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Subsidised Air Service (Karachi-Delhi).

Oral Answers to Questions — India. – in the House of Commons at on 18 March 1929.

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Photo of Mr Henry Snell Mr Henry Snell , Woolwich East

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asked the Under-Secretary of State for India the terms and conditions on which the Government of India propose to give a subsidy to companies promoted to develop civil aviation in India?

Photo of Viscount Turnour Viscount Turnour , Horsham and Worthing

The Government of India have called for tenders for the operation of a subsidised air service from Karachi to Delhi, with an eventual extension to Calcutta. The terms and conditions are very detailed, and I am sending the hon. Member a copy of the memoranda issued to tenderers by the Government of India.

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