4. Mr. SCU RRasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been drawn to paragraph 179 of the Report of the Taxation inquiry Committee, which suggests the granting of a strictly temporary advantage to Indian salt manufacturers either by way of a rebate of duty or of the imposition of a preferential duty on imported salt; and whether it is the intention of the Government of India to give effect to either of these suggestions?
§ Earl WINTERTONThe Committee considered that it is desirable that India should be made self-supporting in the matter of salt supply, if this end can be secured by the means referred to, and that an inquiry should be made by the Tariff Board into the aspect of the question. The Report of the Committee is under the Government of India's consideration.