Council of State Debates Thursday 16th March 1944 Official Report

The Council met in the Council Chamber of the Council House at Eleven of the Clock the Honourable the President in the Chair. [...] the Government of India desire to convey this assuance to the cultivators that should any developments take place which affect the salability of the fond crops the will buy such quantities of foodstuffs in the open market whether in British India or in the Indian States as are calculated to prevent a serious fall in the prices. [...] C. E. JONES: The scale of pay of a post is fixed with-reference to the duties of the post and not with respect to the qualifictions of the person who may be holding it from time to time. [...] H. N. KUNZRU : Will Government state the number of Indian officers in the G. H. Q. excluding the attached offices ? His EXCELLENCY THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF : I am unable to give the exact figures in the interests of security but the percentage of Indian officers to the total number of officers in General Headquarters is about 10.5. [...] 3. The Government of Bengal are taking the necessary steps to give the growers the full benefit of these arrangements and to ensure to the cultivator the highest price possible in parity with the prices so fixed.