§ 76. Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYasked the Secretary of State for India what is the estimated cost of subsidising a weekly air mail service between Karachi and Calcutta via Delhi and vice versa?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA (Mr. Wedgwood Benn)The Government of India estimated in 1929 that the cost of subsidising a weekly air mail service between Karachi and Calcutta via Delhi in both directions, if operated by a commercial company, would amount in the first year to about £100,000, and in subsequent years to about £95,000.
§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYIs there any chance of this money being provided, so that this service will continue to function?
§ Mr. BENNI do not know that the question of a subsidised commercial service is under consideration.
§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYIs not the idea then that it is to be subsidised by the Government of India?