INDIA'S INDUSTRIES.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16358, 1 November 1918, Page 7

INDIA'S INDUSTRIES.

s 0 —_ li AN INTERESTING REPORT. 2 . . n (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received Qctobcr 31st, 7.45 p.m.) y SIMLA, October 30. e Tho report of the Industrial Commis!g sion, which las been sitting for; twe t years, has boon published. It states y that the constructive proposals outlined e are dependant upon the acceptance oi £ -c principles thattho Government must ,f in future play an active part in indua 1- trial development, and that the Goe yernment cannot undertake that pari [f unless it is provided with adequate adu ministrativo equipment. After refer e ring lo the antiquated mothods of agri' 1- culture, the report states that Indis i- possesses nearly all the raw material! ® necessary for the requirements of 1 modem community, and proceeds tc n advocate the development of the agri n cultural, coal, oil, and other resource P nnd'industrial methods on moderr lines, tho extension of banking facili o ties to Assist industrialists, and the es le tablishment of colleges for teaching tochnical and commercial subjects. Tb< ® report says that tho deficiencies ,o: n India's industrial system render he' e liable to foreign penetration in p£ac< L time, nnd to serious danger in wa: a- time. Her labour is. inefficient, hu e. capable of vast improvement. A minute of dissent by Pundi f* 1 Mohan Tulaviyat disapproves of thi s° proposal for an industrial and sciontifi n- service as premature, and suggests ai io imperial polytechnic institute for al n * India. S > ' •