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Part V of the report form. The Committee notes that for many years the Government has been indicating that there are no legislative changes or other major developments to be reported and consequently no information has been provided on the practical application of the Convention. In this connection, the Committee recalls that under Article 6 of the Convention and Part V of the report form governments are requested to give a general appreciation of the manner in which the Convention is applied, including, for instance, extracts from official reports, information concerning the number of contracts and workers covered by relevant legislation, etc. The report form, which was adopted by the Governing Body of the ILO, is the main channel through which the Committee may obtain all the necessary information in order to follow the evolution of national laws and practice in matters covered by the Convention. The Committee would therefore be grateful to the Government for supplying in its next report detailed and up-to-date information on the practical application of the Convention, including copies of public contracts, the model text of the labour clauses currently in use, information from inspection services on the supervision and enforcement of national legislation and any other particulars bearing on the fulfilment of the conditions prescribed by the Convention. The Committee would appreciate in particular receiving concrete information on the number of public contracts awarded during the reporting period but falling below the exemption limit of $30,000 provided for in Rule 2(e) of the Labour (Public Contracts) Rules, 1951, considering that in some earlier comments it had invited the Government to examine the possibility of lowering this limit with a view to extending protection to a larger number of workers.