Parliamentary Debates. Parliemant of India. Official Report. Part I - Questions and Answers

Shri Sivan . Pillay: Will the Minister of States be pleased to state: (a) whether the machinery referred to in the Press Note of the Government of India dated the 21st March, 1950 for carrying out the integration of Services as between the Part B States and the Centre in respect of Depart- ments coming under the jurisdiction of the Government of India, has been set up; and (b) whether such integrat [...] The Minister of State for Transport and Railways (Shri Santhanam): (a) The following is the text of the Resolu- tion adopted by the Punjab Legislative Assembly on the 9th March, 1950: This Assembly recommends to the Government to postpone its scheme for the Nationalisation of Motor Trans- port in the State for three years sub- ject to the condition that the Govern- ment may take up such routes as [...] Simi D. S. Seth: Will the Minister of Railways be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government of India have decided not to accept or press for any guarantee of minimum return of earnings in case of any of the Railway lines under construction or proposed to be constructed in any of the States; and (b) if so, what are (i) the names of the Railway lines concerned and (ii) the reasons which led the G [...] The Committee were of the opinion that the policy of asking for a guarantee of minimum return for such projects from the sponsoring authorities was an impediment to the expansion of rail transport and they recommended that, if the Railways were to fulfil a complementary role in the economic development of the country, a Development Fund should be created for meeting the cost of un- remunerative bu [...] Shri Lakshmanan: Will the Minister of Communications be pleased to state: (a) whether the integration of the Anchal and Telephone departments of the Travancore-Cochin State with the Indian Post and Telegraph Department is complete; ?Oct P 8 n (b) whether the categorisation of the staff is over; (c) whether any special machinery has been employed in the categorisa- tion work; and (d) if so, what is