Constituent Assembly of India (Legislative) Debates Proceedings other then Questions and Answers Thursday 24th March 1949 Official Report

In view of this reconnnedation to the House being for such a eltortperiod Goverment decided to exercise the authority that this Legisalture has given to Goernment to grant protection under the provisions of the Protective Duties Act in November last and I inn placing the proposal now in terms of that Act befo.e the Legis:ature for either confirmatbn or any other action that the House choos [...] In accordance with this understanding the Tariff Board was asked to make a regular enquiry into the position of the sugar industry but as a result of the representatives made by nearly all the Provincial Governments research institutions and Sugar Mills Associations as well as the Sugar Syndicate to the effect that the general economic conditions were yet abnormal and unstable and a detailed e [...] They herd a sort of Conference where all the various issues were dismissed with the representatives of Governments and the various intermits concerned including interests of the consumer and as a result of this summary enquiry the Board has reconnuended the extension of the existing protection for two years more in the hope that later it would be possible for the Board if the Government so desir [...] Therfore it will be extremely difficult to invoke the aid of the general agreement on tariffs and trade foi the purpose of maintaining any effective control on the imports of sugar just for the purpose of giving protection to the sugar industry. [...] If the honourable Minister has placed it on the table of the House andsif it is the mistake of the Librarian that I could not get it I do not complain.