HC Deb 22 January 1930 vol 234 c211W
Major POLE

asked the Secretary of State for India as to the progress that

Service. Number of Indians in service in
1924. 1925. 1926. 1927. 1928. 1929.
Indian Civil Service 253 267 286 311 333 367
Indian Police Service 79 93 95 105 117 128
Indian Forest Service 73 84 89 94 93 93
Indian Service of Engineers 308 301 301 304 306 314
Indian Medical Service* 150 151 161 163 165 167
* Remarks.—There were 127 Indians on 1st January, 1928, holding temporary commissions in the Indian Medical Service who are not included in these figures.

In the case of the Provincial Services, which have always been recruited locally, no special measures regarding Indianisation were required. On the recommendation of the Lee Commission, the Indian Educational Service, the Indian Agricultural Service, the Indian Veterinary Service and the Indian Forest Service in Burma and Bombay have been placed on a provincial footing.

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