IT may be remembered that at the preliminary meeting held on April 21 to consider the question of the formation of a Development Board, after a general discussion, a sub-committee was appointed to work out details about the constitution, functions, etc., of that body. It was also decided that the sub-committee should report not later than May 15. It is to be hoped that men with such busy and varied interests as Sir Ganga Ram, Rai Bahadur Lal Ram Saran Das and Lala Harkishen Lal have been able to find time to collaborate in a measure demanded by the importance of the subject, and that the recommendations of the sub-committee will be ready by the fixed date. This is a question that can admit of no delay. There are two aspects from which the matter can be looked at. The first is as a contribution to the solution of the unemployment problem. This has been growing painfully acute every day. The professions, including even the specialist ones of medical and engineering, are hopelessly overcrowded. Thousands of graduates are being annually sent out of the portals of various universities in India, while the number of prospective ones, as evidenced by admission in the Intermediate classes, is growing larger still. What is to be done with these is the problem that stares one in the face. The seriousness of this is aggravated by the general dislike for manual labour and manual occupations engendered in the people. This starting of new industries will no doubt afford relief as they will open additional avenues for employment. But the relief will be temporary and partial.
