The Progress Report of Subject Committees of the Post-War Reconstruction Board Bihar for the period ending the 20th March 1944

Q. The terms of reference of the Power Sub-Committee are as follows :— ;To consider the Power Schemes already before the Committee and suggest other schemes including the possibility of making use of the run off of the Chota Nagpur rivers." 4. The Sub-Committee for Communications and Transport is now busy preparing its report. [...] 5. Would you please furnish three lists one for proposed Minor District Roads one for Village Roads and one for the improvement of existing tracks in the Prforma given in Appendix M. (i) In the case of each list the order should be given in the approximate order of urgency remembering that if the list be too long some of the items at the end may be omitted by the Bihar Sub-Committees The cri [...] instead of cash seed of the value of the amount of the loan will be given out to the borrower; they will be recoverable in cash or in kind at the option of the lender. [...] Central Banks employed as agents will handle all transactions connected with the making of these advances and their subsequent recovery except that in the case of those ' seed ' advances where the Agriculture Department desire the recovery to be made in kind with a view to add to their stock of pedigree seeds the collection will be the responsibility of the staff of that Department with the ass [...] Co-ordination of the activities of co-operative banks and the Agriculture Department —In the matter of these. advances particularly the seed manure and implements advances the activities of the Agriculture Department will be co-ordinated with those of the Co-operative Banks.