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dated March 30, 1952: Awards to Musicians:

President, Dr. Rajendra Prasad would be presenting a cash prize of Rs. 1,000 and a Kashmir Shawl each to four eminent musicians in the country as a token of Government's appreciation of their life-long service to the cause of music. The four artists to be honoured were: the octogenarian Ustaud Allaudin Khan of Maihar, the famous Sarod player; seventy-three-year-old Ustad Mushtaq Hussain, a great exponent of khyal or classical Hindustani music; Veena Vidwan Karaikudi Sambasiva Aiyar; and vidwan Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar.

It was hoped that this Presidential recognition of outstanding musicians on the basis of reputation and eminence would become an annual feature symbolising State patronage of music and art. The Ministry of Education was also planning to institute another scheme for the promotion of music, to young musicians on the basis of competitions.

Industry and the State:

Mr. Nehru addressed a gathering of 1,500 including top representatives of industry and commerce, Ministers and high officers of Government of India, at Delhi, on March 29. The Prime Minister said that he would not concede the right of private enterprise as being inseparable from democracy. Such an approach as he could see it was utterly out of date, and no democracy could guarantee this right. The only right that could ultimately prevail was the right of the people to go forward.

Speaking in Hindustani Mr. Nehru added: "Private enterprise has a place in the economy of the country only to the extent that it serves the interests of the people. The moment private enterprise stops doing this it has no place whatever and may be cast aside root and branch. We cannot regard private enterprise as our God because it has done not only good things but also many very bad things." Advising the industrial community to understand clearly the new forces that were sweeping the world, Mr. Nehru said the main problem before the country was how to take the people forward, how to win their co-operation and create in them new hope and faith in the future.

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