§ Mr. BENNETTasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether it is anticipated that in the working of the scheme for permitting premature retirement of members of the All-India Civil Service on proportionate pensions there will be any actual extra cost in the Indian Civil Service Estimates; and if he can give the actuarial figures upon which the Indian Government has decided to introduce this change?
§ Earl WINTERTONI would refer the hon. Member to the papers presented to Parliament in 1922 (Cmd. 1727) shortly after the system of permitting officers of certain Indian services to retire prematurely on proportionate pension was 659W first instituted, and in particular to paragraph 1 of the Resolution issued by the Government of India on 8th November, 1921, from which it will be seen that some addition to the non-effective charges which have to be met from Indian revenues was contemplated. It is not possible, however, to give any estimate of the amount involved, as that is dependent on the number and seniority in the service of the officers who may elect to avail themselves of the scheme.