Constituent Assembly of India (Legislative) Debates Friday 5th March 1948 Official Report

ALailia martlarayan has not rendered accounts to the extent of 4weral lakhs of ikipees belonging to the North-Western Railway in the pro iartifon days; (d) if the answer to part (e) above be in the affirmative what is the amount evolved and whether Government have taken any steps to recover the amount; 01 1 to) what would be the-share of the Government of India in the loss in the went of the amo [...] P. S. Deshmukh: Is not the profit made at the cost of the public ? The Honourable Dr: John Matthai: I may answer that question—in the same way as any surplus earned by railways is at the cost of the public. [...] (b) The position of the survey work for each of the pri_14ject has been indicated in the statement. [...] John Matthai: As a matter of fact the cost of the land is on the whole a relatively small proportion of the total cost of the projr c1. [...] The Honourable Shri Jairamdas Doulatram: Government have been considering the problem created by* the partition of the country resulting in most of the jute growing area being included in Pakistan.