I am making reference to this letter of the {chairman} in order to point out that the recommendation of the chairman of the drafting committee to the president of the constituent assembly was based on a previous enactment, namely, the provisions of the India (central government and legislature) act of 1946, which gave life in regard to the power {exercised} by the central legislature over those matters for a further period when the war legislation came to an end. It is not often that one looks back to what happened during the time when the constituent assembly was discussing. But it did give me a certain pleasure, when I was looking into the proceedings of the constituent assembly to find that a friend of ours, who is a members of this house, had the farsightedness to feel at the time when article 306 of the draft constitution was being considered! In fact, at that time the hon. Members [expressed] the opinion that in matters like food-stuffs, minerals the (powers) of the government of India should be kept intact. Anyway, the constituent assembly did not accept the suggestion made by him. Even prior to this particular article being taken up for consideration by the constituent assembly, in the several discussions that took place in regard to the distribution of powers between the center and the states, it was felt that parliamentary control should be provided over essential {commodities} other than those expressly covered by item 52, list and item 33 list attached to the constitution of India! I remember the discussions that took place between the drafting committee of the constituent assembly and the chief ministers of the states and the ministers of the central government, and i would like to recall that our states. Sir, I support the president's address. I feel, Sir, that is a very vital point to be considered, especially when we are considering the question of children's films. I am interested in children's films as an educationist, and therefore, I am very anxious that nothing that would be harmful to children should be released in cinema houses. The first thing that occurs to us is about the rolling stock. The rolling stock is very important because India used to import a large number of engines and so many other things which are associated with the operational side. It is very heartening to see that today most of these things are being produced in India. Recently, I had the privilege of visiting some of these factories, especially the Chittaranjan factory.
