REPORT OF THE RETRENCHMENT COMMITTEE

OF THE GOVERNMENT OF BOMBAY, 1931

CHAPTER I.
This Committee, which was appoint-ed in accordance with the
announcement of the Honourable the Finance }.!ember in the Legislative
Council made on 2nd 11Iarch 1931, submitted its ad interim report to
GoYernment on the 22nd July. The object of this report was to suggest
as early as possible means of retrenchment which could be realised in the
·present year in order to meet the deficit estimated at about Rs. 60 lakhs
in the current budget. The task then r£>mained of proposing permanent
retrenchments which would render possible the balancing of future
budgets. We understand that the deficit which would recur if the present
proportion of expenditure to re>enue were not adjusted is in excess of
'Rs. 1 crore, and this is the figure which we ha>e had before our minds in
the course of our deliberations.
2. After is...cme of our interim report we drew up and issued question-
naires to non-o:ffidals including retired Go>emment servants, Members
of the LegislatiYe Council and Assembly, to the departments generally
and indiYidually to each department. "\\e ha>e examined the Chief
Secretary, the Secretaries to Gowrnment, General Department and
Public "\\orks Department, the Chief Conserra tor of Forests, the Director
of ~.\,c-riculture, the Director of Information, the Director of Industries,
the Director of Public Health, the Oriental Translator and the Works
llanager, Dapuri. The Surgeon General has also attended some of our
meetings. We have heard the endence of members of the Bombay
)ledical Union. ·
Our questionilaires were is..."Ued on 29th July. We met on .[Link] 2-!th
to consider the replies but as many of them had not been recei>ed we
adjourned on 28th until Uth September when we met again and
adjourned on 21st. We reassembled afrer the Council Session on the
14th October and sat until the 5th Xowmber. We met again in
Bombay from the 14th to the 25th of Xowmber.
3. We recei>ed a letter dated 18th Sept~mber from the Secretary to
Gowrnment, Finance Department, informing us that in order to be
useful in framing the [Link] budget for 1932-33 our propo33ls
should be before Government bv 20th October. 1\e did not find it
possible to comply within that p;riod, hut in a subsequent letter dated
7th October the termination of the Committee's appointment was fixed
for 21st Xovember and we are submitting the present report by that
date ; but we wish to point out that there are many important subjects
"ith which we have not had time to deal or which we ha>e discussed but
regarding which we ha>e not yet had time to [Link] our
recommendations. This report therefore is to this extent incomplete.
Our task may be regarded from two aspects: firstly the reorganization
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of the various activities of Government so as to enable them to function

on the reduced scale necessitated by the fall in the general reYenues, the
period of which we [Link] unable to foresee ; and secondly the immediate
balancing of the budget. It is the former task which, in the time at our
disposal, we have been unable to complete. And in any case it must be
clear that such reorganizations could not in many cases be brought into
effect so as to affect appreciably the budget of the next year. l\Iany of
our recommendations must therefore be regarded as temporary adjust-
ments required for the purpose of balancing the budget. There is a
difference of opinion as to the extent to 'vhich lump cuts in the various
grants are practicable; and the majority of the Committee -will
accordingly elaborate their views in a separate cha:t;ter.

CHAPTER II.
GE~'"ERAL RECOl\IMENDATIONS.
REDUCTION OF 'YORK.

4. 'Ye consider that in order to reduce establishment the first requi-

site is to reduce the quantity of work. We have been impressed by
the unanimity with which departments haYe complained' of the burden
of routine w01·k, which, by taking up an undue proportion of their time,
interferes with the activities of officers in more useful directions. To the
extent to which this excessive routine is unnecessary or could be cl'.rried
out by less highly )>aid officers, it must be regarded a.<~ definitely
uneconomical. And unless its volume is constantlv checked it results in
the undue swelling of establishments. ·
We have been supplied with lists of f'eturn$ submitted by various
officers. The number received in the Secretariat belonging to the various
departments is as follows : -
Returns &nd
Reports.
Home Department 158
Revenue Department 70
Finance Department 37
General Department 83
Educational Department 19
Political Department 15
Public Works Department 95
Legal Department 7
. There are also numerous other returns supplied within the departments
themselves which do not go to Government.
These returns are submitted at intervals ranging from 1 day to 1 year
and it is possible that some saving may be effected by lengthening thest>
intervals, e.g. by submitting certain returns now sent monthly at an
interval of 3 months. Some reports seem to be duplicated, e.g. in the
Legal Department it is not clear why both a monthly and a quarterly
return of expenditure by District Government Pleaders is necessary.
Other reports do not appear necessary at all.
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5. It is clearly not possible for the Committee to decide on the

necessity of these various reports and we suggest that Depart~ents
should auain examine the necessity for all the present reports and direct
Heads of Departments to make a similar examination of all reports
required by them, particularly of those which various officers have
reported to be superfluous. We understand that a step in this direction
has already been taken by reducing by 10 per cent. the second part of
the General Administration Report as an experiment.
6. In this connection we have considered in its general aspect the
possibility of reducing work by delegation of powers. We have not had
time to go into the complicated question of the reorganization of the
Secretariat, and we understand that proposals for relieving the Secretariat
by delegating numerous powers of Government to the Commissioners
were found in many cases to require legislation, but we consider these
proposals to be in the right direction and would suggest that they should
be carried out where feasible. It appears to us likely that in numerous
other departments delegation of authority in matters great or small
could be carried out with considerable advantage in the reduction of
correspondence and without risk to the essential interests of the adminis-
tration. We believe that the policy of centralization is expensive and
we prefer, at any rate in the small matters of day to day routine, that the
local head of an office should in the interests of economy be trusted to
exercise the necessary supervision where it is required.
7. The question of risk arises more definitely in the relationship of
the Audit and Accounts Department to the local offices. Those of us
who are members of the Public Accounts Committee are aware of the
complaints which are continually being made by district officers of the
burden of work thrown upon them by the administration of the present
system of audit and accounts. There seems reason to believe that a
great deal of" the correspondence referred to could be reduced by a less
meticulous interpretation of their duty by the Audit Department. We
note that the Auditor General has, in connection with a Central Retrench·
ment Committee, agreed to relax the strictness of departmental audit,
and in view of the present necessity of reducing district establishments
we recommend that Government should take up with the Audit
Department the question of reducing the volume of the correspondence
and possibly of simplifying the accounts and returns.

PAY.
8. Proposals for a temporary cut in pay were made in our ad interim
Report. We now desire to add the further recommendation that all
increments of pay should be postponed by one year. We think that
this can be carried out without undue hardship, and will give a further
valuable relief to the emergency budget. But we couple the recommenda-
tion with the condition that it is found possible to introduce the rule
simultaneously in all services and posts.
9. We also attached to our former report proposals for the future
scales of pay for the Provincial services. In doing so we agreed with
the proposal w-hich, we are informed, has been accepted by all ProYincial
Governments that those serrices should be diYided into an upper and
lower dirision to be known as Class I and Class II, Class I being intended
to take the place of the All-India Sen-ices as in course of time theY are
transferred to the control of the Local GoYernments. We unde~tand
that the proposed scales have been adopted by Government and a com-
plete list of them is now attached in Statements .\ and B to this report.
It will of course be some time before the effect of tlese reduced scales
which will affect new entrants only will be apparent in the budget.
The number and complexity of the different scales of pay in tht>
subordinate services has made it impracticable for us to deal with them
in general. We have been informed that Government are tal..-ing tht>m
up individually and meantime have accepted our proposal that all scales
shall be reduced by 2 annas in the rupee pending the introduction of
reYised scales. Typical clerical scales for the mofussil and for Bombay
City, which we han approYed, are given in Statement C. As regards
the starting pay of graduates we think the following scale to be
suitable:-
Bombay. llofussiL
Rs. Rs.
Pass Graduates 65 50
Honours Graduates 80 70
10. We make the following special recommendations by
majority:-
The Cabi1id.-'"-The pay of :llinisters should be fixed at Rs. 3,000.
A majority of the non-official members would couple this with a recom·
mendation that the pay of Executive Councillors should also be reduced.
Sotf!.-Kilan .Bahadur .:Uiahbak'..h holds the view that as the IA.>gislative Counci
receutly discussed and negatived a redoctlon in the pay d lliniaters. the Committee a•
being & C'olllllllttee of the .[Link] Council has a mandate not to make thia propos&
and should not have raiaed the que..tion.
The Legislatit·e Council.-That the pay of the President should bE
Rs. 2,500, and that the post of Deputy President should be mad€
honorary.
S .:Jie.-Rao Bahadur Patil diB84'nts hom the latter proposal.
Tl&e High Court.-That the pay of the Judges should be Rs. 3,000,
and that of the Chief JID>--tice Rs. 3,500.
Judicial Commissio11ers.-That the pay of the Judicial Ccmm:ssioneJ
should be 2,6~5 and that of the .Additional Judicial Commissioner!!
Rs. 2,2~0.
Pay of Secretaria.-We have not had time to deal with Secretariat
establishments in detail. The pay of Secretaries to Government sl:.ould
be reduced in a similar proportion.
0\LRSE..!S P...!Y AXD P ASS...!GE CoxcEssmxs.
11. The official members of the Committee being debarred from
associating themselws with recommendations affecting the All-India
Services, the views recorded in these matters are tho;;e of the non-officiaJ
members only. By a majority they haYe come to the conclusion that a.s
a temporary measure pending restoration of the financial position thE
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concession of the additional overseas pay and the passages granted by

the Lee Commission should be withdrawn. In regard to new entrants
they are of opinion that the 0. S. P. should be reduced in the same
proportion approximately as the new scales bear to the old scales, that
is to say, by one-third, and that it should be calculated in sterling only.

TRAVELLING .ALLowANCE.

The orders already issued have resulted in a reduction of Permanent

Travelling Allowance by 25 per cent. : of mileage by road to 1st Class
Officers of 25 per cent., of daily allowances of 20 per cent. in the case of
high officials, down to 10 per cent. in the case of 2nd grade officers: and
of rail mileage of about 9 per cent. We recommend that the rail mileage
should be further reduced to I! fares for journeys on tour. We are of
opinion that the allowances permissible to third class officers are in certain
circumstances, in view of the cheap methods of travel now available,
inclined to be over-generous, and we recommend that the rules be
reconsidered. We have already suggested to Government that in some
departments it should be possible to reduce touring as a temporary
measure ; and in some instances the speeding up of travel has probably
made it unnecessary for District Officers to spend such long periods away
from headquarters.
13. We note that under Bombay Civil Services Rule 377 some Pro-
vincial Service Officers, e.g. Assistant Judges, are treated as 1st class
officers for purposes of Travelling .Allowance irrespective of pay, whereas
other Provincial Service Officers are only so treated if their pay is Rs. 750
or over. We consider that this [Link] should be abolished and
pay should be the criterion for all these officers, and that Rs. 750 should
be the standard for officers now in service and Rs. 600 for new entrants
who will be on reduced rates of pay.
14. Compensatory Allt:YWances.-We have already dealt with in our
former report, in which we recommended a cut of 10 per cent. in all allow-
ances exceeding Rs. 10 that have been revised since 1919.
It has been brought to our notice that house rent allowances are in
some instances attached to posts which involve permanent residence
in Bombay. We are of opinion that as a general rule the pay of such
posts should be consolidated and include all elements of compensation
for the increased cost of living in th~ City.
15. Special Pay.-We have been ~upplied with a· list of special pay
attached to certain posts. This is granted in addition to ordinary scale
pay under the C.S.R. for additional responsibility, specific additions to the·
work of a post and for wo!king in certain bad climates. We are aware
of the arguments which are held to justify the grant of these
allowances, and agree that in certain circumstances the system is an
economical method of giving pay for special posts, but we are inclined
to hold that the giving of additional pay for additional work has some-
times been overdoneandignoresthefactthatthewholetime of a Govern-
ment Servant is at the disposal of Government. Every department
is involved in this problem, and it has not been possible for us to go into
the items in detail. We recommend that the Finance Departm~.>nt
should institute a fresh enquiry into the justification of every allowance.
We are informed that the amount of the special pay has in some
departments been recently considered and in a number of instances
reduced. Apart from this, we desire that the theory should be reconsi-
dered, and we think that it will be found possible to reduce the number
of the allowances. All special pay is subject to the cut in salaries.
We_ hold that Government has already accepted our suggestions that
actmg allowances should not be given for short periods of officiation, and
for temporary additional duties, and that temporary vacancies should
remain unfilled when this is administratively possible.
We approve of the suggestion that the Sind allowance should be given
only during the hot weather.

l\1INOR RECOMMENDATIONS.

16. We recommend that the grant of Camel allowance in Sind in

addition to daily allowance should be discontinued. This has already
been done in the Revenue Department by some Collectors and we
think the discontinuance should be universal.
We recommend that the limits for travelling allowance plus
conveyance allowance allowed to Public ·works Department Overseers
in Sind should be reduced. The limits set by the Chief Engineer in
Sind are already lower than the ]J1axima allowed by Government, and
we think there should be a further reduction.

LEAVE RuLEs.
17. Clo;ely connected with the revised scales of pay, are the terms
of leave. 'Ve make no comment on the Special Leave Ru1es,
which· affect chiefly the All-India Setvices. The rules for Indians
serving in India appear in some respects to be unnecessarily generous
and we think they could be modified without any hardship. Few
officers avail themselves of the full amount of leave allowable. We
understand that the Local Governments are awaiting a revised draft
of Rules from the Auditor General which will embody certain sugges-
tions to this effect which we made to Government early in the course of
our discussions and we therefore are unable to say anything further at
present in regard to details. We will only draw attention to the fact
that under the present rules leave pay is fixed at the average pay of the
12 months of duty before the leave was taken. An officer holding tem-
porarily a post on higher pay than his substantive post has therefore
a strong inducement to take lea~e immediately after this acting period
if otherwise he wou1d revert to the lower pay of his substantive post.
This is likely to cause leave to be taken unnecessarily and at an exces-
sive cost to Government. We think that the ru1es should be so modified
as not to give short periods of acting service an undue effect in raising
the level of leave pay. This particular recommendation applies also to
the Special Leave Rules.
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CHAPTER UL
INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS.
LAND R.I!.VENUE AND GENERAL ADMINISTRATION.
18. Commissioners.-,Ye have discussed the question of the
abolition of Divisional Commissioners and, as an alternative, the reduc-
tion of their number. The arguments for and against the retention of
these officers have been discussed at length in the Legislative Council on
several occasions, and it is unnecessary for us to repeat them. We are
unanimously of opinion that the three Commissioners should be retained.
19. Prant [Link].-We are informed that there are not more than 2
in any district with the addition of a Personal Assistant in some of the
bigger districts. We think that this does. not leave any room for reduc-
tion. ·
A majority of us consider that all Personal Assistants to Collectors
should be abolished.
20. There is at every district headquarters a H uzur Deputy Collector
who does revenue and treasury and, in all except very large towns like
Ahmedabad, magisterial work. We have examined this question and
find with one dissentient that the scheme of introducing accountants in
place of Huzur Deputy Collectors. can only be carried out if appointments
of magistrates are made to do the magisterial work and this would ·
involve extra cost. There is, however, no objection to replacing the
Huzur Deputy Collectors by senior Mamlatdars with first class magis-
terial powers. The net result of this will be to replace an officer on an
average of Rs. 700 by one on Rs. 350 and will saveRs. 4,200 a year in
each case.
Similarly we think that in Sind Dafta·rdars who are . of Deputy
Collector's rank should be replaced by men of 1\Iukhtiarkar's rank, as
has [Link] been done in some districts.
The result of these two proposals will be to reduce the [Link] of posts
of Deputy Collector's grade.
21. It has been suggested to us that Head Clerks who are now ranked
with Chitnises in the l\lamlatdars' grade should be reduced to
their previous status.
22. We have considered the question of amalgamation of Districts
and Talukas but have not had time to examine it in detail. A scheme
has been worked out for dividing the Bombay Suburban Division
between the Collectorates of Bombay and Thana, and the amalgamation
of Broach with an adjoining district has been proposed. '''"hen the
States in Panch Mahals are handed over to the Govenunent of India
. there will clearly be no justification for a. separate Panch l\Iahals District.
The cost of administration of the Presidency gives rise to the prima.
facie conclusion that the number of Districts is excessive. We think
that Government should investigate these and any other possible
amalgamations with a view to reducing the total number of districts
and talukas, ·
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23. Lmld Records De-partment.-We think that in future Inamdars

should pay for the surrey and settlement of their "\illages. The cost is
at pesent borne by Government hut since this work is of great benefit
to the Inamdar we see no reason why he should not pay for it.
We think that as a temporary measure one post of Superintendent of
Land Records should he abolished and the Central and Southern
Divisions combined into one charge. The Prant Officers will have to
gi•e assistance under the adnce of the Superintendent, Land Records,
as the work is beyond the powers of a single officer, hut we think the
experiment should he tried for the sake of economy.
We also recommend that the post of Superintendent, Land Records,
Sind, should he amalgamated with that of Manager of Encumbered
Estates, if this is possible. The pay of one of the officers will thereby
he saved.
24:. Talatis.-The suggestion has been made to us that a reversion
should he made to the system of hereditary kulkamis as a measure of
economy. A majority of us is opposed to the suggestion. We consider
howe>er that the possibility of increasing the size of sazas and so
reducing the number of talatis should he explored .

. CosT OP' ESTABLISHMENTS.

'· 25. We have referred elsewhere to the proportionate high cost

·.Qf the general administration of the Presidency. ·The chief reason is
undoubtedly the cost of establishments, and we recommend that
a general reduction of 10 per cent. should be aimed at.

GoVEro.~'T HousE.
26. The question has been raised of reducing the cost of Government
House establishment such as the Bodyguard and Band. We under-
stand that His Excellency has given this matter his personal attention
and it is gratifying to be assured that a reduction of approximately
1! lakhs is anticipated.

HEADQUARTERS OP' GoVEmot:ENT AND THE MoVE

TO lliHAELESRWAR.

27. The expenditure incurred on the moves of Government from one

Headquarter to ancther has long been a subject of controversy and
there is a variety of opinion within the Committee on the proper solution.
The reported cost of the annual move to [Link] bleshwar (viz. roughly
25,000) does not include the cost of ... upkeep of Government
House. A majority of us is in favour of a definite abandonment of
Jiahableshwar as a Headquarters. This would inYolve the disposal of
Gooe:mment House with an ultimate additional saving of about 35,000.
..! smaller majority of us is in favour of the maintenance of only one
Headquarters, whether that be Bombay or Poona being left to the
det<:rmination of Government. The Retrenchment Committee of 1923
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510
were impressed ·with the advantages of Poona, and recolDlUendcd the
removal of the Headquarters toO that plac.e. But at that time there
seemed. a fair prospect of being able to dispose of the Bombay offices
at a handsome profit and thereby pay for the [Link] of additional
buildings at Poona. That prospe<>t has disappearet:l.
The ('.ost of the annual transfer to Poona. has not been workoo out,
though prima facie it does not greatly exceed the cost of the move to
llahableshwar~ But there are other considerations than retrenchment,
and the majority of us is content to record the vie~v that Government
should remain in one headquarters throughout the year. -
DIRECTOR OF lNFOR)fATION AND ORIENTAL TRANSLATOR.

28. We have discussed at length the possibility of amalgamating these

two posts. We have taken the evidence of the Director of Information
and the Oriental Translator and of the Secretary, General Department.
The Director of Information's main activities are those of Commissioner
under the 'Vorkmen's Compensation Act. and the collection of labour
statistics. His duties as Director of Information and Compiler of the
General Administration Report are of less importance. As the present
incumbent is a barrister as well as a journalist he is able to combine the
' duties though they have nG intrinsic connexion. The Commissioner of
Workmen's Compensation hears cases from Bombay, Ahmedabad and
Sholapur, and the G. I. P. and B. B. & C. I. Railways, as the great bulk-
of eases arise within those limits. Other cases which are very few, are
heard by the Judge of the Court Gf Small Causes, Karachi, and by local
judges. The Director of Information has stressed the importance of
the bulk of cases being heard by one officer as the law is new, and case
law is being built up and immediate attention and disposal are necessary
so that cas~s can be disposed of at once or settled without coming to
court.
The Oriental Translator is Secretary to the B<>ard of Examiners for_
Departmental Examinations and has ceremonial duties at GGvernment
House as well as translating and editing certain publications for Govern-
ment. We think that [Link] staff of this office could be reduced bv 15 or
20 per cent. •
A majority of us wish to abolish the post of Director of Information _
and. to transfer his work as Director to the Oriental Translator, and his
duties under the Workmen's Compensation Act to the regular judicial
officers of the areas concerned, and the statistical work of the Labour
Office to the Collector of Bombay. No special allowances should be
required for these duties and we think the special pay of Rs. 75 drawn
by the Judge of the [Link] Cause Court, Karachi, for work under the
Workmen's Compensation Act should be withdrawn.
· ExCISE.
29: A majority. of us have cGme to the conclusion that it is possible to
abolish the post of Excise [Link] and to hand over his duties to
the Divisional Commissioners. Mr. Wiles supported by l\lr. Humphrey
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i3 opposed to this on the ground that. excise is the most important of all
the commercial enterprizes of Government, and of vital interest to th.-
Prorincial Revenues.- Recent administrative changes have tended mori.'
and more to centralise control, and tht' aholition of a central nuthorih·
will inevitably react on the revenue. •
We have considered the possibility of handing over the N a.~il• Di.>tiUery
to private agency. We are told that after paying for rent. depreciation
and all working charges there is a net profit of Rs. 1llakhs. The majority
of us think that Government shoul.l mnke inquiries to sN~ if substantial
firms would come forward to take up the t"ontrart and t\ largPr profit
could not be made by private agency.
As minority of us consider that experience shows that thi11 would be a
retrograde policy and prefers that Government should retain this
monopoly in their own hands. There is moreover to-day a handsomt•
profit. A .considerable risk would be involvt'd in t>[Link] into a
contract for a period of years which involves tht' len1-1ing of n wry
valuable property.
We have been advised by the Excise Commilisioner that Government
revenue could be substantially incrt>ased 'vithout increasing the quantity
of liquor consumed if more shops were opened in areas where illicit
distilling or smuggling from Native States is rife. A majority of us
favour the introduction of this policy. Some of us prefl•r other mean!\
of supprt>ssing the illicit traffic.
The Excise Commissioner has reported to us the following reductions
in expenditure which he is putting into force under the orders of
Government : -
Rs.
(a) Abolition of 6-posts of Inspectors
, 11 , A.ssista1,1t Inspe<~tors
, 22 , Sub-Inspectors
including pay, allowances and contingencies 78,997
(b) Reduction of [Link] staff and boat estab- per annum.
lishment by-
5 petty officers
61 Constablt>s
2 [Link]
4 Lascars 21.02·1

l,OO,fJ21
Less cost of converting 42 posts of constables into
writer constables · -2,5:!0

97,501
(c) Withdrawal of excise staff from the Mahi Kantha
States and abolition of 3 Sub-Inspectors . . 16,800

Total l,U,30l
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This sum of Rs. 1,14,300 is n<'t perman~nt saving p<'r annum which
is 6} p('r cent. of the total establishment (·barges. During the .C'urrent
year there will be a. saving of Rs. 53,690 already rqmrted to this Coni-
mittt•e. and a further Rs. 2!,000 to be [Link] bdorc thP f'nd of the
vear
. makin.-re a total of Rs. 77,6fl0. We ronsidt>r tlH'f'C proposals very
~>atisfaetory.

J<'oREST DEI'ARntE:ST.

30.
di~us:-ed
"·ewithhavl'himheard the evidem'l' of the Chief Con:o;crvator and
hat~
various sc-benws for rt•organization. He given
~~~ th{' following figurl's : -
Rs.
Annual surplus, awragt> of 1919-24 26,13,000
1924-29 ~H,85,000
"
yl'ar 1929-30 :~6,63,000
•• . 1930-31 9,78,000
revised estimate, 1931-32 19,81,000
Retrent·hment of establishmE'nt has been eifected since 1920 of
Rs. 4,67,000 pPr annum. In 1929 a. further reduction of Rs. 2,500 was·
made. In the pr('sent year reductions in permanent and temporary
[Link] amounting to Rs. :36,208 are being made. The Chief Conservator
has also made proposals for rcd\l(·tion of permanent travelling allowance
and bad £·limate and other allowances amounting to R~. ~10,000 per
annum. Thus the permanent reduction in annual establishment charges
below this year's budget figure is nearly Rs. 70,000. He is of opinion
that the cuts in previous years and this year have brought down the
establishment even below the minimum necessarv for effective adminis-
tration and -that further cuts would react on rev;nue. In view of those
figures we have been unable to arrive at any recommendation for further
immediate rPtrenehment, but some of us are not satisfied that there is
not scope for some amalgamation of divisions, and desire that Govern-
mt'nt shall investigate this possibility.

ADMTh~STRATIOX 01-' J t:STICE.

31. We have been impressed with the generalt·onsensus of opinion
outside the Judicial Department that the ·t'Ucations at present enjoyed by
judicial officers in addition to holidays are excessiw. The High Court
enjoys 10 weeks in the year, the Judicial Commissioner in Sind 4 weeks
and other Courts 6 weeks. \Y e are nnaninwus in suggesting that Govern-
ment should discuss with the High Court forthwith the ach-isability of
reducing very greatly the periods of vacation whidt in our opinion
should not be more than half the present pE-riods.
Shorter vacations and the cutting down of unneces;;ary routine which
we have recommended above should enable this Department. to share
in the general reduction of staff which is being cuni1'd out.
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ln the H igl& Cotut we propose ~ reduction of 10 p~r t·ent. in
establishment.
Owing to the great decrease in work we recommend tht~ abolition ('{
one post of ..[Link] Jwfil:ial Co111misshmer in Sind.
As to District Courts some of us are in favour of amalgamating Sholapur
and Ahruedna2:ar, an AN;istant Jndze bein~ posted at Ahruednacrar.
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We agree to the following proposals for reduction in the mm1bt>r of

Subordinate Judges' Courts which have been forwarded to us by the
Home Department : -
(1) RE.'dnce one t>xtra Sub-JuJgt> at '"C"[Link] (Kaira).
(~) Abolish the Second Sub-Judge at Dharwar.
(:J) .Abomh the \-ellc"Ul'la Sub-Judge·s Court.
(!) .Abolish one Sub-Judge in Xasik District.
"-e recommend that one of the three Courts at Kuruta, Houawar
and Sirsi should be abolishE.'tl and that one other Court besides Yeugurla
should be abolished in Ratnagiri District; and that t>ither Pen or Roha
in Kolaba District ~ould be abolished.
We agree with tht> District Judge•s proposal to abolish Yadgaou in
Poona District.
We agree al;;o to th-e linking of Dhandhuka and Dhollm anJ the :;ending
of the Second Ck.--s Sub-JudgE.' of Ahmedabad to Gogho twice a yPar.
It seE.'ms probable that there is sc~pe for reduction in other dishiets
al;;o and we recommentl that this m"\""estigation should he continued.
We disagree with the practice of using a Sub-Judge t~ dear o:II the
arrears in other Courts, as encouraging slackness in the disposal of work.
In ewry other depa1tment an officer is held responsible for dearing off
his own arrears and we see no reason why the samt' prin<"iple slwuld
not be obserred in the Judicial Depa:rb;nent.
A majority of us think that Judges of Small Causes Courts and the
Presidency llagistrates f;hould sit for six days in the week and not only
five.
Jlinor recorumendations for retrenchme-nt are included in the List on
page 22.
Pouc£.
3:!. Yarious J•ropo:sab ha\·e been·made to us for reduction of tht•
:;uperior establishments, including the abolition of the Inspector Geneml
d Police himself and in the altematin of the Deputy In~pectors General.
Thne is one Deputy Inspector General in Sind, one in charge of the
C. I. D. aml hw in charge of the Xorthei:n. and Southem Ranges res-
pecti,·e1y in the Presidency proper. A majority of the Committee are
in fa"\""our of abolishing the two last.
We ha¥e been struck by the high percentage of cost per heat! of popula-
tion of Police in Sind as compared with the Presidency. We "ish to
draw the attention of Gonmment t~ the fact that the cost is roughly
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Rs. 2 pPr head in Sind as against Re. 1 in the Presidency. We arc
aware that the criminality is 3 · 39 per 1,000 as against 1 • 36 and that
the area is 9 · 38 square miles per policeman as against 4 ·56 but we think
the reasons for the high cost need to be investigated.
The functions of Police Inspectors and Deputy Superintendents have ·
been explained to us. The majority of us think that the number of
Inspectors should be reduced by 10 per cent..
We reconm1encl that. the post of District Superintendent of Police,
Tatta. District, be abolished and that the area be put under an Assistant.
Superintendent of Police and ineluded in Karachi District.

PuBLIC HEALTH.

33. \Ye have considered the proposal made to us that the post of
Sttperintending .Engineer, P·ublic Healt/1, should be abolished and have
recorded his evidence and the views of the Secretaries to Government,
Public Works Department and General Department. We are informed
that although Government are unlikely to undertake any large works in
this Department the demand from Local Boards and 1\lunicipalities for
the Superintending Engineer's services has increased considerably in spite
of the reduction in the contribution to centagP charges now made by
Government. The Superintending Engineer also bas to scrutinise all plant
for work forwhich a local body wishes to raise a public loan and he advises
on the construction of schools and public buildings from the Public Health
point of view. The majority of us agree that the post should be retained
at present at any rate [Link] the works now iu progress have been com-
pleted. As regards cost the generally existing practice is that the
whole of the cost of establishments in the case of drainage works and a
part of them in the case of waterworks are refunded to local bodies by
Government_ in the form of grants. A majority of us recommend
that in ~ture Government should withdraw from the giving of
these grants, but this could not be_ done in any case where an
underta~g has already been given by Government to remit these
charges.
A minority of us wish, while retaining the Supermtending Engineer as
expert adviser, to abolish his specially trained staff by absorbing them
in the Public Works Department in place of some of the
temporary establishment at present employed there. They believe,
though this is contrary to the opinion of the Superintendinrr Engineer
himself, that it is possible for these works to be [Link]:d out by
the ordinary staff of the Public Works Depart-ment under the supervision
and advice of the Superintending Engineer, Public Health, and that in
the interests of economy, this should be enforced.

PuBLIC HEAL'l'H DEPARTMENT.

34. \~ e have discussed the possibility of amalgamating the Public

Health w1th the Medical Department and so combining the resources of
both, and also the possibility of retrenchment in the former. We have
 r~ad the rt-ports of the Sur_geon General and of the Dirtttor of Publie
Health and have heard the-evidence of the latter and of the S('(:retan·
Gener-al Department. The officers are against amaltTamation on th;
ground that tbt> activities of the- two Departments are "'distinct and tht•
~Til Surg~ns do no! usually have th~ spec>ial qualifi('ation required.
\\ e agrff W"lth them m not rl"C'omruendmg amalgamation.
In the abS{'nct> of District Ht>alth Officers we are in favour of retainin••
for the pr('S{'Dt the Assistant Direetors of Public Health and this is ~
morf' l"C'Onorui(.'al system than the gener-al appointmt>nt of Distri(·t Health
Officers, but wt> rl"C'ommend thf' reduction of ont> territorial A:;sistant
Director of Public Health. Tht> post of Assistant Dir('('tor of Publil·
Health, Gujarat, is now vacant and may bt' aholish<'ll This will saw
the pay of one Assistant Director of Public Health and at least two derks
making a total saving of about Rs. 7,:WO.
A majority of us also recommend that the reservation of one post for
the [Link].S. should be cancelled.

)IEDWAL DEP.\RDIE~T.

3.5. \\-t> haw re<>ord{>{1 the e,·idenct> of memhf'rs of Bomhc~v )ledirnl

rnion and h;n-e ht>anl the views of the Surgeon GPUt'I'al ~nd havf'
oonsiderN1 the possibilit,:.· of improYing the futanl"ial po::ition of tlw
hospitals in Bomba~·. In particular we haYe fliseussNl the t"nion's t;ro-
posal that persons who are able to pay should not be tlllowed to reet>in·
medical treatment free and so rNhwe the fal"ilities available for tht>
genuinely poor. While we agree by a majorit~· with th<> l"nion's principlt•
we do not think that the remed~· of appointing [Link] whid1 they
propose would achievt> its end since the,:.· wouM bt> unahlt> to [Link]-"tt>
the eondition of mort> than a fraction of those attt>nding tht> ho.-.pitals.
A majori~· of us reeoilliilend as a temporar,:.· mt>a,.;ure that ew•ry
out-patit>nt shouJ.l pay a fee unless ·exempt('(] by the medi<·al olli<·er.
Tht> fff should be very small, say one [Link] in Bombay and half an ann<l
in the mofussil. It is also suggt>sted that there should be :l <"lasses of in-
patients, all paying a small fee tmless specially exempted, "ith a mor{'
costly ward for those who asked for it and were willing to pay. It sho1tld
be [Link] tliat the space for the poor be not rt>dnced.
"·e find,that the syst~m of acc01mts used in the hospitals is unsatisfa<·-
tor~· in that it does not make possible any comparison of the ~'XpenJiturf'
in different hospitals. We consider that some revision is necessary either
in the direction of adopting a uniform s~·stem for all hospitals or in
publishing a statement W"hich will give the public the information which
they .require.
"-e art> not in favour of the appointment of a Central Board
with adminb-trative powers to manage hospital funds, but one of our
members proposes a central retrenchment committee for hospitals, whil{'
another would give more power to the existing separate boards.
It has been suggested that the appointment of Lay Secretary for the
J. J. Hospital is unnec>essary. We are informed that he has in 10 months
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513
saved a sum equ~l to his own pay and Rs. 13,000 in addition, and
that other hospitals are now to be brought under his supervision. At
present he d('als with Rs. 2·60 lakhs of stor('s and medicines and the
addition of oth('r hospitals will greatly enlarge the sphere of his activities.
We think that the post should not be made permanent but continued for
5 years or for less if the new system could be introduced into all the
hospitals in a shorter period. The position should then be reconsidered
and the post abolished or the pay rrcluced to not more than Rs. 500.
We have also considE.'red the new appointment of Venereologist. We
understand that this officer was sent to England for training with a view
to appointment in this post, and that it is particular importance in a
seaport, in order to prevE.'nt the spread of this disease. The majority of
us are in favour of its retention.
It appears that a certain number of incurable infirms who need
attendance but no medical treatment are kept in the beds of certain
hospitals at a cost of Rs. 4 a day when they could be kept in infirmaries
at Re. 1 a day. If these figures are correct it would seem advantageous
to movt> tht>se persons int.o wards now standing vacant in the
J. J. Hospital and open three-fourths of the beds so vac·ated to sick
persons. This would keep the total c·ost within [Link] previous figure.
We recommend that this eourse should be followed if the donors of the
wards whieh now stand vacant ean be persuaded to allow their usc as
infirmaries as a temporary arrangement.
We note with approval the decision of Government not to transfer
any more l\[Link] [Link] Surgeons to civil employment.
We recommend that all bac-teriological laboratories be made self
supporting by the levy of sufficient fees to cover their cost.
We recommend that in view of the saving to be effected in pay a
large proportion of Indian nurses should in future be recruited. We
are informed that qualified Indian nurses are npw obtainable in grt'ater
numbers.
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
36. We have examint>d the Director of Agriculture, in particular on
the question of retaining the post of Agricultural Engineer and those of
Price Inspectors, and on the necessity of the Kopargaon Farm. We
agr<•e with him as to the necessity of the Price Inspectors and we think
that in view of the value of the Kopargaon Fann to sugarcane research,
the provision which is only about Rs. 2,500 may continue. In regard
to the post of Agricultural Engineer we are unanimous that the post
should not be filled up, as a measure of retrenchment. Half of the
Committee would prt>f(•f to abolish the post, the rest to keep it in
abeyance.
We agree also that there is room for saving in the Agricultural College.
Students from outaide the Presidency are allowed to enter up to a
maximum of 10 per cent. or 24 students. A.s each student costs Rs. 725
to Government whereas the fees are only Rs. 120 per head there would
be a saving of Rs, 605 X 24 = ;Rs, 14,520 if full f£'t>S c~mld be charged,
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.
We [Link] that fees should he raised for students coming from
outside the Presidency, t.o at least double those charged to oth'ers.
· We recommend the abolition of the post of Divisional Superintendt'nt
of Agriculture and of one of the 4 Divisional Posts of l\lechanical A'*'i~t­
ants under the Agricultural Colleg•• which are now kept in [Link]•.
We arc in favour of continuing grants to Agricultural As.'lodations
except such as are found to he moribund.

Co-oPERATivE DEPARTMENT.
37. We have considered the proposal ffil\de to us of [Link]~
this Department with the Agricultural Dep:utmcnt, but the majority
of us are not in favour. We think that 2 Assistant Registrars could bt•
:tbolished and accept the Department's suggestion to abolish the
Indll8trial OrganiseM and 2 Assistant Weaving Inspectors.
We have read the remarks of th~ Recistrar in the last Administration
Report on the work of the Honorary Organisers and the m!tjority of us
are agreed that they shonld be abolished, thus saving Travelling
Allowance of R.s. 64,000. Ra.o [Link] Patil, howevf'r, wisl1es to
retain 50 per cent. and appoint only competent men.
We recommend that the troale of Societies to auditors be increasrd
as proposed by Gov{'rnment from 180 to 200 per pair of one senior and
one junior auditor. This will result in a reduction of 6 auditors.
Recent administration reports of the Registrar have laid stress on the
number of weak societies, and pointed out the very large proportion
of unauthorised arrears. We wish to emphasize the n{'cd for a policy
of consolidation rather than of expansion in this Department.

INDUSTRIES DEPARTMENT.

38. It has bren [Link] clear to us that the grants to this Dt'partment
are so small that anv further reduction would makt- it difficult to carrv
on work. The question thf'n is whether it should be abolished or rt•tained
as it is. \\re have heard the Director of Industries ml(l, tht• Secretary,
General Departmrnt. The majority of us are in favour of retaining
the Department. Even with the attenuated grants at his disposal the
Director has bt'en able to give useful aSI!i~tancc to minor industrit's ;
and we are convinced [Link] it· is desirabltl t.o retdin tl1e nudt•us of a
Department in bt>ing.
PtrBLIC WoRKS DEPARTMENT.
39. We have gin~n this subject much thought. It would seem logical
that, as financial considerations have greatly reduced the nwnber of
new works· which can be taken up, there should be a corresponding
decrease in the establishmE:'nt charges and in th,, total expenditure.
"We are aware that there have been heavv reductions in establishment
amounting to over Rs. 8 lakhs in the larl few years and that t~~ stafi
now in existence is claimed by the Department to be the mmunum
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necessary to maintain the existing works. They state that there is a
minimum beyond which it is not possible to go with safety and that the
existing temporary staff is included in and not additional to the neces-
sarv minimum. We hold, however, that in view of the paramount
ne;essity of reducing expenditure a further cut must be made.
It has not been possible for us to recommend in detail the manner in
which further reduction in establishments can be enforced, but we are
satisfied that this Department must still find a considerable share of the
total sum required, and we propose to leave the Department to apportion
the cut as they think best. We are not at one as to the extent to which
a reduction of expenditure can be enforced, but we [Link] agreed that it
should not be less than 14 lakhs. The cut may be found not only by the
discharge of establishments but by the reduction of grants for repairs
both in the Irrigation and the Roads and Buildings branches of the
Department. 'Ve are aware that a certain risk will be run in reducing
the maintenance grants for canals, and that too long postponement
of repairs of roads and buildings may involve heavier charges in future.
We think the position demands that this risk be faced. The fact that
in the current year a sum of 16lakhs has been borrowed from the Petrol
Fund for .road maintenance, which must next year fall on the general
revenues, makes the case for a reduction of the road grants the stronger.
We are agreed that it is inadvisable to borrow further from the Petrol
Fund for this purpose.
40. Our enquiries have also led us to the conclusion that the arrange-
ment (peculiar to this Department) by '"fhich the technical heads of the
Departments are also Secretaries to Government is unsatisfactory. The
liember in charge has no adviser whose angle of view is not that of the
technical expert. 'Ye recommend that the system which is in force
in the other Departments should be adopted here. The Chief Engineers
should cease to be Secretaries to Government and thus be free to tour
and devote their time to departmental work and the purely Secretariat
work divided up among the other departments of Government. The
initiation of this change would probably demand an additional Secretary
as a temforary measure; but we are convinced that the revised system
would eventually permit of the reduction of the Superior staff, both
in the Secretariat and in the District organisation. It will moreover
more readily accommodate itself to the FfOposals which we are making
for the future of the Roads and Buildings Branch.
Meanwhile we are of opinion that it should be possible to reduce one
charge of Superintending Engineer. . · ·
We are of orinion in any case that there is no ground for continuing
the allowance of Rs. 250 per mensem now raid to the Chief Ergineers for
acting as Secretaries to Government since it is obvious that their duties
in the latter capacity preclude the full performance of some of their
duties in the former capacity. .
41. We have investigated the question of handing oVer Roads and Blt't1-
clings from the Public Works Department to local bodies and have exa-
mined the report of the Braganza Committee which visited Madras \\here
all such work is done by local bodies. We think that the ultimate goal
litO Vc 4--3 .
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to be aimed at in order to prevent the present overlapping of authority
is the abolition of the Roads and Buildings Branch of the Publio Works
Department and the transfer of the work now done by them to local
authorities. We realise that this cannot be done immediately and that
certain conditions are requisite before general transfer is possible.
A first essential is a body of qualified engineers, who can work unham-
pered by the changes and difficulties of local politics. In Madras
there is a Local Board service of engineers who are Government servants
appointed and removable by Government though paid from Local Board
funds. There may be difficulties in the beginning about the mainte-
nance of tanks and important Government buildings and other works
of major importance in areas where there is no Executive Engineer of
the Irrigation Branch, and a central inspecting agency will probably
always be required. But it would be premature for us now to go
into further details. We are informed by the Chief Engineer that an
experiment has been made in handing over roads in 3 districts and that
in the opinion of the Department it was a failure in one and a partial
failure in the other two, and \Vas more expensive to Government. Some
of us, however, think that the results of the experiment are not conclusive
and "ish for a further experiment to be made by grouping certain
divisions and maintaining Public Works Department establishment in
part of it only while handing over the rest of the area to local boards.
If the experiment proves successful it would be extended over a larger
area. It is. realised that a considerable time .may elapse before such
a scheme could be extended to all Local Boards, but this is no argument
against its gradual introduction.
42. We have considered at length and discussed with the Chief Engineer
the possibility of abolishing the Consulting Architect to Government in
view of the improbability of the construction of many large buildings in
future. It has been explained to us. that besides doing work for the
Central Government the Consulting Architect has important duties,
such as examining the plans for buildings to be erected on Government
land leased to private persons as building sites. , He also has professorial
duties in the J_ J. School of Art. It appears that when there are a
sufficient number of large buildings to be constructed, it is economical to
retain the services of the Consulting Architect. But nnder present
circumstances 3 of our members think that the Consulting Architect and.
his department should be abolished. The Government of India would
then an;ange for the construction of its own buildings while the
Government of Bombay, being unlikely to build any large ones, could
dispense with architectural advice for the less important ones. While
agreeing that it is desirable to retain the nucleus of the Department in
being, one member wishes to abolish the Consulting Architect and the
junior Assistant, retaining the senior Assistant Architect who has British
qualifications in charge of the department. Two other members,
agreeing with the Chief Engineer, think that the best course is to
retain the Consulting Architect and so get the benefit .of his experience
and seniority, and to abolish the two posts of [Link].
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The abolitio~ of tile Consulting Architect would save annually
Hs. 1,750
133
150

2,033 X 12 = Rs. 24,396,

from which there would have to be deducted in the first yt>ar a lump
sum for compensation.
The abolition of the two .Assistants would save
Rs. 1,275
135
1,025
135

2,570 X 12 = 30,840,
from which some deduction for compt>nsation would probably have to be
made in the first year.
The Department costa Rs. 91,000 in [Link] and brings in fees of Rs. 8,000
making a net cost of Rs. 83,000. The total abolition of the Department
would therefore save this sum less the cost of such establishment as it
might be necessary to transfer to the Public Works Department. The
total of Rs. 83,000 includes Rs. 12,000 for the Quantity Surveyors branch
referred to in the next paragraph.
The Committee is of opinion that the Quantity Suf'vey01'' s branch of this
Department should be abolished, thus saving· Rs. 12,000. The Chief
Engineer has agreed to this.
43 •. We have considered a proposal to abolish the Irrigation Develo-Jr
meta and Researclt Circle. Evidence has been given to ns that this
Department has been instrumental in saving large sums in construction
both in Sind and the Presidency. Hydrodynamic experiments carried out
by the Superintending Engineer in charge of this circle have led to the
more [Link] designing of aqueducts and sluice gates and have gone
a long way towards solving problems connected with the deposit of silt
which occur on most canals but are of particular importance in Sind.
In the Deccan successful methods have been evolved of dealing with the
menace of water-logging and salt. Drainage schemes have been carried
out and salt land has successfully been reclaimed and its fertility restored.
Modules have been designed and are being introduced on a whole canal
in this circle in order to regulate the supply of water and eliminate
waste. These are calculated to extend the area of irrigation possible
with the existing supply of water by 20 per cent. and to reduce the risk
of water-logging. The selection of land suitable for intensive irrigation
based on a study of the physical conditions of the soil and sub-soil i~S
one -~f the [Link]~lized duties of this circle. . _ ·
Thef>e examples are quoted to illustrate the reasons which have led
a majority of us to the conclusion that it would not be either Wise or
economical to interrupt the scientific researches and the practical-applica-
tion of the experiments [Link] by the Superintending EDGinee:r.
Eoonom!es amounting to Ra. 20,000 have been effected dking the current
year.
ll. A. majoritv of us do not think that any economy would be effected
by handing ovPr the revenue work of the Irrigation Department to the
Ren•nue Department which dOfs the actual collection, since there is no
owrlapping of work under the present syst~m.
45. It was suggested to us that2.S the accounts of the Dapw·i Jrorksnop
show€d a debit balance it might be economical to close them down.
We have examined this question in some detail, and have come to the
conclusion that the shops are of greater Yalue to G.>vernment than the
somt>what misleading semi-commercial accounts would lead one to
believe. The presentation of the accounts in a form more consonant
with the tme state of affairs is under investigation. The workshops
contain valuable machinery and support a large staff, an actual profit
is «>arned if the outtum is owr Rs. 2,80,000 and when that figure is passed
thf> profit increase~; rapidly. As in all such concerns returns are largely
dependent on the size of the outturn, and we coru:ider that the economical
course is to obtain as much work as possible both from G.>wmment and
private sources, for the [Link]. The Works llanager has submitted
propos::.ls for effecting this purpose and we recommend that this policy
be adopted. We wou!d add that we .have been impnSSE:d by the tduca-
tiond Yalne of the workshops. Xine years ago a11skil1t:d labour had to
be imported. Xow 63 per cent. of it has been trained in the works ; and
38 apprentices are employed.

GRU'"TS TO LOCA.L BODIES FOR PL"'BLIC WORKS.

I

46. The majority of the non-official members wish to put on record

their opinion that no further reduction should be made in this grant.

STATIOXERY ..\1\J> PRIXTIXG.

{7. A semi-commercial concern (but belonging to the ReYenue Depart-
ment) is the Photo Zinco Press. It was suggested to us that the work could
be more economically done by private agency. "-e are informed that
some of the work is confidential, and much of it is of great importance
to GoYernment and great accuracy and reliability is es3ential, as for
in.-,--tance in the printing of village maps and of statistical reports.
Expensive and up-to-date machinery is used and the same principles
apply as to Dapriri. The greater the outtum the greater the profit.
\Ye would therefore make a similar recommendation that the Press should
not be abolished but it should be grren as much Government work as
possible and arrangements made to a~t more priYate work.
There is another press working in Poona, engaged almost entirely in
the printing of forms, 'riz. the Yeranla Prison Press. This gives useful
employment to prisoners, and we are informed cannot economically be
di::.-pensed with. But we can see little necessity for a special High Court
Press in Bombay, with the GoYernment Central Press available, and we
recommend that ita abolition be considered forthwith.
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We have already recommended the curtailment of the number of
reports and returns and we understand that the cost of printing
is considerably increased by payment for overtime due to demands for
the printing of certain reports at very short notice by a certain date.
Reduction in the length of some of the reports should also be possible.
Further economy should be feasible for the use of cheaper paper whenever
permanence is not desired.
We estimate that if all these ways of effecting economy were fully
explored it should be possible to make savings of Rs. 1 lakh under this
head.

)liSCELLANEOUS CHARITABLE GRANTS AND

ALLOWANCES.·
48. \V e do not think in view of the terms of. the grant that the
contribution to the Prince of Wales Museum can be reduced. We
recommend the following cuts under the head" 47, Miscellaneous'':-·

Home Department- Out

Rs. Rs.
47,800 Children's Aid Society 7,800
5,000 Bombay Vigilance Association. . 1,000
8,000 Society for the protection of
children in Western India 1,000

Political DepartnumJ.-
500 Seamen's Rest, Karachi .. }·
1,200 Royal Bombay Seamen's 1,700 as the Government
Society. of India are now
in charge of these
General Department- interests.
1,920 l\Iadhagat Annachatra 1,9:W
2,500 Bombay Helpless Beggars
Relief 250 (10 per cent.).

13,670
Of this we understand that Rs. 2,100 cannot be cut this year as tbc
grant has already been made.
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49. Sum111ary of proposed safli'llgs, etc. ·

Land ReE"ellue «rt4 10 per eent. on eoet of establishment .. 11,99,200

General
lion. Admini81ra- •\.bolitlOll
· 0 f..,_
.uvmb ay SU b ur baD D'!VISIOn
· · •• 2(),000
Amalgamation of Wagra and .!mod -1,800
-1 Personal .Assist!Ults to CiJllectors 19,200
I Superintendent of Land Records 4,800
.\malgamation of Superintendent of Land -UlOO
Records, Sind, und Manager, Encumbert'd
Estates.
Government Hou~e 1,50,000
llove to llahableshwar 60,000
Abolition of Director of Information and !?6,000
Commissioner under the Workmen's
Compensation Act .
.t5pecial ·Pay of Judge, Court of Small !100
Causes, Karachi, under the above Act.
:!0 per cent. reduction in Oriental Trans· 13,-lOO
lator'a Office.
Ezci&e Abolition [Link] Commissioner 39,000
:-;a,vinga by reorganization of the Depart· l,U,OOO
ment.
Forests iO,OOO

Admini8tration of 10 pet• cent. on High Coill't Establishment 1,09,300

JUBtke.
U Sub-Judges 60,000
I Additional Judicial Commissioner in Sind :l6,00U
Y arioua Home Department [Link] .. :!8,500

Police Abolition of 2 Deputy Inspectors General •• »2~000

10 per cent. reduction in Police Inspectors :!0,000
District Superintendent of Pollee, Tatta 4,000

Education
[Link] Health One Assistant Director of Public Health 7,000

Fees in. Agricultural CiJllege 2,900

Co-opll1'atit'l' Depart- 2 Assistant Registrars 1:!,000

ment. Travelling Allowam·e to Honorary 64,000
Organisers.
6 Auditors 14,400

Public Works Depart- .A lump cut including-

ment including one Superintending Engineer's
lN'igation. · Circle 40,000} [Link]
Consulting .Architect 30,800 or 5o,OOO
Quantity Surwyor's branch 12,000.

Charitable Grants 13,600

Statiolw'y and Print- Various proJJOsah; 1,00,000

ing.

Total 36,49,800

Allou:ances, Ovef' Soos Savings not a8certaina blc

Pay, PasBagu.
 ,.. I t
••
.,.~

Tbe following snvings are only gradually realisable : -

RH.
Huzur Deputy Collectors 84,000
[Link] 13,000
Pay of Executi\·e Councillors . . No figure stated.
Pay of lfinisters 36,000
Pay of the President of the Council n,OOO
Pay of the Deputy Presiden~ 750
Pay of High Court Judges 1,20,000
Pay of Judicial Commissioner in Sind 10,500
Pay of one Additional Judicial Commis•ion('l: 9,000

2,79,250

CHAPTER IV.
50. The following members, viz., l\Iessrs. Chikodi, Kama.t, Rahimtoola.
and Rao Bahadur Patil constituting a majority of the Committee think it
desirable to plaet: on record at somewhat greater length the effect upon
our enquiry of the orders of Governmt'nt referred to in paragraph 3 of the
report. In following the procedure that we did we had in mind the
task of reducing the permanent expenditure of Government to a degree
which would enable this Presidency to carry on the administration on a
reduced scale, within the reduced revenues which seem likely to come to
us in future. The carrying out of this task [Link] it necessary for us to
consult non-official opinion to a greater extent than we have yet done :
and though we have discussed at great length various a<>tivities of Govern-
ment there are manv matters connected therewith on which we should
Jike to have· been able to formulate more definite views. The letter of
Government the:refo1·e which showed that the understanding of Govern-
ment connected our labours more closely with the preparation of the
next Budget than we had realised under our terms of reference took us
rather by surprise. 1Ve feel ourselves, therefore, rather at a disadvantage
in being called upon at this late stage to make proposals which may aid
Government in balancing next year's budget. But we venture to put
down in the following paragraphs the [Link] in which we think this can
be done.
51. Although as shown above, we could not for want of time
closely scrutinise expenditure in several important Departments, from
the statistical information submitted by some Departments as well as
from a comparative study of some other Provincial Budgets, it appears
to us that there are grounds to believe that the administration of this
Presidency is very expensive-perhaps far more so than the higher cost
of living here may account for. We can at best make out a prima facie .
case in this regard and leave Government to find out if there is no real
extravagance. For purposes of comparison we take the Punjab, which
has nearly the same population as Bombay, and nearly the [Link] n_um~r
 of Districts. The comparative figures for some Departments on the
basis of the 1931-32 Budget are:-
Bombay. Funjab.
Revenue 15"20 crores. Revenue 11•84 c:rores.
Bombay. Pun; a b.
Expenditure on-
Lakhs. Lakhs.
1. Land Revenue 73"37 40
2. General Administration 227 115
3. Police .. 189 175
4. Education 201 175
5. :Medical 53 56
6.· Public Health 24 24
7. Agriculture 30 54
8. Civil Works 105 us
It is noticeable from the above that the Punjab which has 29 districts
as against 28 in Bombay, can manage, e.g., its Law and Order at a much
lower cost than Bombay. If Bombay has a sea-port, the Punjab has
also a special factor in its continguity to the Frontier. Then again the
United Provinces which has a total revenue of about Rs. 16 crores but
t·wice the population and much Ie,rger area to look after spends for the
Police 175 lakhs. We need not elaborate the point further. In fact,
the Simon Commission Report has brought out prominently the fact
that Bombay is a Province Di Luxe, and spends per head of the popula-
tion Rs. 8 as against Rs. 4 per head in Madras, 2'5 per head in Bengal
and 5·5 in the Punjab. It may be observed that Bombay stands highest
not only in spending on Education but even under other heads such n.s
Land Revenue and General Administration, so also Law and Order,
as will be clear from the following figures for 1929-30 contained in the
Simon Commission Report (Volume II, page 233) :-
Bombay. Madras. Bengal. Punjab.

Rs. ·ns. Rs. Rs.

Land Revenue and General Adminis- 1•528 0·657 0•398 .0•758
tration expenditure per head.
Law and Order 1•446 0•790 0•784 1•101

This means Bombay spends for its General Administration Rs. 1/8 per
head as against annas 12 for Punjab. Whether the disparity is due
merely to factors like density of population or the higher cost of living .
and, if so, to what extent, was relevant for o~ inquiry, in order to see
if extravagance or waste does not contribute to the higher cost.
52. In this connection, the figures supplied to the Committee of the
cost· of the Secretariat in 1920 and 1931 are of considerable interest.
The pre-reform cost was Rs. 13,15,648. It is now Rs. 21,94,000. Of
this increase Rs. 3·08lakhs is due to the increased number of appoint- ·
ments. of Executive Councillors and Ministers. This leaves Rs. 5 · 7l
1~1-'L- ....... 1..... ... - - - -........ .4-n..J ,,.._
 25 ~ , '..!
• ,. • • .?

The Committee could not go into this subject of Secretariat appoint·

[Link] and is unable to off~r any conclusions as to the degre~ of retrench,
meD.t p<:>ssible in the Secretariat. But we consider Government should
take up the in'luiry~ and particularly obtain information in detail from
the m:1jor Prorinces showing the system in each ~retariat in order to
find out whether expenditure in Bombay is excessive.
53. [Link]!her direction in which pei'IILUlent economy can be attempted
is a furt!l.~r curtailment of the activities of the Public Works
ani Irri?ation Ikpartments. We are indined to think that in !he
a~ti\-iti~s of the Public Works D~putment the Bombay Engineer appears
to att~mpt too hi;h an aesthetic st:m-:lard of architectural detail and
d~si:n in his buildin,zs. He has a western outlook with an eastern
p·.rr~. In o:rr view, a- goof deal of sa ring may oo effected if a simpli-
city of style i~ force.i on the E:1?1n*rs by Go¥emment. The buildin,g
a~:i .-i:io-s of t!J.e Public Works Ikp:1rtment d;uing the last decade entail
a pro<i>ioD., as far as we can work oat, of an average of one crore per
annum for the Roads and Com:mmicatioru Branch, and an average of
Rs. i51akhs for the Irrigation Branch {charged to Revenue). Consider-
aM~ sa'rim can be effected by the lowering of standard in the Building
branch. We are not satisfie•l whether in the Pnblic Works Department
costs for establishments are not high. We could not obtain e\-idence of
non-oficial retired gentlemen about the organisation of this Department
within the time when we had to close our inquiry. We are unable to
accept the new that what the present Chief Engineer thinks to be the
irreducible minimum is the real margin below which we cannot go.
The economies suggested by )Ir. P. G. Shah, Special Inquiry Officer,
ha•e not ~e!l fully carried out and further inquiry into this Department
~ms to be need~

As regards Irrigation development, the subject of financial results

in the Deccan Canals is already engaging the attention of Government.
In this connection the incideiice of working expenses to Revenue earned,
particularly in the Deccan Canals~ appears to be very high.
5!.. We have indica ted how Bombay tops other provinces not only in
;:pending on Education but on, say, General Administration and Law
and Order. It is necessary to state our news on this qnestion frankly.
It must be remembered that in the current year a reduction of 5 lakhs
had been made in this Department. Other Departments have bad not
to suf!er such a big cut in the current year. We hold the new that this
Department, aiming to spread literacy, is the very foundation on which
the fruition of other beneficent actinties depends. Expenditure for
Public Health, for in:.-tanee, or for agricultural propaganda at the
rate of Rs. 25 lakhs and Rs. 30 lakhs respectively is year after year
partly wasted as long as there is no literacy in the village to understand
why malaria or cholera is cansed or why a particular crop is profitable
or unprofitable compared to cost of cultivation.
We notice in this connection that the [Link]-General in his
.!.ppropriation Accounts for 1929-30 has commented on a tendency of
xo Vc 4--l ,
 26

the Department to over-estimate cert-ain requirements. For instance,

there were savings under " Inspection " under Education as follows :-
Rs.
1926-27 2,31,837
1927-28 3,92,619
1928-29 4,58,711
1929-30 1,87,486
The real problem, is to ascertain whether we are getting full value for
every rupee spent. We have no objection if Government investigate
, any causes of waste, provided the inquiry is at the hands of disinterested
I experts in education, and provided further that any amount saved or
· released is properly spent on no other purpose than spread of education.
This Department concerns every phase of the life and well being of the
country. We are not in favour, therefore, of arresting the progress of
education by a cut in this Department as it may mean a disastrous set-
back from which it may take years to recover. As regards higher educa-
tion, we find other Provincial Governments are spending comparatively
more than Bombay, in fact Bombay in this respect is, as the Director of
Public Instruction pointed out, lagging behind other Presidencies. In the
United Provinces, for instance, which has more universities than one,
the provision for university education is between 16 to 18 lakhs as
against 1,22,000 jn Bombay. The grants to non-Government Arts
Colleges is between 5 to 6 lakhs as against 1,87,000 in Bombay. We
are not in favour, in view of far-reaching considerations of any reduction
in higher education or secondary education either.
55. We have dealt with some of the Departments which we had not
the opportunity of examining thoroughly from the aspect of looking for
permanent retrenchments. 'Ve consider that a real and abiding solution
of the present .financial trouble lies not in seeking temporary ad hoc
retrenchments, but in finding out the real waste, and curtail activities
which the revenue of the Presidency does not permit. We are not
convinced that all avenues for retrenchments of a permanent nature are
exhausted. We are however asked to apply our minds more to the
immediate problem of suggesting retrenchments to meet the next year's
deficit, which is anticipated to be a crore of rupees. We recognise the
imperative need of a balanced budget and to that end suggest the
following emergency cuts, which if accepted would bring the total to
Rs. 1,21,00,000 including the saving of Rs. 35lakhs from the 10 per cent.
cut in salaries. In proposing these reductions, we wish to make it
plain that it is the unprecedented emergenty which is our justification
for the admittedly haphazard method we are driven to follow. We
are aware there is a certain element of risk, of deterioration or lowering
of efficiency in several Departments but we venture to think this risk
the Presidency must be prepared to take for some time. We have
discussed the proposed cuts in Committee and if there are difierences of
view, they are about the degree to which the officials think they can
go with us in each cut, rather than in the method over temporary cuts.
We now enumera-te the reductions we suggest :-
 21
Emergency Retrenchments.
[Savings hom the 10 per cent. cut in salaries] •• 35 lakhs.
Stoppage of increments of pay as recommended in
paragraph 8. Expected saving, roughly 8
1. Public TV orks Department- "
(a) Stopping provision for new works next year 5
(b) 50 per cent. cut in Discretionary grants with "
officers on current year's basis
(c) Repairs to Buildings, residential and non-
residential, on the basis of current year's
provision which is 18 lakhs 6
(d) Repairs to communications. This year's "
provision is 34 lakhs 5
(e) Irrigation Bran< h. 15 per cent. cut on the
basis of this year's provision of Rs. 21lakhs
for works and Rs. 46 lakhs for working
expenses 10
{f) PubliJ Works Department establishment "
(Roads) 4
(g) Tools and plant cut on a basis of · 8 per cent. "
which is the excess over the sanctioned rate
for tools and plant at 1} per cent. saving •. 1 ,
3. Government House It ,
[This is on the basis of economies which, we
· understand, His Excellency himself has
been very kindly considering.]
4. Contingencies 3
[At 5 per cent. on a total expenditure of about a
crore, essential items under this'head such
as diets to be excluded.]
5. Travell:ing Allowance .. 5
[This has been recently (1930) cutdown by orders
of Government. We propose a further
emergency cut, only essential touring and
movements to be allowed.]
6. Police Depm·tment 9
(i) This is on the basis of 5 per cent. cut on the
basis of this year 188lakhs
(ii) Emergency Police-
On the basis that current year's provision
need not be retained
7. Printing and Stationery
8
1
....
8. Forests in addition to the cut surrendered
9. Land Revenue and General Administration
1 .
at 5 per cent. cut--Total190 lakhs 9l
10. Bombay Development Department 1 "
11. Allowances other than Travelling Allowance •• 5 "
"
Total .. 1,21lakhs
 .28

COXCL"LSIOX.

56. The Committee has sat for 73 days and a Sub-Committee for
preparing questionnaires aL"-0 sat for four days. The attendance of
members at the Committee was as follows ;-
The Chairman 72 days.
:Mr. Wiles 66 ,
Mr. Humphrey 26 ,
Khan Bahadur Allahbaksh 28 ,
Mr. Hoosenally Rahimtoola 66 ,
Rao Bahadur Patil 50 ••
[Link] 67 .,
Mr. Kamat 71 ..
Before closing the report the members of the Committee wish to place
onrecord their appreciation of the ability and tact with which the
Chairman has discharged his duties. They express their thanks for
the valuable assistance they have received from the Secretaries, who
were during the earlier discussions lli. G. B. Phanse, Assistant Secretary,
Finance Department, and thereafter Mr. C. H. Bristow, I.C.S.

(Signed) Rt7STO:U JEB.A..~GIR vAXIL.

( , } P. R. CmKODI (subject to 1
minute of dissent).
( , ) J. Ht:'ln'HREY.
( ., ) B. s. :K.u!AT.
I

( , ) D. R. PATIL (subject to :
minute of dissent).
• ( .. ) HoosE:[Link].
( ,, ) G. WILEs.
Bombay, 25th November 1931.
X ole.-AB Khan Bahadur Allahbaksh was not pre~M;nt at the discussion of the re:rort
his si,"'latnre could not. be obtained [Link] the report was printed.
The cost of the Commitee is aa follows : -
Rs. a. p.
Travelling, daily and subsistence allowance of non-official
memhers 8,755 11 0
Extra cost to Government of Special Officer'I! appointment
and pay of Secretary 3,315 14 0
Establishment 1,680 8 0
Printing 236 11 0
Making a total cost to Government of Rs. 13,988-10-0. This
has been reduced by P..a. 463-8-0 foregone ty one of the
members. ao that the total nt"t cost is 13,525 2 0
 29
(Note.-Mr. Chikodi's minute of dissent will be printed separately.)

NOTE.
Readers of the first three Chapters of the Report will be struck by the
complete absence of any reference to the Education Budget. The reason
for this is that in deference to the wishes of the majority, discussion of
this subject was postponed until other Departments had been dealt with.
In consequence of the decision of the majority as recorded in Chapter IV
the question of the reduction of Education charges has therefore not
come under discussion on its merits. \Ve have been unable to associate
ourselves with a number of the lump-cut recommendations contained in
Chapter IV; and we find it necessary to record our view that in
the present emergency the provincial contribution to Education must
also share in the burden. This is not because we under-estimate in any
degree the importance of Education in the administration, but because
we feel that the Presidency finances cannot bear the cost of the present
policy of providing, very largely at the expense of the general tax-payer,
educatic-n for classes who can afford to pay for it. The complete
exemption of the Educational Department can only be justified if the
other activities of the State which directly benefit the people are not made
to su:ll'er. With the reduced revenues at our disposal this is quite
impracticable.
R. VAKIL.
J. HUMPHREY.
G. WILES.

I wish ~ expand the above note very briefly.

It appears to me that a Committee, appointed for the purpose of
framing proposals on which extensive retrenchments in the expenditure
of the Province may be effected, falls short of its duty if it deliberately
leaves untouched a Department whose expenditure accounts for 12 · 86
per cent. of the total annual budget. The attitude of the majority of the
Committee on this subject is sufficiently indicated by the fact that in the
main body of the report the question of education receives no word of
mention of any kind. Nor do I consider that this defect is remedied by
the purely negative references to this matter in Chapter IV which
proposes drastic cuts in every other department.
In my view it is impossible for the very high expenditure which
Government at present bear on Education to escape the incidence of
retrenchment, as to the vital need for which there is universal agreement.
Indeed it is the view of some of us that Government have undertaken in
this matter of education a burden which is too great for the Provincial
fina~c~s to hear. 1\"hile I am in full sympathy with the view that
proVISICn and extension of educational facilities are among the first
needs of the Province, I maintain that this object must be pursued on
sound lines, and abo>e all that the policy of Go>emment must be such
that it can be met by practical measures of finance, however far it may in
consequence fall £.hort of the ideal which all would like to achieve.
rn· my opinion there is urgent need for reform on the following [Link] :-
1. Revisim of the Primary Education Act of 19:!3, with a new
mainly to ensure-
(a) that a larger share of the cost shall be borne by Municipalities
and by District Boards, and
(b) that the control by Government (who pronde from general
re>enues the preponderating share of the cost of Education),
of exptnditure <·n Educatic.n by means of inspecticn of schouls, shall
not be relaxed.
2. Seccndary Education and still more rniversity Education
should be made to a much greater ext{nt sell-supporting, &nd the
Go>ernment grants should be mad.e dependt-nt <n the levy of adequate
fees on the pupils and students [Link]:lW:s.
In my riew this would result in substantial saYing to GoYemment,
and would at the same time go far to ensure that the m(ney sp<·nt <n
educatic·n is properly s~nt, thereby impro>ing the shmdard of both
teachers and pupils. The :[Link] Chapter makes rrference to this
questicn of waste, but in the same passare it quctes savings effected en
inspecticn, whi<.h it appears to me must be lafbely [Link] t-o such
waste.
J. HOIPHREY.
 31
Minute of dissent by Rao Bahailur D. R. Patil.
I am sorry I cannot agree to all what my colleagues say. On some
of the suggestions put forward by my colleagues I must record my dissent.
I agree to their views subject to the following rt'servations :-
1. Salary of Ministers.-! cannot agree to ·any proposal for the
reduction of the salary of l\Iinisters unless a corresponding reduction
is made in regard to the salary of the Executive Councillors. A reason-
able reduction was already made when the ori!rinal rate of Rs. 5,333-5-4
was brought dvwn to Rs. 4,000. Any further reduction would be
undesirable unless and until a uniform scale of pay is adopted for the
two ~O'S of Gowrnment Members.
2. Deputy Pre-s1~lent.-The [Link] paid is small and only for the
period when the Council is in session. The t-conomy proposed is too
trivial having regard to the importance and dignity of the office.
3. .Police lllspedors.-I do not want thf'se Poliee Inspectors, who
form a superfluous body of men in the Police Force. The Deputy
Superintendents of Police can manage to run the district with the aid
of Sub-Inspectors. The existence of Inspectors does not seem to add
to the efficimcy of the Force. They are a sort of parasites without
sufficient responsibility. ·
4. Honorary Orgm~izers.-l\Iuch of the success of the co-operative
movement has been due to these Honorary Organizers. Their propa-
ganda has been instrum.:nta.l in promoting the movement in the
Presidency. Their advice is sought by various Co-operative Societies in
the mofussil. To abolish th£se posts altogether would not be advisable.
I would urge the retention of at least 50 per cent. of these and suggest
that duly compet~nt men be appointtd her~after.
5. Treasury Deputy Collectors.-I agree with my colleagues that
there is no netd for the highly paid Deputy Collectors to be in charae
of Treasuri(s. But I do not think it is nt>cessary to have these replaC:d
by Mamlatdars. The TreMury Work can be done by trained Accountants
under the suptrvision of the Collector or any of his Assistants, while
the magisterial work performed by the Treasury officers can be easily
distributed among the local fnagistrates. I would urge for the
simplification of the administration in eve1y direction, and not for the
complexity which adds so much to the cost.

25th November 1931. D. R. PATIL.

 32
Note by Mr. Hoosena'ly M. Rahimtoola.
The Committee in its acl interin~ Report had recommended a salary
cut on a graduated scale. Government applied a flat rate of 10 per cent.
It will be seen from the following table that the sacrifice by salary cut
works out in actual practice at a graduated scale in the reverse
order:-

Net salary I
Net salary
i
I:Percent.-
after
I
Net salary I after
deducting
Actual &.iter
surtax on I deducting Net age ot
[Link]. deducting
income and
super-tax.
income-and 10 percent.
super-tax I eutand
without income- and
sacrifice for
salary cut. I net
sacrifice
to
salary.
salary cut. super-tax.
1
I
-· ---
Rs.
80,000
!-=--=
66,302 1 4
Rs. a.. P· Rs. a.. P·
62,877 9 8iI 69,968 12 0
!
Rs. a..
P·~
2,908 13 81 3·62
I
I
64,000 63,635 6 8 51,044 4 4 I 48,568 12 0 2,475 8 4 3·86
48,000 41,750 0 0 39,132 13 oi 36,956 4 0 2,176 9 0 4•54
I
36,000 31,406 12 0 30,258 7 ol 28,406 4 0 1,852 3 0 5·15
24,000 21~625 0 0 21,031 4 0' 19,562 8 0 1,468 12 0 6·12
12,000 11,250 0 0 ll,062 8 0: 10,125 0 0 937 8 0 7•82
\
6,000 5,718 12 0 5,648 7 0 5,146 14 0 501 •9 0 8·36
I I
2,400 2,325 0 0 2,306 4 01 2,092 8 0 203 12 0 8•49
I
o: 1,080 0 0

:I
1,200 1,200 0 1,175 0 95 0 0 7·92

720 ·720 0 720 0 o· 648 0 0 72 0 0 10

I
 Minute of dissent by Mr. P. R. Chikodi . .

As regards permanent retrenchment the work of the Committee

has been incomplete; and as regards temporary retrenchment for
meeting the deficit of more than a crore in the next year's budget,
the proposals of my colleagues do not go far. I firmly believe that
there is room for considerable curtailment of expenditure and the
average annual expenditure of the Bombay Government is capable
of being reduced by about two Cl·ores without any loss of efficiency.
I am sorry to note that some of the important recommendations
of the last Retrenchment Committee were not accepted by the
Government and the result has been' that today there has been
unnecessary swelling up of the expenditure side.· Further, there
must be a rule whereby the Government should be compelled
to maintain a working balance of 10 per cent. of its normal
expenditure without which no budget should be considered valid.
Such a requirement would force the Government to keep the
expenditure within its normal income and make impossible
for it to present a deficit budget to the Legislative CounciL
The salary of a Minister or an Executive Councillor should be
cut down to Rs. 3,000 per month and there should not be any
differentiation of any kind between these two classes of officers.
The salary of the ordinary Judges of High Court should be
Rs. 2,500 and that of the Chief Justice Rs. 3,000. The old system
of the [Link] doing the work of the Village Accountant is very
cheap and efficient, and should be restored wherever Talatis have
been appointed.
P. R. CHIKODI.
Belgaum, November 27, 1931.

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B?[Link]! PRINTED AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS.
 STATEMENT A

JJO Vo <l--6
 ~TA'l.'EMENT ~·
/Showing the present and proposed time-scaTes of pay of Class I and Class I I Services.
l'l'eHent rropot!od
ltlllliiHk"
Ol!tHS I R~nltl CluH~ }[ Cli<HH 1 <lln~H II
. ·-· -· ~~-- ··- ----~~·- -- --- ~-·· ------- .

Agl'ioulturo 300-25-4oo-:lu 2011-lii---320-

l•'onmt
Veterin1u'Y } 320-40-1,200 250-20-7110 1150 E.B.---33-
760-40-1,000
]~.U. 20-tJOO

.Publio Worke [Link], Junior Senior Junior /:J6nior

1st. 320 aoo
2nd. 3110 325
ard. 400 31i0
4th. 400 HO 31i0 375 <:,.:>
.....
lith. 440 41-10 :m 400
tlth. 480 520 400 4311
7th. 620 1160 425 4(10
Nth. li20 tJ()() ' 4110 4.\IU
lith. 500 640 4lW 1120
lOth.
11th.
12th.
tiUO
640
6110
liMO
7:!0
760
~51l-:!11-71ill
I'HO
540
1)7()
6601Ul.
IIHII
ti:!O
. ' 200-15---3:!0-E, B.:!O-
600
13th. 720 !!00 \ 600 tiM
14th. 7t10 840 ' fl:J() 6{)0
15th. 800 880 tltiO 726
16th. 1120 760
17th, !1110 800
18th. 1,000 840
ll)tb. 1,040 8t!O
20th. .. 1,080 1:120
21st.. 1,120 !.160
22nd. 1,160 ' 1,000
:!:ll·d. 1,200
l<:[Link] (l\Icn)
··I 320-40-1,2UCJ :!iiU-:W-tii)O 3UU-2~00-30-
.550-E.B. SG-
760--40-1,000,
200--15--320-
E.B. 20-600•
I.
(\\'omen) .. , :!1141-)0-340- 3H0-25-750
W-400
200-J0-340-15-400'
1llen. Me11!-
No change.
Medical 400--40-1.200 200-~_o -4011-- 350-25-400--30-
.·II
3
50-450
MO-E.B. 35-
7011--40-1,0(111,
I
I •I JVOIIIIJn,
! Won&el~-o
-. 40 - ~o cbl\ngy,
;.?atl-:r-4utJ.o...:-

•iO-doil
I
(l) Assistant Diroetors of l'ublio
Health .• 450-3G-t!OU-4li-1,20U No <:hange.
( 2) Officer in Charge, Public [Link]
Laboratories •. 450-20-700-40-1.100 Do.
(3) Director, Vaccine Institute .. 450-40-850-70-1;200 Do.
(4) Director, Public Health • , 1,700-50-1,9110 JJo .

Superintendent-s .. ! ·'·· 300-40- 300-25-400-30-

1,100 11110-E.B. 35-
i
RegiBtralion.
I
I
760-40-1,000.
Ii I
• I

....,I
Sub-Registrar, Bombay '360-30-600 3:Z0-2o-48U I
Joint Registrar, Bombay . 330-30-450 300-20-380 i
I
I
Co-operative Booieliu. i
Assistant Registrars ..I 250-20-760 200-15--320-
E.~. 20-600.
i 1
[Link]~ AND PRoPOsED ScALEs oF PAY FOR DEPUTY CoLLEero&..;;.

Present Proposed
Grade II (69).
300 280
350 300
400 320
450 340
500 360
550 380
550 400
Efficiency Bar 420
· Efficiency bar
600 440
600. 460
650 4.85
510
535
560
585
610
Grade I (15) · Grade I (18)
750 640
800 680
850 720
Selection (3) 760
1,000 800
1,100
1,200

Existing scales of pay for .Mamlatdars confirmed.

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PREsExT .un l~oPOSED ScALEs oF PAY FOR SuB-J'-"DGES.

PrQposed

Vlass II

Samul cmss (136)- Sero1td grade-

Rs. 300 for 2 years probation. RR. 2()(}-20--380 first two
years on probation
and 24:0 in the
third year.

Rs. 35~0/2-550-E.B.--50/2-650. F ir~t grade-

U0--25-610

}'irst dass (22)-- Class I

Rs. 750
Rs. 800 Rs. 64~0-8011
Rs. 850

Selection gra-de (4)-

Rs. 1,000
Rs. 1,100
Rs. 1,200
 STATEl\IENT B.
Showi'fi!J tile present a11Jl proposed pay for selection grades and administrative post abooe tl1e time-scale o/ Class I, Class II
Services mnJJW!!ed in Transferred Depamnetl'lls.
I I
\ !'resent. , Proposed. j
Service. - !
-c-ta-ss-1-.----.--c-Ia_s_s_II_.-,--ci~::;.. __ I_:
I
w:n. _J-'--R_e•-na-r~~
'·
_

Selection gra<le. ISelection grad~.

I

1,200-50-1,350 Sil. ·! Nil. .Vi/.

Post of Director of Agriculture .. 1,600---50-1,800 11,450-75--1,750
Forest. II
Conservator 1,41i0-75--1,750 Nit. jl,250-50-l,500
Chief Conservator ;• • .. 2,000-100-2,200 Nil. ;1,600-100-2,000
E11{1ineeN11{Jo I
Superintending Engineers .. 1,4G0-75--1,750 i Nil. !1,250---50-1,500
Chief Engineen 2,000-100-2,100-II Nil. 1'1,600-100-2,000
200-2,600 1
SelPMion. gmde. : : Selectitm [Link]. . I
iI
Education (Men)
I 1,200---50-1,350
• • ~ 8elecPon grad~.
'II Nil. . i Nil.
Selection fffooe.:_ ·1 Selectioo '!,af't'· SekAJtion. grade.
1,200-.')(1-1,350 650-30-800 ,1,200---ii"0-1,300 , ~Nil.
1 (Numbenl to bel
: settled laur). ,
 lligher silectioit grade.i
1,4o0-.50-I,&oo 1
Post. tlf Di ro('.t<lr of Public [Link] 2,000-100-2,100-1 f Direclor of Public
2~0-2,500 I ! Instruction. •
11,600-100-2,000
iI
• 1 Edn<"-alilm (Women) .. Belectum grade. Sel,ution grade, Selection grade,
800-25-1,000 400-25-liOO 800-25-1,000 400-25-1)00
!rl [Link], I Lower ~election grade.
1,200-li0-1,350
Higher ee!ection g1·f!de.,

SurgooD C'nmeral I 1,...._.._1.....1

.• 2,000-100-2,100-
200-2,500 I
i Hea4 of Medical
Department.
~
~

I
I
1,600-}00-2,011() I
Civil Surgeons 500-60-900
300-25-400-
8electi01~ gra<le, 30-550E. B.
35-760-40-
1,000 1,00(1

.'•·'
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STATEl\IENT C.

Tht- following table givea the scales of pay rec~ntly accepted by Govt>m-
ment in the case of subordinate services :-

CleNks it+ tlte [Link]'<d awl clerks in the _lli.gl1 Courl.

50--3-9~100-E.B.-5-160.

Clerks out:tide tlte. Bevretrtr~:at in Bombay City and Suburban. District.

50--5/2-90--E.B.-5 -140.
Clerks itl tl1e mofussil : Revenue tmd EXC?.".se Establishments
• (Lower Graife.)

30-5/2-60; and ~/2-80..

BOIOA¥ : l'RlNTED 4'l' Till: GOVUl!BUil!'l' CENTJIAL l'liESS,

 AD INTERlf~ REPORT OF THE RETRENCHftiENT
COMI¥1ITTEE OF THE GOVERNlYlENT OF BOMBAY,
1931

On l\fond:ty, March 2nd, H1:1J, thf' JiononraLI~ the Finance l\:!:cm-

ber nnno1mc('J in the [Link]~ Council that he "·onld advise
Gon'rnment to :tppoi11t n. Hetrcndunent Committee consiHtin:~ of two
o!liciah and the nnn-olHeiak A few d:t~·s btt'r, on 1\Llrch (ith, he
m:ttle a. fnrth~Jt' [Link]•nu•nt n·gan1ing tl1e pPrRomwl of this
Comli1it!N>, which wac; appointed by ( ~-owrunu·nt " to cnqnire into tlw
pnssillility of n'[Link] l1l'ovincial expPnditnre ". 'l'he pf'l somwl as
tinaJJy :[Link]>d hy (~O\'t'l'lllllCUt "':tS as foll<lWS : -
{)_(iit~irt-f Uembns
The Houmn·;[Link] Ranln.r Sir Rnc;tmn Yal;il, Kt., Minixfet· for
Local ~elf-Govcrnm<"nt.
1\Ir. G. 'Yil(>s, C.S.I., C I.l~ .• I.C.S., [Link] to the Govern-
ment of Tinmhay, Finance Department.
[Link]·ial l'tlnnber.~
1\fr. J. Hnmphr<'~·. O.D.E.
1\hau Dahadnr Allal1hakRh Haji :\fahnmt•cl Fwar.
:;\{ r. !IoosPn:tlly l\L Rahimtooh.
H,to Bahadur D. H. [Link].
.[Link]. P.R. Chiko<li.
1\fr. B. S. Kamat.
1fr. G. J!. Phansc, Assistaut Sf•[Link], Finance D<·pattnwnt, was
appointed to act n.s Rt>cretar_r to the Uonunittl.'e; '·whilt•, during the
l'oona sitti11gs, the scn·ic<'S of l\fr. C. II. Drihtow, I.C.K, Reitkme!lt
Commissioner and Director of Land I~cconls, \H'l'e pnt at the cli~posal
of the Committee, as a Rpecia.l O!hcer.
·2. Duriug a n:ry early stage of our discn>1sions we decided that
our work conltl hest be dt·[Link] \\·ith by diYi<ling it .iuto two categories:
ti i proposals for iwmcdiate retrem:lnucut to deal with the dencit of
lil lakhs in th~ current year, and (~) proposal,; for perm::uwnt rctreueh-
nwnt. 'The prcse11t report <kals. nuly with the former aspect of the
r1ucstion and y;e suhinit it at the earlit•st possiMc date iu ortll'r that
(i-overnmcnt may be in a rositiou to issue orders as soon as possible
and so effect as large a saving as the lapse of part of the current year
will allow. The same consideration also weighed with us in forward-
ing to Government, before our investigations were complete, several
suggestions regarding restriction of leave and tmnsfers, curtailment of
touring and a general tightening up of the leaYe ruh:s of the Yacation
Departments. The letters which we sent to Government embodying
onr recomme11dations in these mn,tters will be fonnd in Appendix A.
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3: ~n order tha~ all avenues of retrenchment should be explored,

we mv1ted suggestwus from a number of non-omcia.l memlwrs of the
Le~i!?lative _Council. \Ye wish to ackno·wledge with [Link] the
assistance given us ~y those members wh? responded to our request.
Some of the suggestiOns made by them "Ill he found to be con'rt'.l by
-our recommendations. Some others have been resen·ed for consider:~­
tion as measures of permanent retrenchment.
4. \Ve felt, when we began our investigations in Bombay, that onr
work would be facilita,ted by immediate consultation with ti1e Heads
of Departments. A circular was therefore issued by us to all Heads
of De~:artments and officers asking !or propost~ls for savings and
snggestmg a standard G percent rednchou of expenditure. As a re~ult
of this circular and the subsequent discussions '\Vhich 've h:d with
some Heads of Departments, who at the invitation of the Committee
appeared personally before us, the savings indicated in Appendix n
have been found l10Ssihle. In some cases promises of savings have
been made but the exact amounts have not bt>en stated and so conld
not be included.
5. It is necessary to deal in detail with s01ne of I he more important
questions raised on various departmental hndget.~ and with itt'ms that
received s11ecia.l attention.

PUBLIC 'YORKS DEPARTMENT

G. \Ve include in our rbcommendations a cut of H.s. ;)G,!iOO nnder
Roads and Buildings. Further reports on the snhject [Link] ~till to be
1·eceived. \Ve are unable to suggest a curtailment of the grants for
maintenance of communications in view of the application of Govem-
ment to tl1e Government of India to .be permitted to divert the
Provincial share of the petrol tax to expenditure on maintenance of
roads, since we understand that the underlying condition of the
application is that such relief was not to be nsed in reducing what
would be considered the normal expenditure on roads during the
cunent year. A proposal has however been put to us that the entire
expenditme of Rs. l•j lakhs for the Tapti Valley Project should be
charged to the Petrol Fund. This would save the whole of the
interest on this sum (~tmounting to about Rs. 94,000), and we are
strongly in favour of this being done.
7. As regards [Link] the possibility of combining the Develop-
meut and Research Circle with the Deccan Irrigation Circle was
discussed by us. The Department regards the suggestion as impracti-
cable; but they point out that the cost of experiments in the Develop-
ment and Research Cil·cle has been heavily reduced and staff ha.c;
been amalgamated. It is further claimed that experiments in hydro-
dynamic work have saved Rs. 2:) lakhs in the last eight years in the
cost of irri0"[Link] works in Sind, and it is hoped to effect a cut of
Rs. 20,ooo':'this year in the departmental expenditure. As there is
no possibility of effecting any further economy in the current year, we
have deferred further investigation of this question to our later report.
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;-)_ In the Deccan, the Xira Yalley rroj(.·ct is estimatt-'(1 to co~t -

l::U lakhs. It ha.:,; been reported to us by the [Link]~nt that If
alterations and improvement:> costing 3:! lakhs were can·1cd out on
both canals, this would result in such saving of water that the Vir
Rt'Servoir Scheme, estimated to cost a crore of rupees, would be
rendered [Link]. Out of this sum of 32 [Link], an expenditure
1...lf :!-1 lakhs has already Leen inctu"lVtL In view of this report, we
are of opinion that the Y1r Scheme f:'hould be abandoned. The
l"l"'»Ultant saving in inten:.-;t charges in futm·e years will be very __
Cl.•n,-idera ble.
U. Out of the balance of 7 lakhs referred to [Link] Hs. 4,:1U,OOO is
the ('O~t of constructing Lranches 2 and 3 at the tail of the Nira
Hight Hank Canal in -.Malsiras and Pandharpur Taluka.s. Branch
X o. 1 already ilTigates most of Malsira.s Taluka and the main canal
if joine.l to the )lhaswa.d Canal will ~r~[Link] incrca.."3e the supp1y of
water and irdgate the south l'art of l'andhaqmr. .A Confercm:e of
lli~trid ana [Link] Oilicer>', t._. whom we referred this question,
~xpres.-;ed the t•piniun that WJth the exception of thi:; linking up with
the ~lhaswad Canal, the n~~;t of the construction work on [Link]
2 an•l ;~should be deferred. \Ve acct•pt this opinion, and recollliuend
the saving in the present budget of Hs. 3,8:3,000 in the HE-ad 5.):
which i& equi..-alent to a. [Link] in debt charges of about Rs. 25,000.
10. \\'c discussed in some detail the qnestion of the large tem-
pc•rary staff in the Public \Yorks Department. It was pointed out to
us that the existence of this temporary staff in the permanent
Di,·isions was an anomaly, and the Hetrenchment Otlicer, in 1926,
was convinced that this staff [Link] Le Iuadc perman<>nt. It seems
prulxtLle that the makin;; permanent of the bulk of this temporary
st<tff will not eliect any saving. :Unt we propose to discuss the whole
cp1e:,tiun of ttmporary establishments when further infonuat:on has
bc~n f•lJtained, not only with rcfercw:e to one rarticular Derartnwnt,
Lut other_ De}Jartrnents as well.
ll. One ol"our colleagues raised the general question of handing
owr the management of certain roads to District Local Boards. \Ve
ha\·e however decided to postpone consideration of this item till we
are shown that this is likely to result in economy. -
1~. In aclditwn_ to the above sa\·ings we recommend the postpone-
UJcnt uf the followmg works:-
Butlgct Head .Jl : -
Rs.
Pre.~idencyExcise Buildings 22/JOO
Hyderabad Jail 7,000
Surat Quarters for 1::! Constables G,GOO
Shikarpur Canals Quarters for Police 2.'},000
Superintending Engineer, C. C., Repairs tu buildings .•. ~2.800

Total l,;jJ,300
 1:3. Under t~c loan he~cls :J.j, .jg and 60, w~ rccommeul pt)stpone-
rncnt of ex~•cnt~Iturc tott\Ilmg Rs. G,:B,OOO. ~lt.::h lX>StliOilCtuent will
ctlcct a savmg m loan charges of about Rs. 4;:>,000.
1-1. It will be noticed from the above and from the summan· of
bUrremlers given by otlicers (Appendix B) that only the Superinkwiing
Engineer, Central Circle, has pruposell to cut down substantially the
n·pairs grants to buildings; \Ve 1·e..:ommend that the tota.l grant;;
under this head, excepting the Elcctrictll Division where a smalll·r
cut is [Link]•l. should Le cut down hy 1-3 percent, and·[Link] to
the Dep<utmcnt the distribution of the reduced gmnt over the
cla~ses-resickntial and non-resitlcntia.!. The resulting stlYings are
estnnated to be Bs. 2,{)3,000. This includes the Rs. D3,000 already
surrendere<l Ly the Superintending Engineer, C. C. ·
l,j, \Ve have alreadv [Link] a recotulllen<l<[Link] to Govcrmnent
(chl~ Appendix .A) that {[Link] gmnt::1 should Lc reduced an•l
have suggested the possibility of a 50 per cent n·duction. Some of the
relluctions under this head have ttlrct\tly Leen included in the
snneu<lers proposed Ly onicers. The babn~e of savings is c~timatccl aL
Us. 1 lakh. --
16. \Ve ha.\·e considered wry [Link] the tjUe:;tion of the reten-
tion or abolition of the post of the Superintending Engineer, Public
Heath. "'e obtained evidence on this subject from the Secretary to
Government, General Department, and from the Secretary, Public
\\' orks Department. It is reported that the oflicer concemed dues at
present not only highly specialized work of superintemlcnce, but
canies out also some works in an executive capacity. The Depart-
ment has in progress some 17 lllajor works on behttlf of local author-
ities; and we are satisfied that since it is not possible at present to
[Link] over the control of the works to tlw district sh~U" or engineer:::,
his al'pointmeni lllust Lc rdained for the current year. \\' c will
howeYcr revert to thil'> Illtttter \Yhcn deuliug with lllca::;ures of
permanent retrenchment.
17. Similar evidence was also put Lciore us regarding the otlice of
the Consulting "Architect. \\'c consider that the employment of "this
ollicer is economical only as long as he is fully occupied. \Ve realize
howen:r that no recommendations which we could lmtke under this
head at this stage would bring in any relief in the current year. \\'e
have therefore agreed to deal with this suhjcct in our later report.:;.
EXCI~E [Link]:XT
IS. \\"e. had an opportunity of examining in great detail the
Commissioner of Excise and we agree that the cuts proposed by him
totalling Hs . .):J,li~O ~:.huula he accepted. 'l'he UoiUmissioncr ihoughL
that further savings in expenditure and o. certain alllount of better-
ment. in revenue were poosiLle in his llepartruent, but it is not possihlc
to mention any definite amount in this connection.
FOHEST DEPAHTZ\IENT
19. The Chief Conservator of :Forests who [Link] evidence before
us, [Link] out that the Department hacl Lccn very heavily cuL down
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and was at 1wesent mu1crmanned. By cutting down dcpartment<tl

works and simihw other items, he has agreed nevertheless to redu:e
expenditure by nearly Hs. 1,38,000. Further rutting d·J\Vn of works
in this Department i::; likely to afTeet revenue detrimentally. Under
these circumstances, we fed that there is lil'tle chance of any imme-
diate sasings in this department except perhaps in the item of pass-
a"es, cost of which is put down at Hs. 2~,000 1n the current year.
x~rther investigation into the working of the Department will be
made.
EXECUTIYE COUNCIL AND MINISTERS
20. There are at present 4 :Members of the Executive Council and
i1 Ministers, making a total-of seven. A majority of the Committee
are of opinion that the t-Jtal should be reduced to four, and that there
should b~ two 1\IemlJers and two l\finisters. It is believed that such
1·eduction wonlrl not. on :y sa\·e money but would facilitate work,
[Link] as it "·ould do references to so many diflerent persons.
There wodd also be a certain amount of saving in the menial and
general clerical estaLli,;hment. 'Ve r·~commend- that this reduction I
should Le brought about as soon as possible and that at any rate no
Y1cancies sh-mld be frlled up until th·~ total number of appointments :1
ha~ been rt:lducetl as p~"'posed. \Ve think it necessary to record ~
that the Chairm'Ln doe3 not associ<l.b himself w:th this recommenda· l
t10n and did not take p:trli in the dis ~msion. Ra.o [Link] Patil is
strongly opposed to this proposal. He thinks that since the new
reformed constitution will contain no Executive Councillors liut only
Ministers, we should not by a recommendation to reduce the number
or Ministers, violate the spirit of the new constitution in advance.
DISTIUCT LOCAL BOARD GRANTS
21. \Vben the management of District Local Boards was handed
over to non-officials in l\J:21 Government decided to make an annual
grant of Rs. 5,000 to eaeh board to pay for the staff of account clerks
and peons who had formerly been part of the Collector's establish-
ment. Government continued the subsidy in 1923 when the new
Local Bmwcls Act was passed. As District Local Boards have now
had ample time to get into WOl'king order under non-official manage-
ment, a majority of ns recommend that this grant may be reduced by
J] [Link] cent. The total budget provision on this account during the
current year is R:-;. 1,3:;,ooo. The exknt to ·which savings "·ould be
possible from this amount depends on a. number of considerations,
snch as the period of notice and the date on which orders are passed.
\Ye think however that <1.11 estimate of Rs. 15,000 would be justifiable.
HOME DEPART:\IENT
2:2. It will be noticed from the summary of surrenders offered by
oflicei-s that the Inspector-General of Police reports the possibility of
reducing his grants for the current year by an amount of Rs. 1,62,000.
\Ve accept this figme for the time being. \Yc had an opportunity of
examining the Inspector-General with reference to further reductions
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in his budget; but nt the"tim€' of submitting ~his report \W h;nc not

been nble to obtain from GoYernmeut the further inf,wmatit•n we
require. Our inYestigations therefore uo not permit of any ddinite
recommendation at present. 'Ye will however revert to this Dt'pm1-
ment in the course of our later report. In the meanwhile, >Ye recom-
mend the following ch:tnges in certain other matt<:I-s within th€'
pnrview of the Home Department.
2:-3. After discussion with the Department we propo~e a rellndion
in the rates of bhatta. to witnesses. The rates preYailing at 11re.-cnt
and the reYi~ed rates whLh we now recC'nllllend are ~hown in Schedule I
attached to this report. "-e are of OI'inion that these reYised rates
should be brought into force at once. "'e further recommend a
revii;ion under the heaa "Travelling Allowances to witnesses" of the
existing mtes which are regulated by High Com-t Circular Xo. 18 \::;)
and are shown, along with our proposed changes, in Sehcdnle I.
21. During onr early sittings, "·e made sewral suggestions to
departments of GoYernment which seemed to call in our opinion for
further inYestigatiou. In response to one such suggestion the Re-
membrancer of Legal Aff.-th·s reports that Government luwe decided to
reduce by 10 per cent the dail.v fees pa. yahle to Pn blic Prosecutors under
Hnle 4:> of the La>v Officers Rules. In this connection we hatl at mw
time considerell the advisability of taking the High Court administra-
tion under our detailed examination For the present, hmYeYPr, we
are content to deal only with one a!'peet of the question: it has been
shown to us that while the Original Side of the High Court brings in
a certain amount of revenue, the Appellate Side is worked at a loss.
\Ye understand that this is due to the low stamp duty charged on
appeals. It is also reported that no (lnty is le\·i·xl on appeals from
Aden. "'e reconnneud by a majority that GoYernment shonld con-
sider the revision of the Stamp Duty in both. these instances.
PESHW A'S DA:FTAR
25. There remains, in the list of new items in the cunent year's
budget, one item which a majority of us feel cannot be regarded as
esRential in our present financial condition--the selection and publica-
tiou of documents from the Peshwa's [Link]. A majority of us
l1·ecommend, Mr. I\:[Link].t dissenting, that Gowrmnent should withdraw
the grant on. this account.
EDUCATIO:X
2G. ,,-e haYe giYen careful consideration to the question of cutting
the grants tmder this head. "'e propose to make further investiga-
tions before making our final 1·ecommendations. In the meanwhj!e,
however, we offer the following suggestions for immediate action. ~
27. 'Ve approYe of the proposal put to us that a saving of
A Rs. 50,000 is possible during the. current year if s.::holarships whieh
~-fall ·vncant are not filled up. Our approval is however snhject to the
'proviso that the interests of the backward communities should not
'suffer by such a st<:p.
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~tl. One of our colleagues ra.i:>ed the que:;tiou of stipends ginm by
Government to teachers in the various training colleges. Our inform"'
ation is that this kind of training- is iu g-reat demand, and that num-
bei·s of teachers ttre in a position to pay their 'my without the
assistance of any extraneous body; this being so, th~re is no reason
why GoYernment should continue this subsidy. \Ye therefore recom-
mend that the grant for stipend~ should be reduced and estimate a .
probable saving of Us. ~.JQO.
"!U. .\ reduction of 2.J)€r cent has been made iu the Ludget in the
grants for primary cLlucution. .\ majority amongst us is of opinion .
that there is no valid reason why this reduction made in the grant for
primarv eJuca tion, which in their opinion is of greater importance,
should "not be extended to secondary education and colleges. On the
other hand, the minority feels that a reduction of these grants would
hase such a crippling [Link] on the secondary schools that they would
not be able easJy to recover. 'l'he annual saving from the recom-
mendation \Yould amount to nettrly n.~. :3,08,000. ·
30. The budget proYision for "Hefonm" is Rs. J [Link] this year.
\Ye think it very unlikely that the whole of this amount will ,be spent \
in the current year awl we propose tha.t this estimate be reduced to.:;
llakh.
PUBLIC SEHYICES
NEW EXTRA);TS

31. . During our earlier ::.ittings in Bombay we examined the scales

of ray proposed by the :Finance Department for new entrants to the
Provincial :;en-ices. These ~;[Link], together with the emendations
made therein by us, are shown in Appendix D. \Yith reference .to
the lower services, in orller. to a void Jet ailed revisions of a htrge
number of pcales, we ha\·e nlr~ad\· reco1mueuded to Govermnent that
all new en~rants to these sen·ices· should be [Link] on the present scafe:;
of pay, subject to a. deduction of 2 [Link] in the rupee.
Pn,EsE~T lMTMDENTs

32. 'The question of etJectiug temporary reductions iu the salaries

of the present Go>ernment sen-ants engageu onr attention for a long
time. The etl:"ect on the feeliug of security of the Sen·ices callnot be
ignoretl. But we belieYe that [Link].a1·y action of this kind has
now become absolutely essential to maintain [Link] equilibrium.
The present general depression has in our opinion atiocted the earning<>
of all cias:oes of society and we J:>ee no reason why Gon:rmuent servant.:;
~houlcl not share in the burden. \Ye consider' our recommendations
further justified hy the hcts tha,t th~re has been a gmat fall in
c·ummoJity prit:es, and tl1~~t the rise in s:tlarics gin'n to all Sen·iee"
alike after the war was ~rauteLl iiJ. COlBeqncnce of the general rise in
the cost of li_vi_ng, and couhl e(1ually well haYe been giwu in the form
vf a ~ust of hnng bonus. At the same time we n~cogniru tha.t all
salanes from tov to Lottom must lJe dealt with siumltaueoush in the
intere:;ts of e11Luiy anu that statutory uillicultics if any in the· wa.y uf
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doing this must be left to the aut11orities to deal with. This lmving
been agreed to our dilliculty lay in devising r1ercentages of reduction
which in our opinion would distribute the burden equitably.
3:3. \Ve recognize the force of the t\vofoltl argument put before us
that in the first instance the fall in prices has benefited mainly the
lower salaried servants, and that in the second instance salaries of
over Hs. 1GG a month have already been subjected to progressively
increasing reductions by the emergency income-tax 1m)po:mls of the
Government. of Inlia. \Vithout ignm-ing these consi<1emtions the
following four members, viz. Mr. 1\.anmt, Mr. Chikodi, Rao Bahat1m
Patil and Mr. Hahimtoola, consider it undesirable to deprive the
lo·west ranl,;s of the advantage giwn to them by the full in c. mmot1ity
prices and propose to exempt all sahuies below Rs. 40 in the mofussil
and Rs. GO in Bombay. Above this level they recommend the
follo,ving cuts :--
Montltly pay
Up to Us.'199 ;, per cent
From Rs. 200 to 499 (j! "
From Hs. 500 to mm 7!
Rs. 1,000 and above 10- "
The estiu.~ated s1wing in a year is lh :2J}lakhs.
The Chairman 1wefers ihe following scale:-
up toRs. 40 ;-J~ per cent
above Hs. 40 up toRs. -!D9 5
above Hs. 500 up to B.s. 1,4\J\J (it ""
Hs. l,GOO and aboYe · 7~ "
Estimated saving* Us. ~GJ lakfv:;.
l\Ir. \Viles and Khan Bahac1ur Allahbaksh consic1er that in view of
the great increase in the income-tax, whieh was admittedly put on as
a means of reaching salaries which could not otherwise be reduced, the
maximum cut should not exceed 6;} per cent and their scale is therefore-
Tip to Us. 40 . 3~· per cent
Above , 40 to Rs. 499 5 ,
Above , 500 6! ,
E::>timated saving about * Rs. ;J.J} lakbs.
• These two e~timatcs have been worked out as approximately ns possible, in view
of the difficulty th:<t we did not have readily [Link] sep:1rate figures for salaries
Ll'low Rs. 40 tmd of sa,!(,rics between Rs. 1,000 unc1 Rs. 1,500 ancl those oYer Rs. 1,500.
l\Ir. Humphrey l1isagrees 'vith any cut in salaries whieh ·will result
in Government breaking their 1Jlec1ges to the All-India and Provincial
Services. Such action would, in his opinion, be disastruus not only
[Link] but also from the point of view that it would create a l)rece-
dent "hich mar be brought forward as an arg<unent successfully in
thB future. He would therefore 1wefer to restrict the cut to
allowances. If, howewr, a cut can be 1nade 'vithont lJreaking any
plL'dge or contract l1e .i;; in favour of the cut oi-
. L'p to l1s. 40 Nil.
Hs. 41 to Hs. 4Qg 5 per cent
Above Hs. 500 C} ,
 9
34. He further SUcY•tests that the Government of India should be
asked to pay to the p~gvincial funds the additionai IncOI!le au~ Sup~r
Tax which wlll be collected from Government serviCes Ill this
Presidency.
3'}. 'Ve are agreed that for the purposes of this cut " special pay ".
should be included in p:t:r. 'Ye are further agreed that the cut should
be a temporary one and 'should be made up to the end of the financial
ye::tr 193~-38.
:)G. The total cost to Government of salaries worked out m
10'28-2\) was :- · Its.
P~ty below Rs. 40 p. m. 150 lakhs.
,. 40 to !J\1 11. m. 41 "
, oO to um , 144 "
., 200 to 499 ., 67 "
,. 500 to 9!>9 , 4! "
Above .. 1,000 , 91 "
Rs. 537 lakhs .
•
37. 'Ve recommend that if any cut in salaries is carried out,
simila.r cuts should be enforced in the case of local bodies which
receive grants-in-aid from Provincial revenues.
38. 'Ye wish it to be understood that the percentages we have
proposed above are intended to giYe a general inuication of onr at titnde.
There might in practice be fonnd instances where adjustment will
haYe to be made in the interests of equity in the Rahuies on the
marginal line. 'Ve prefer to leave it to Government to. adjust these
inequalities in the manner they deem fit.
39. We_ have investigatt:d the question of allowances and find that
all pennanent travelling allowances above Rs. 75 per month and
all other travelling allowances have been cut down htst October.
'Ve are (>f opinion that this cut should now be extended. Per-
manent travelling allowances below Rs. 75 and above Hs. 10 should, in
our opinion, he reduced by 10 per cent. Almost all other allowances
we find to he in the nature of compensatory allowances. \Ve
recommend all allowances part:tking of the nature of compensatory
allowances should be subjected to a 10 percent cut. \Ve would how-
ever exempt from this cut such allo>vances as have already been cut to
this extent. The reduction should be so effected that no allowance
would fall below Rs. 10 per mensem. 'Ve would [Link] leave entirely
untouched those allowances which were in existence before 19Hl, and
have not been increa.c;ed since then. Two members of the Committee
are in favour of a higher cut
40 Our recommendations detailed above are, as we have made
clear, intended iu the main to reduce the current year's deficit. 'Ve
estim:tte that they will [Link] d~finite savings this year of Rs. 28.66,40_9.
But apart from these defimte Items we have mane several stlggestions,
the savings of which cannot be computed exactly. \Ve should not,
81512-3
 10
therefore, he unw-arranted in assuming tha.t our prc•ro3al,., ap,ut frc•m
r<"unction in salaries, w-oul.l s:wl) ah1ut H') bkiH thi,; n:•:u. Th•'
extent of sa viu;;s mhler sabric>s .t~p~u l,c; on the .hte at whid1 tn·,l,.r->
, are passed on the subject. ·

roo:sA: ~Signt'cll RrSTO::\I .JEH.\XGIR \"AI~IL.

22nol .July Hl:U. G. WILES.
B. S. [Link]\T.
, P. R. CHIKODI.

...
.J. HUl\IPHREY.
*HOOSEXALLY ~L IUHDITOOL.\•
ALLAHB.\K~H.
"
/o.';.fr.-.\t the time of going h, Pre;o-. R,lo B.1h:1dur D. R. Patil's signatur" lud n••t
been oht:.in.:-J.
• Suhj<"Ct to :o mi!mte (,f Jia~eut.
 11
. Minute of Dissent by Ilousenally M. [Link]
I am not in favour of measures which would check the spread of
education. I am not convinced that all other possible directions
in which retrenchment could be effected have been fully explored.
I c,lo not agree with the recommendation in pai·agraph 37.
Bombay, 14th July 1931.

HOOSENALLY M. RAHIMTOOLA..
 To be attached to the Ad Interim Report of the
Retrenchment Committee, 1931
Xote.-The follo\\ing minut<' of dissent should be read as a correction
to pam;:_'Taph ::1:~ of the Rep01t.

Jlinute fl Dissn1f l•y l\ha:1 BalwJur Allalibnhlt

The main repo1t does not accmately represent my views either on
the principles to which I woulil subscribe or on the rate that I would
apply in etfecting reduction of salaries of Government servants.
I disapprove of the application of the principle that the larger
the salary the higher should be the rate of reduction etTected.
That principle rests on the one which postulates that the
bmden should fa 11 on such shoulders as can bear it. This is
undoubtedly a wry sound principle in taxation, but it would be
iniqniton;; to regard the relluction of salaries of Gowrnment servants
as a tax. Thi." policy of paying varinm grades of salaries to various
officers c.r >ariou.s groups of officers is in recognition of the intrin;;.ic
worth of the higher paid man. Special qnalifica:ions, l~tter capacity
and ability earn him a higher salary. and to inflict upon him a higher
perc-entage of reduction is nothing !'hort of penalizing such special
qualific-ations and sueh better capacit.v and abilit~·- If tl!e reduction oi
salary is an emergenc-y measure, aud it is only on that basis that it bas
my support, then the rate c.f rednetion should be unifo1111 throughout
the entire rung<; of the sen-ice.
)ly _second objection is a (Y•roll;uy to m~- first. I object to any
branch of the sen·ice ho;Yever hi~h p:[Link] or t1owever low paid being
t'X€mpted from the pnn·iew of this em<>rgenc.\· measure. I therefore
uo not agree to exempt the lower plid stall· of Government from tbe
scheme of reduction of <:ahuies. It i;;; not as if the small salaried ruau
is equivalent to an undeqaid man and the Lig salaried mau to an
owrpaid one. The prir!Cit•le is that the labourer is worthy of his hire
and con•ersely that fur the gi,·t-n F-alary ytm h:n-e got the correspond-
ing calibre or grade of <:en-ant. If therefore tlu:·re ic; to be a reduction-
of rate of salary in any one grade there is uo reason whatsoeYer wh,-
auy other grad·e should ec;ca1.e it. If the idea underlying the propo~al
to exemr•t the low paid man is that he is unde-rpaid, I wnuld be iu
iavour of so reYising his pay th:ll he gets his due Yalne. .
I therefore stand by the general1)rinciple that retl•!cti•1D of salary· is
!l.n emer~t-ncy measur(' and as snch should appl~- to all equally and at
the ;;ame rate. C niler the [Link] eircnmstancf·s I recnmmPnLl a
nnif.-n1n c-ut r•f .) PfT ePnt.

ALLAHB.-\1\:SB.
So. f!. \Yith n·fHence to paragraph ~0 I consider that tltf-
)Iinistt>r ">hon!J not he reJuceJ unless the nwmlwrs art> also
reJiiceJ.

_\LLAHE.-\I\:SH.
~ 151';
 13

APPENDIX A
I
No. 184U-B
OFFICE oF THE [Link] CoMMITTEE :
Bombay CasLle, 16th April 1031.
From
G. B. PHANSE, EsQUIRE, ~.A. (OxoN), J.P.,
Secretary to the [Link] Committee ;
To
THE SECRETARY To THE GOVEUNMENT oF BOMBAY,
Finance Department.
Sir,
I am directed by the Chairman and Members of the Retrenchment
Committee to address you as under.
As a result of their discussions, the Committee have decided that
the recommendations which they would make should be divided into
two categories, viz. ( 1) Retrenchment of a temporary nature,
intended to be effective for. the current year and designed primarily
to cover the deficit for this year ; and ( 2) Retrenchment of a per-
manent nature affecting a longer period. The Committee desire that
under the first categol'y a reduction of provincial expenditure to the
extent of GO [Link] should be aimed at and that the attention of all
Heads of Departments should be drawn to this fact. I am therefore
to request that Government may be pleased to issue instructions to
all Controlling Officers to exercise the greatest circumspection in
incurring expenditure, pending suggestion for retrenchment.
I am to add that the Committee ·would be very grateful if they
were kept informed of the action taken on this letter.
I have, etc.,
(Sd.) G. B. PHANSE,
Secretary to the Retrenchment Committee.
 H

II
Xo. IS-!'J-B
OFFICE l'F THE HETHE~CHliE!\T CullliiTTEE:
B-.•mbay [Link], ::!7th AprillUJl.
.From
G. ·B. rHAKSE, Es(.{[Link], B.A. (Oxo~). J.P.,
Secretary to the Retrt:nchwent Committee;
To
THE SECRETAR¥ TO THE GOYERNl\IE:XT OF BO~IB.-\Y,
Finance Department.
Sir,
The Retrenchment Committee examinetl at one of their s1ttmgs
the list of new minor works co:;ting more than Hs. 5,000 and proposed
to be financed in the currt:nt year from the discretionary grants
undtr the head" .U, Civil \\-orks-PrO\·.incial". On a perusal of the
items put before them the Cemmittee came to the conclusion that
at least 50 per C('Ut of the \\orks under th1s head could probably be
postponed without ri:>k. I am therefore directed to request you to
considEr the possibility of onlering a reduction of budget grants at
one~ under this head to the extent of 50 per cent. In respect of the
halance I am directed to request that Government may consider the
a~hisalJility of dirt:cting that the others controlling the!:e discretion-
ary grants should be asktd to submit a list of works which they
consider to be of illll!t!ratiYe nccc:,sity· and that they should postpone
all other works.
I have, etc.,
lSd.) G. B. PHAXSE,
Sct:rdary to the Retrenchment Committee.
 15
III
No. IR-Hl-B/1
OFFICE oF THE RETHENCHMENT CoMMITTEE:
Poomt., 12th June 1931.
From
G. D. PHANRE, EsQunm, B A. (OxoN), J.P.,
Secretary to the Hetrcuchment Committee;
To
THE RECRETARY To Tim GOYERNMENT OF BOMBAY,
Finance Department.
Sir,
I am directed bv the [Link] and members of the Retrench-
ment Committee tO convey the following 1·eqnests to Government:
The Committee haYe uow been sitting for some time past and have
found, during the course of their discm=sions, that there are a unmhcr
ol directions in which, pending more detailed inquiries, there seems to
be scope for economy. They have therefore decided that these
points should be brought before Government forthwith so tha.t
immediate action ca.u be taken thereon. I mn particularly to mention
the following:-
(1) In the opinion of the Committee, considerable savings could
be effected by restricting [Link] to only very urgent cases. -
(2) Posts which fall vacant owing to leave or other reasons
should, as far as this is possible, not be filled up.
(3) The Committee feel that there is room for the leave rules of
the vacation departments to be tightened up, and that at any 1·ate
in the case of the Subordinate Court.~. the vacations are too lonrr.
(-1) The Committee agree with the proposal put to them that all
new entrants to the subordinate services should be given the exist-
ing !;Cales of pay snbject to a deduction of 2 annas hi the rupee.
{;)) Touring should be cnrtniled as far as possibJe. 'I'he Com-
mittee are aware that in many instances the travelling allowances
given to touring onicers are fixed; they feel nevertheless that econo-
mies could be effected in this matter by curtailing touring and
effecting savings on such items as cartnge.
(6) Transfers of omcers should be restricted.
(7) "Diet and Hoad Money to witnesses" is an item that admits
of considerable reduction in the matter of maxima.
(8) The Committee feel that oflicers on the verge of rctirPment
should not ordinarily be given extensions.
I am to request that Government may he moved to [Link] orders on
the lines indicated above as early a~ possible.
I have, etc.,
(Sd.) G. B. PHANSE,
[Link] to the RetL·enchment Committee.
 .16

APPENDIX B
Estimated savings offered in replies to the Committee's letter
Rs.
Finance Department 1 -i,!lOO
Politicn.l Dcp:utment 4,ROO
Leg3.l Department 400
General De1xutment il,500
Revenue Department (chavdis) 40,000
Separate Department 5,000
Inspector-General of Prisons 1,12,000
Inspector-General of Police 1,66,000
Military Secretary to His Excellency the Governor 16,000
Director of Agriculture !ii,~mo
Director, J. J. School of Art 1,1100
Principal, Veterinn,ry College 3/100
Hesirlent, Aden 4,HOO
Consulting Architect aoo
D' to f I d. t . {Technical Education 1,400
n-ee r o n us nes Industries 7,800
Police Surgeon, Bombay 3,900
Superintendent, C. V. D. 4,400
Director of Land RecOi·ds 15,GOO
Superintendent of Land Records, Siml l.i,ROO
Electrical Engineer 3!),!)00
Salt and Excise, Sind 17,700
Chief Engineer, Lloyd [Link] 60,500
Director of Infonn:.ttion 28,000
Superintending Engineer, Public Health, Dapnri 1,700
Superintending Engineer, N. C. 2,GOO
Commissioner of Police, Bombay . 2'>,800
Commissioner in Sind (excess gmnts toD. L. Bo..[Link]) 9,400
Factory and Boiler Depaltment 2!,700
Director of Infonnation 3,900
Grant-in-aid to Poona. City Municipality (S. E., Public ... 52,800
Health).
Commissioner in Sind r/,000
Commissioner, C. D. 3,000
Deputy Commissioner, Upper Sind Fr(lntier 8,000
Collector, Karachi 5,000
Do. Thar Parkar 4,000
Do. Nawabshah 3,000
Do. Hyderabad G,700
Do. Larkaua 13,&00
Do. Sukkur 3,400
Do. [Link] 1\lahals 5,400
Do. [Link].r (regrouping of Talukas) -45,000
Do. East Khandesh 12,300

Carried over 8,43,200

 _17

APPENI1IX B-(IYIIIM.)
Hs.
Brought forwanl 8,43,200
Collect~.-,r, X asik 2:3,000
Do. t-.holap1r 2,400
Do. l'oona ~~1,1;00
Do. Sauu;t 17,HOO
Dt), \Ye,t Khawl~,·,.h 2,100
Do. Uahu;..::iri 7,800
Do. Dijapl;-r 10,900.
Do. Belgaum ~.ooo
Do. 1\:auam 1,300
Dtl. Dharwar 13,000
Do. Bombay 3,:>00 l 13.~00
10.-100 J
C~.)mt of Small Causes, 1\:ara~hi :!,600
Chief Judge, Small Cause Conrt. Dornbay 4,000
District JuL1ge. Xadiad l,t~OO
Do. Snrat :?,000
Dv. [Link]· :!,100
1 )o. H yderabaJ 400
D~.1. Aiunednagar ll,t>OO
D.:•. Bijapur · 1,000
Do. Ratnagiri - GOO
DcJ. Dhan...-ar 11,000
AclJiticm..l Joint Sub-JUllge, \\"est E:[Link] 1,300

Total 10,1:!,700
 18
APPENDIX. C
Total Savings
lb.
::::howu in Appeudix B lU,U,IOO
Public 'Yorks De]_Jaltmeut-
Irrigation i.l,::)[Link]
Roads and Buildings ~ •.!J,UOU
CiYil '"orks etc. (para. U_l I,.jJ,:-:uo
Excise Department .)3,100
.Forest [Link] 1,3u,::>OO
Grants to District Local Board-; l:J,OOO
Home Del1artment-
Tnwelling allowance and Bhatta. to witncs,;cs 0,),000
[Link] of Legal Affairs-fees to Public rro1;ecut-ors. 12,-100
Peshwa's Daftar 5,000
Curator, Satara Museum 1,700
Education-
Scbolarships .)0,000
*lsrnailia Cullege 19,000
Stipends to teachers . :2,.)00
.j· per cent cut in Grants- UniYersity and Secondar~· 2,07,800
Ueforms - · 3,00,000
Discretionary grants 1,00,000
Hepail:s to Buildings grants 1,70,000

2$,6:1,800

• This provision has been made iu the current year's budget. But there is prospect
that the expenditure may be met from the endowment fund itself. This aruouut is
therefore expected to bo saved,
APPENlliX D
 [Link]·numt ".4" 8ltmoin.? the l'rt~8r•nt. fmrll'ropuscd 'l'ime-Scnle.~ of ]>((.y of Cl!ls.~ I anrl Clrws' IT ScrviOr!.~
nnplvyetl i1~ Transfcrrecl [Link]·1~ts

ltmnnrkK.

Agriculture •
l•'orost •
}
:J:l0--40-1,200 250-20-750 llo0-25-400· :1o- II I
Veterinary • 550-a5-7Go-4o-t,ooo
I

Publio WorliK Jnuior Souiur Juuiur Huniur !

llup•u·tmcnt• ... ht yoar ... H:.!O aoo I

2n<l .. :lliO i!:.!.'l I

!.h·J 400 41i0
4th , 400 440 81i0 :i71i
6th " HO 41l0 !l71• 400
lith '·!~0 fi\!0 400 1ao
7th 520 1100 4:l5 -lliO
Rth ,. ;,zo 000 450 4!!0
!ltlt " flliO (i40 4HO fi\W
lOth • liOO CiHO r.10 61i0
11th 1'40 71!0 2::;0-20-750 MO r,H5 200-15-320-1!0-GOO
12t.h .. CiHO 7GO ·fi70 fi:lO
Hlth 7:!0 HOO GOO G55
14th .. 7GO H40 IIllO (i\10
11\th .. llOO HHO (iliO 7:.!5
lGth ll:lO 'illO
17th .. 9UO HOO
lrlth 1,000 H•W
1\Jth " 1,040 Hf!O
20th " l,OHO 9:.!0
:lbt 1.1~0 !)(i(J
:l:lml ,, l,WO 1,000
I \!)h·d l,:too
I
Educlltion (men) • 310-40-1,200 ~:-.0-20- G50 !J00-2!'i-400--!1lJ- :.lU0-15- 0~0- :.lO--fiOO
550-:15-71;0-40-1 ,000 :

Educlltion (women) • 3~0-2.5-770 . ~0Ll-10-3·1U-15-4UO :100-2:3-700 :<uv-10--!-HO-l.i-400

.lfcn · Jlcn
I
Medical* 400-40-1,200 ! 2llli-4Uf~-·lOU-,50· 450 ilG0-30-500-40-1,100' :.[Link]-l!OJ2-3:JO-:l0- 4 !0

1 w,,men Wc111C'II
I
i 250-40/H-450-50-500
Co·operrrtit·e Societies.
Assistant Registrars t
I

21".0-20-7 fjO
-
l.::J

• Scales proposed by Finance Depnrtmcnt uEder these heads were apprond by the Committee (ride lHinntcs of WedHe;.clay, April Vi, 19:31).
t l\hximum of GOO propoaed by Finance llrp~[Link] wa~ genernll~· npproyed.
 [Link] "JJ" showing thr Jlrrsrnt and l'r(lposecl flay .for 8elrrtio'll Gr(ules a1~tl Adndni.~tratil'e l'osf.~
abol'e the 'l'imlh~ralcs r1f Clas.~ I [Link](l C/a.~s II sen·ires employ!'(] in Tran.~(twrcd Dt•jwrtment.~

SEHYlCK
-----~~=~:I. ~-~-r------~~----- ----():~----~ : '------- ·-----

(;~---- s.I~cliou GrntiP

-----------~----
Sdecliatl ( I
Agriculture 1,',lUO· 00··1,1150 Nil. i 1,000-40 (ot· 50)-l,:!oO
I I
Post of Director of Agri·
cuiLut·e.•
1 ,600-:SO-l,f.\00 i Stlme a~ o.t prc~cn t I 1
; npprol'<•li. I
Fvnst-
Cou~ervlltort 1,450-'iG-1,7r.G Nil. J ,,,,

Ohio[ Con~on·utorj 2,000 -100-2,2oO Nil. I,,,_ I:J

En(lim•e~·ing­
'"'
Superint•·ndiug I•:ngi.l 1,450-75-1, 'j5U Nil.
IIOCI'8, l
Chiof l•:ugim•ct·•: ... 1 2,000--100--:.!.100-:.l00- Nil. llo.
2,500
I Se/,rti"n 07'fllle Selt•rl ion (; ,nrlP

'"iI 1,:.!00-50-1,ll~O

L(m'tl' St-l~clion c;,·ade

Nil.

~e/ectitJn Grade
1,000-40 (nr ~OJ-) ,1!00

Selecfi"'• a rnd11
E<lut"ation (.1/en) 1,200-50-1 ,ll50 G5u-30-HOO UOO l!tHOU
I

Jliyher Sdrcli"" (;,·acle

II
1,400-50-l,IIOU

S~lrction Orade Sel!•r·t ir.n

Etlurntion (IVO!IIett} I
... 1 tWU-:.l~-1,000 ~OO-:.l5-bUU
(h·aae
C!i0-:.lHl50 400-25-1;00
 Lower SeltdiqiJ. G1·ade
~Iedical . 1,200-50-1,350
... , Higl1er Selection Grade
1,400-50-1,500

Surgeon-General: 2,000-100-2,100--200--' Do.

:2,500

Civil Surgeons 500-50-!JOO 450-30-510-40-750

Selection G1·ade Selection Grade

1,000 850 or 500-40-860
without selection grade.

• Committee approved of a scule of 1,41.i0-50-1,71i0.

t For these officers, a scnle of 1,250-50-1,500 was appro\·ed by the Committee.
t For these officer~ and the Director of Public Instruction, the Committee approved of a W\le of 1,000-100-2,000.
The Committee ag-reed that both Deputy Collectors and Sub-Judges should rise to a maximum of Rs. 800, and that the lower !!Cales should be
revised on the lines of other services. , .
With reference to the l.C. S., the Committee were of opinion that the Senior Scilla for Collectors should go to [Link] Rs. 1,500. Commi~sioners
should get Rs. 2,000-~,500.