931 1932 and 1933 copies of which have been supplied to the Members of the Indian Legislature and copies of which have also been placed in the Library of the House. [...] Sitakanta Mahapatra: (a) Will Government be pleased to state if it is a fact that the Government of Bihar and Orissa are spending the amount received from salt duty on general administration instead of in developing the sources of salt supply in Orissa ? (b) If the reply to part (a) above be in the affirmative do Government propose to consider the desirability of holding the amount due to the Bih [...] K. C. Neogy: May I invite my Honourable friend on this occasion to make a statement for the guidance of his successor that the Resolution regarding the Salt Import Duty was agreed to be postponed to the next Simla Session on the understanding that the proceeds of the additional import duty shall not be distributed among the Provinces till the discusion of the Resolution has taken place ? The Ho [...] The Honourable Sir George Schuster: The Government of India took the steps which they promised in the Assembly of conveying to the Government of Bihar a copy of the Debate in the Assembly on the matter; beyond that the Government of India have not taken any steps.