Mr. KELLYasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether any posts in the higher grade of the medical service of India, hitherto reserved for military doctors, are now set apart for Indian civil doctors; if so, how many of them have been actually filled so far; and for what reasons are the other posts still closed to Indian medical practitioners?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA (Mr. Montagu)The answer to the first part of the question is no; the rest, therefore, does not arise.
Mr. KELLYasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is yet able to state the annual cost to the Indian Treasury for the upkeep and education of Europeans and Eurasians for the military assistant-surgeon grade; and whether these ranks, are still closed to Indian doctors with university and registerable qualifications obtained at their own cost?
§ Mr. MONTAGUThe answer to the first part of the question is no; to the second part, yes.