The Constituent Assembly of India (Legislative) Debates Vol III Second Session of the Constituent Assembly of India

Indian Finance Bill—Discussion on the motion to refer to Select Committee— not concluded.[...] R. K. Sidhva: (a) Will the Honourable Minister of Communictions be pleased to state the average time taken by the Postal authorities after the arrival of.aeroplanes.carriing mails to deliver the mail to the addressees? [...] We are satisfied that there will be abundant supply of the kind of coal that is required for the manufacture of synthetic petrol and we are taking active steps to get the services of foreign experts so that our entire scheme may be ready in the course of the next few months. [...] partit'on days; (d) if the answer to part (c) above be in the affirmative what is the amount involved and whether Government have taken any steps to recover the amount; and. (e) what would be the share of the Government of India in the lose in the -event of the amount or any part of it becoming irrecoverable? [...] John Matthai: As a matter of fact the cost of the In.nd is on the whole a relatively small proportion of the total cost of the project.