The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
NEW DELHI, MONDAY, AUGUST, 1948
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND SUPPLY
RESOLUTlON
New Delhi, the 9th August 1948
No. D-l(354)/II.—in February, 1948i, the Government of India appointed a Committee (known as the Disposals Utilization Committee) under the Chair- manship of Mr. G. T. Thadhani, formerly Deputy Director-General (Supply), to make recommendations regarding the best use in Technical Departments of the Central, Provincial and State Governments and in industries and Scientific laboratories, of plunt, machinery and scientific apparatus available with the Director-General (Disposals); to inspect, where necessary, the stores held by the Director-General (Disposals) with a view to suggesting reconditioning of partially damaged plants or salvaging of undamaged parts of damaged plants, wherever such a course may be considered advisable; and to make any other ancillary recommendations they may think necessary in-this connection,
2. The Committee submitted their report on the 20th May 1948. It was placed before the Disposals Board on the 2nd July 1948.
3. The Committee has come to the conclusion that a variety of capital and consumer goods of which there are large stocks could be utilized in a manner which would considerably add to the productive resources of the country. The main findings of the Committee are:
(1) The present procedure, via., disposal of surpluses as they arise and Government Departments indenting only against their current re- quirements should be modified. Government Departments should frame their requirements on a reasonably long-term basis to ensure proper utilization of surplus stores.
(2) To ensure utilization to the best advantage, recondition of surplus stores should be undertaken either by the Disposals Organization itself or by the Ministries concerned after taking- over the surplus equipment.
(3) financial arrangements and practices should be modified, where necessary to enable (1) and (2) above being implemented.
(4) Machine tools available from surplus and reparation sources should
be utilized for the establishment of the following factories; —
(a) a factory for the manufacture of machine tools,
(b) a factory for the manufacture of aero-engines and internal com- bustion engines,
(c) a factory for the manufacture of aircraft.
1238 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTKAoKDLNAJtY, ANGUST 0, 19-18, (6) Much of the wireless equipment available should be used as raw material for tho Beating up of u radio industry. (7) Signal stores which canuot be brought iuto use should be utilized usraw materials for the establishment of an electronic industry.
(8) Certain types of stores which are durable hi diameter mid 1'or which there is no immediate demand should be stored and issued as and when demands arise.
4. The Government of India accept the principle that priority mdentors should take over from .Disposals not only their current requirements but also their future requirements to the extent possible, in consultation with appro- priate financial authorities.
0. The Committee's roeoniniendation that the Disposals Organization itself should recondition surplus stores before wale of others, involves u, fundamental departure from the existing policy. The Disposals Organization lias no facili- ties for carrying out such reconditioning. To attempt this work by the employ- ment of other agencies whether official or non-official will almost amount to the Organization converting itself into an Industrial undertaking with the atten- dant risks. Government, therefore, iceept only the alternative suggestion of the- Committee that the indenting Departments should be encouraged to take over the stores from Disposals and recondition thein under their own arrange- ments.
(J. The Committee's suggestion that certain types of stores which are durable in character and for which there is no immediate demand, o.y., signal stores, radio equipment, small tools and hand tools, should be stored and issued as and when demands arise would retard speed of disposal ami, in some cases, would involve tho transfer of custodial duties from Defence Ministry to the Ministry of Industry and Supply. The Government of India, however, accept the recommendation in principle and would give effect to it wherever it ' is worth-while.
7. Tho Government of India accept in principle the recommendation of the Committee that surplus machine tools and machine tools obtained as repara- tions from Germany should as far as possible bo utilised for the establishment of factories for the manufacture of machine tools, internal combustion engines or aircraft, l'rojeots for such manufacture are already undtx Government's consideration.
8. The Committee has made a scries of other recommendations regarding the utilisation and disposal of particular classes of goods. Tho Government, of India direct the Director General (Disposal*) to ruusidi'r these dc[;iilcd re commendations in consultation with appropriate authorities and to take further action after obtaining the approval of the Disposals Board or the Government wherever necessary.
0. In conclusion, tho Government of India wish to express their apprecia- tion to the Chairman and members of the Committee for the valuable report which they have produced within Ihe short time nt their disposal.
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