§ Major MILNERasked the Secretary of State for India whether the Government of India propose to take any steps with a view to carrying out the recommendation of the Retrenchment Advisory Committee for the abolition of the concessions granted by the Lee Commission with a view to affecting economies in railway administration?
§ Sir S. HOAREThe Railway Retrenchment Sub-Committee of the Retrenchment Advisory Committee did not recommend the abolition of the Lee Commission concessions. Revised scales of pay have been adopted for new entrants as recommended by the committee.
§ Mr. T. GRIFFITHSasked the Secretary of State for India whether the Government of India, in making allocations to the depreciation fund of the Indian railways, has regard to the state of equipment of the railways; and, if not, what steps they propose to take in the matter?
§ Sir S. HOAREThe present allocations to the depreciation fund of Indian State Railways represent roughly the value of the various classes of wasting assets divided by their assumed lives, and are much larger than the cost of the renewals at present required. It is the intention of the Government of India to have the whole of the existing arrangements connected with the depreciation fund investigated during the next financial year.