§ Sir C. YATEasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether, in the revision of the pay of officers of the Army in India that is to come into force next July, due consideration is being given to the rise in the cost of living that has occurred in India since 1919; and what that rise in the cost of living is caculated to be?
§ Mr. RICHARDSThe present cost of living for Europeans in India is estimated2136W to be about 60 per cent. higher than in 1914. My present information does not enable me to say how much, if any, of this has occurred since 1919. Local variations in India preclude such an exact comparison as we are able to make in this country. The revised rates will certainly take full account of the present cost of living.