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HARIJAN t l ~ L I F T : IN
.l\fADRAS .
GOVERNMENT MEASURES
'
EXPLAINED
.,
ISS C ED BY
TBl l DmECTOB OJ' INFORMATION AND FC .BLICI iY .
GOVERNMENT
OJ
YADRAS
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CONTENTS
·
I,
P:uuClll ••.
II.·
CoMMtTNITIEs ELIGIBLll: FoB HELP
l iT TRll LAllotrB
DEPA..Bl M:EN I
m : A.bMisSION TO PLACES OF PtrBLlO
RESOllT
:..n
,·,
Jlnmtr
lc.MPLES
'
lV.
ADMISSION T
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HARIJAN
UPLIFT-·IN
MADRAS·
• • • •
GOVERNMENT
MEASURES
EXPLAINED .
I.: PREFACE
Ameliorative work for Harija.ns
h s
been going' onfor over.
1Lirty years in this Provi:npe. The Christian· o n s a n d a few.
~ o c i a l Service Institutions have been devoting ,E Ome a.ttentlon
·to
·
lh"
religious, social and economic betterment · of · these classes.
llut. the real stimulus to this movement of emancipation of the·
down-trodden people was given, when
the
Government of
India.
accepted the resolution moved by·
the
Hon'ble Da.dabhoy in ~ e
Imperial Legislative Council on the 16th March 1916. and
com:-
:
mended it to the various Provincial Goverrullents for implementa.
tion.
In
consequence of this, the Government of·
Ma d ra s
·under·
took an exhaustive enquiry into the work that h d already been .
done for the improvement of the depressed and backward classes·,'
including aborigines and the scope
of the
work that still ,had to
be undertaken. In G.O. No. 748,. R e v e n u e ~ dated 29th March
Hll9, the late Sir George Paddison, I.C.S.,.
wa.'s
·appointed,
in
the
.first instance, on special duty for • term of
two
years to deal with •
~ b e measures ncces lary for improving the condition of the Ha.rijana
and in G.O. No. 271, Revenue, dated 2nd February.1920, he was
appointed Commissioner of Labour
a.Od.
entrUsted with the.
duty·
n(
betterment of the conditions of the Ha.rijans. .Ever Jnce 1920,
the Government of Madras have, through the La.boll '. department,,
continuously worked hard to improve the social and; , economic
cunditions of the Harijans, by various measures.. '' .. ' .
·
. I
•
The Indi:m National Corigress, under
the
leadership
of
Mahatma
Gandhi, has also been working for the eradication of untouchability
Ct·om 1920 onwards and when the Congress formed the Government
in
the Province for the first time
in
July 1937 under the Govern.
nu.mt oC India. Act, 1935, the pace of progress of the Harijan Uphft
work was quickened in pursuance of the Poona. Pa.cl
of
1939.
The
late Diwan Babadur M. C. Rajah, a Harijan leader who had been
working (or the removal of social and economic diaa.bilities of his
community
along
with the late Diwan Bah&dur R. Srin.ilrasan, was
the first Harijan Minister in the Interim Government (Madras)
which
~ · s
in office from 1st Aprill937 to the middle of Julyl937
.
I n the first Congress Ministry, Sri
V.I.
Maniswami Pillai was tho
Harijan Minister until the Congress Ministry resigned
office
in
:ktober 1939. A few months before the resignation of the Ministry
the H:lrijan Temple F.ntry Movement was started by the Govern:
ment by admitting the Harijana into the famous Madura. ) eena.kahi
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CONTENTS
·
I,
P.au.A.cm . • •
.
II.·
CoMMtT:l.UTIES
E L i o ~ L i :
Fo:a
w
BY
l D
LA:aov:&
. DEPA.RTMENT
m
AtiMrsSION
TO
PLACEs
OJ'
PuBLIO RJ:SOBT j . l 'fJ)
. • III:NDv
' .'E:M:PI.Es
•: ••
tv. A D ~ S i o N To SCRooLS
.
V. LABoUB ~ C R o o L s ·'
VI. (a) EDUCATIOli'_.U. FACILITIES l'BOVIDJ:'D BT Tllll
. ' .
Ll.BOUB
l>E:P.A.BTMENT· · , , , · . '
J
•...
·
(b)
EDUCATIOlUL.
FACILlTIES l'BOYIDED
..
BY TBll
·
EnvoAnoll ' DEPABTMENT
rn. Hosw ·
JUINTA.I:NJ:n
.Aim
rro:BSIDIZED BY
GoVDlOitD'l '
VIII. BoA:anmG
Guns
IX. G:&.A.NTil ~ Pm:vA.U
.AGENCIES ENGAGED m
Soow.
. . ·
_ ~ : l ~ E C O N o M I O
A l > V A N l E M ~ T OF TBB
• i •
; l:I..UI.uANs · · • · .
•·
·
·:x
n o ~ T S m· _ G o ~ T SEBVIClll.
.
XI
..
J»aoVISION
o:r Housx-siTEs · • • · ..
XU, . DB.l':iowtG-WATEB .'WELLS, l'ATJIWAYS ID OTHJ:B
· .,,; SANIT.A.BT
A¥ENITIES .
• .
. • • _.,
If • : - ..
XIII. S:tEtU.L
WOBX
l l l MAl>
BAS
CITY
-CONSTBVCTIO:W
. ' .•
0 .
.A:5D
FLOOD
BELl:Ji:J'
• •
XIV.
-RESUVAT'IOlf AND . ASSlGt 'fMDT OJ' . LAND FO:
. CULTIVAT'Iolf • . • • ·
XV.
Co-Ol EBA.TIVB SOCIJCTIES
XVI.
I.A:Bot7B STAR
(BlW>QVA.RTDS AND
TBll
• _DISTBICTS) . ._ ·
XVU
How
·
AND WJU1' Gov:D:nt:n-'1'
AD
Bl'J:NDING
oN IIA:Jwus
••
XVIII. liA:Buu. WELFJ.D Colllii'rJ:Ell .A:5D DxsTBIC l.
· · n u u UPLifl'
ADVISoBY
ColDIIrrn
:nx.
H u i Tu CoLOlfiZA.'l'loll'
ScJ:Wo
·
XX.·
G:uu.u.
.
.
.
.
Annt l ieu . . . .
I.
RooT
AL
o:r
Crm.
Disun.m:u Ac'f.
1938,
AC:r
·"
XXI o-r1938, .UAJIDDED :n; AC l
XI
ol' 1947.
II. Tml :MADBAS ' TzluLJI Elft l i ,T AUTBOJUUTIOW
· Acr.
1947
· ••·
m T:D
Pooli'.A. P.A.Cr. 193 • •
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HARIJAN
UPLIFT···.
IN MADRAS
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.
.
. .
.
.
GOVERNMENT
MEASURES
EXPLAINED:
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,
•
.
I •
PREFACE
; .
.
.
Ameliorative work for Ha.rija.ns lia.a been going' on. for over
\birty years
in
this Province.
The
Christian M.issions a.n.d a few
l:::ocial Service Institutions have been. devoting .some attentton.
to
the religious, social and economic· b e t t e r ~ : r r t · of these classes.
But
the real stimulus to
this
moveiXll'fit of emancipation of
the
'down-trodden people was given, when. the Government
of
India.
a
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Amman Temple, first by
an
ordinance, replaced later by
an
Act
of
the
Provincial Legislature.. During the war, members of the
Harijan community joined
the
Military Service
in
large numbers
and thereby improved their economic conditions to a large extent.
Again, when .Congress formed the Government in April
1946,
Sri
V. Kurmayya,
B.A., LL.B.,
was appointed Minister in charge of
Harijan Uplift. The present Government have· set apart one
crore of rupees for
the
Harijan Colonization Schemes and have
put on
the
statute book the Removal of Civil Disabilities (Amend··
-wenifA.c't,-1941,, and the Temple Entry Authorization Act, 194
7.
· Thus; within iliict.y_years, untouchability as
part
of Hinduism,
has been eradicated by
.la.w
, _
but
economically, socially and educa
tionally,
the
Harijans have still
to go a.
long way before they can
occupy
an
equal position with ca.st&-Hindus. However, judging
from
the
pace of progress already achieved
in
this important work,
the
future of the .Harija.ns, especially in this Province, may be
said to be bright. , , . .
. Broad details of ameliorative work done for·
the
Harijans are
given
in the
following pages. · . ·
: U
COMMUNITIES
ELIGIBLE
FOR
HELP
BY
THE
LABOUR DEPARTMENT.
The .following classes are' eligible for
the
ameliorative
m e a s u r e ~
undertaken by the Labour department
.
.Ca
Ha:rijans (Scheduled
Clases)-
1) Adi-A:Adbra,
2)
Adi-Dravida,
3)
Adi-Karnataka, 4)
Ajila, (5) Ara.na.dan (also • P.T.), (6) Arunthuthiyar, (7) Baira,
8) B&l-ada, 9)
Bandi,
· (10) Ba.riki, 11) Battada, 12) Bavuri,
(13) Bellara, (14) Byagari, (15) Chachati, (16) C h a ~ y a n 17)
Chala.vadi,
18)
Chamar,
19)
Chanda.la,
(20)
Cheruman,
(21)
Dan
dasi,
(22)
Devendrakulatha.n, (23) Dombo (also • P.T.), (24) Ghasi,
(25) Godagali, (26) Godari, (27) Godda, (28) Gosangi, (29) Haddi,
130) Hasla,
31)
Holeya,
32)
Jaggali, (33) Jambuvulu, (34) Kadan
(also
~
P.T.), (35) Kalladi, (36) Ka.nakkan, (37) Karimpalan (all o
• P.T.), (38) Kattunayakan (also •
P.T.), 39)
Kodalo,
40)
Koosa,
41) Koraga, (42) Kudiya (also • P.T.). (43) Kudubi (also •
P.T.),
(44) Kudumban, (45) Kuravau, (46) Kurichchan (also • P.T.), (47)
Kurum.ati (also •
P.T.),
(48) Madari, (49) Madiga, (50) Ma.i a,
5 1 ~
. Mala,
(52)
Mala Dasu,
(53)
Malasa.r (also •
P.T.),
(541.tMatangi,
(55) 1\[avilan.
(also
• P.T.), (56) Moger (Holeya Moger), (57)
Muehl,
(58)
Mnndala,
(59)
Nalakeyava,
(60)
Nayadi, (61) Pa. adai,
l62)
Paidi,
(63) Painda., (64)
Paky,
(65) Pallan, (66) Pambada.,,
(57)
Pamidi.
(68)
Panchama,
(69) Paniyan, (70) Panniandi, (71)
Pano (also • P.T.), (72) Para.iyan, (73) Paravan, (74) Pulayan.
(75)
Puthirai
Vannan, (76) Raneyar, (77) Relli, (78) Samagara,
•
P.T.=Primitive
Tribea.
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(79) Samban, (80) Sapari, (81) Semman, {82) T h o t i ; ~ sa)
. tiru-
valluvar, (84) Valluvan, (85). Va.lmiki, {86) Vettuva.n P o l a y ~ .
Vettuvan). , .
(b) Aboriginal and Hill Tribes- .
Name of community.. . . District (and places) in which chiefly found,
1 Badaga. Coimbatore· and
the
Nilgirh.
2 B ~ g a t a .
Vizaga.patam.
3 Chenchu
Kurnoo1, Wel't
Godavari,
Kiatna.,
4: Gadaba
5 Gond
6
Irula
....
...
7 Jatapu
8 Kani
or Kaniyan
9 Konda Kapu
Jdanya.
Kapu.
10 Karumba.lan
•.
11
Kattunayakan
12 Kondh
S
Kanda Dora
••
14 Kota. ••
15 Koya
••
-16 Kudubi .
17 Kurichan
•.
Cuddapah., Guntur
and
Vizagapatl\ru. '
Vizagapatam and Ellst Godavari.' ·,
. . Do.
..
• .North .Arcot, Salem, Chittoor, Coimba.- ·
tore
and the Nilgiris •
.Vizaga pa.tam. .
Coimba.tore and Tinnevelly.
or East Godavari.
Malabar.
.
Malabar
and the Nilgiris.
.Vizagapa.tam. 1
Vizagapatam
and
East
Godavari.
· The Nilgiris. · · . ·
West o d a v a r ~
Vizagapata.m an'd
East
Godavali. , · · · · · · ·
••
South Kanara.. · · · ··
Malabar
and Bellary.'
18 Kurumba.
or
K u r u o ~
Malabar
and
the
Nilgiris:
man.
19
'-fala.sar
20
::Malaya.U
or Malaiali.
U
Marati
22 Mavilan
23 Melakudi or· Kudiya.n.
2. Poraja
Coimbatore. 1
Trichinopoly, S a l ~ m and North·
Arcot.
South Kanara.
· ·
·Malabar.
South
Kanara.
Vizagapatam (Agency tracts)
Vizaga.patam.
1 •z s
Savara
26
Sholagar
27
Toda ••
n'Yen&di
• • Coimbatore. ·
The
Nilgiris. ·
Chingleput,:
·
Chittoor, Cuddapah,
Guntur, Kistna., · Madras, ·Nellore ' ·
and West Godavari. · ··
c) Members
of Notified Criminal Tribes
and
their families.
l:o .B.-The Criminal Tribes .Aet. 19 4, u tiUbsequently amended, hllo8 now been.
111\ade inapplieable in the Province
of
Hadras
by
the Criminal
Tribes (Madras
~ . R e p e a l ) Ad X or 19f7. · . . I •
Ill
G.O.
Ms.
No. US, Publio
( E i e c U o n ~ ~ ) , dated
18th November
11137
the
Qoyor.,rnen' b.ave ord- .d thM t.be euBiz •
du
• should ao' be added 'o the ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
of
memlJOlW
of the
Scheduled
eiMi188 aod
instead,
the
eutJi.s
•ayya
•
may
be added,
14
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G.O. No. 8.50, Public (Elections), dated 18th Maroh 1947, the Govertl.meht
have direoted that the term • Harijans should be used to denote persons belong.
in
to
the
Scheduled
classes
in
all
public records exoept
in
proceedings under
statutory enaotmoots until the statute is amended.
111. ADMISSION TO
PLACES
OF PUBLIC RESORT
AND HINDU TEMPLES
The Madras Government have now removed .ail the social
disabilities under which the Harijans wer suffering by t:aacting
the Madras Removal of Civil Disabilities (Amendment) Act
XI of
1947 (amending the Removal of Civil Disabilities Act XXI of
1938)
and
~ h e
Madras Temple
Entry
Authorization Act V of
1947
which came into force from 2nd June 1947. The Harijans have
now equal rights of access with members
of
other castes and com-
munities among Hindus to all Hindu Temples and places of public
resort .such as educational institutions, streams, rivers, public wells,
tanks, pathways, hotels, etc. The offences against these acts have
been made cognizable and also punishable with imprisonment on .
the ttecond or subsequent occasions. These two Acts are printed
as Appendices I and IV · The ·Government propose to give
wid.o
· ~ l i c i t y to the provisions of these Acts all over the Province .
. IV.
ADMISSION
TO
SCHOOLS
. .
£he policy of the Government has all along been to endeavour,
as fa.r as possible, to get the Harijan pupils admitted into the
schools already existing
n
the locality and to open separate schools
for them only in places where, owing to caste prejudices, the
existing schools are not easily accessible to them or in places where
there are no schools whatsoever; The Government have tried to
enforce this policy by laying down the following rules
. (a) Recognition shall not be granted to any school situated
io a locality which is inaccessible to members of any class or
· community. · ·
(b) Recognition may be withdrawn from any school whether
under public or private management which refuses admission to
any pupil merely on the ground of the caste or community to which
he belongs.
f
no
pupils belonging to the Harijan community are
actually attending
a
school,
it
will be deemed to refuse admission
to such pupils within the meaning of this rule, unless the manage-
, ment of the school shows
that
no such pupils are residing within
a distance of one mile from the school or adduce other satisfactorv
reasons for the absence of such pupils from the school. Before
recognition is withdrawn from any school under this rule, the
District Educational Council shall give the management of the
school,
a\ least, one month s notice of its intention to
do
so.
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(c) No grants shall-be paid
to.
any inl ltitution,
Cl)
which.is
· situated in a locality which is inaccessible
to the
member of any
caste
or
community
or
(2)
which· refuses admission
to
any pupil
merely on the ground of
the
caste or community to which
he
belongs [G.O. No. 1446, Law (Education), dated 16th July 1935].
. But under the Removal of Civil Disabilities (Amendment)' Act,
XI of
1947)
which is now in force,
the
Harijan. ehildren h a v e ~
equal rights of admission into all educational institutions along
with caste-Hindu children. In G.O. No. 1225, Education,: dated
11th June 1947, the Government have also reserved, .With. effect
from
the
school or academic year 1947-48,
ten
per cent :of the
seats in all secondary and training schools, Government :Arts im.d
Training Colleges, and
the
Law College, for Harijans and have
,tequested the Director of Public Instruction to arrange with the
managements of aided Colleges,.
to
make. a similar reservation
of
r
feats for Harijan students 'Xhey have also asked the Director o
Public Instruction to consider the question whether the Madras
~ d u c a t i o n a l Rules should be amended so as to make the ·reserva...
tion of seats for llarijan pupils one of
the
conditions 'of· recogni
tion of secondary schools. · The Government have also ordered
.in.
, G.O._ No. 1364, Education, dated 27th June 1947,
that the
com
munal principle should be applied in regard to admission·· to
Engineering Colleges and accordingly one out of every
~ w e l v e
seats
in the Engineering Colleges should be r e ~ e r v e d f o r ~ Harijans.
V. LABOUR SCHOOLS ·
· The Government have opened special schools. t meet the needa
o the Harijans in certain localities. · The number of such separate·
schools run by' the Labour department was
1,148
on 31st: March
1947. 77,674 children consisting of 50,538 boys and 27,136
girl15
received instruction in these schools on ·slat
March·
1947. The
number of teachers employed in, them on
·atst
March 1947 was
2.198 of whom 2,196_were trained. and the remaining two
un·
trained. Mid-day meals are supplied to children of the eligible
communities in these schools.
The
system of supply of .mid-da.v
meals was first introduced in some of the Labour schools in 1941-42
and bas now been extended , o all the Labour schools. · The
expenditure incurred on
the
supply of mid-day meals
in
1946-47
was Rs. 10,50,222. . . . · . ,
VI. (a) EDUCATIONAL
FACILITIES
PROVIDED BY
THE
LABOUR DEPARTMENT . . .
In
G.O. 'Ms. No. 2319, P.W. (Labour). dated 23;d· S e t e m b ~ ~
'1941, the Government have ordered that
the
educational facilities
provided by the Labour depllrlment should be ~ x t e r i d e d to fer o:tlV
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•
_belonging
to the .communities eligible for help by the Labour
department who have been converted to Christianity or any other
religion ·and their
d e s c e _ n ~ ~ n t s
SCHOLARSHIPS.
A. Ordinary Education.
· · The Jollowing scholarships are given by the Labour depart
ment for general education
, 1. Residential. These are given only for pupils studying in
o ~ IV and above in
High
Schools and
in
the Collegiate classes.
They are intended to cover expenditure on boarding charges, besides
school
or
college fees, purchase of books, etc. The rates of the
scholarships are -
·Yearly value
of
the scholarship i
the
pupil pays
-
.A.
Half fees.
No
fees.
... .____ ., ---- --
Madras.. Mufassal. Madrl .ll. M u f a s ~ a l
. . BS. BS. BS. BS.
Forms IV to VI 149 135 128 114
Intermediate 180 . 162 126
117
.B.A. . 189 180 144
126
. .The
rate. :of residential scholarshjp for students
in
Arts
Colleges staying in hostels attached to the Colleges should not
exceed Rs.
25
per mensem. · · ·
2. Non residimtial. These are ·given to pupils in Stan
dards
IV
to
VIII in
elementary schools,
in
class
IV
to Form
VI •
in Secendary schools and
in
the College clasRes. These scholar
ships
are
intended to cover expenditure on payment of school or
college fees, purchase of books, etc. The rates o these scholar-
ships
are -
·
Elementary Schools
Yearly value of the scholarship i t the pupil
pays
,... .A . - -- - - -- -
Halffees
• .
No fees.
-
Mufas8al:
,... .A.
Madras
City.
Me.dra.ct
City.
Mufasaal.
BS. A. P. R S ~ A. P. BS. A. P.
BS. A.
P.
Standard
IV
10
8
0
8 4 ·0
6
0
0
6
0 0
V
12
0
0
9
0
0
6
0
0
6
0
0
••
VI
. 15
0 0 .
10
8
0
6
0 0
6
0 0
. VII
18
8 0
13 4
0
8
0
0
8 0 0
Vlll
20 0
0
14
0
0 8
0
0
8
0 0
· · Secondary
School8
Clasaes
IV
and V
. 13
0
o·
11 0
0 . . 8
0 0 8 0
0
forms
I
a.ndll
.25
0 0
25
0 0
14
0
0
14
0
27 0
0
. 25
0
0
16
0
0
14:
0
lV to VI
49
0
0
4S
0
0
28 0
0
24
0
0
,
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Yearly value of
the
echola;ship i f
the
pupil pays
-
Half fees,
· · Nofees. r
, .----- ---- \ .....
.
.
-
Madras City. lluto.sSal. :Madras City; Mufassa.
B8. A. :r. BS. A. :r. B8.' A
r .
Bs. A, i.
, , , 1
College .
Intermediate Junior.
81
0 0
81
0 0 37 0 0
35
0 0
,, Senior. 81 0 0
72
0 0 28 . 0 0 · 26 · 0 0
B.A. Junior
117
0 0
108
0 0 51 8 0
51
8 0
B.A. Senior
99
0 0
99
·o
.
0
38 o
0 · 38. 0 0
Applications for the above scholarships should
rea.ch
the Com
missioner of Labour on or before the dates .specified below
Scholarships tenable in Elementary schools-lOth July every
year. .. . .. . .
Scholarships tenable
in
Secondary Schoot,s-:.;...20th July every
year. · ·
Scholarships ·for
Post-Graduate·
courses in M.A. or MSc.
Scholarships
for Post-Graduate· courses in M.A • .or· .M .Sc.:
classes.-Three non-residential scholarships or residential scholar·
ships are awarded every year to deserving students, for Post·
Graduate studies in M.A. or 1LSc. courses.· The rate of each
non-residential' scholarship should not exceed Rs. 200 per annum.
In the case of Residential scholarships, . an extra. amoilll-t for
boarding and lodging charges not exceeding Rs.
25
per .mensenJ
may
be sanctioned. ' ' ' · ·
.
B.
Special Education. . ;
1
Madras
Setiasadan.-Ten Residential scholarships,'each· of the,
value of Rs. 150 per annum, · are granted to girl pupils . of' the
Harijan community residing in the boarding home of the ':Madra\ '
Sevasadan.
C Professional and Commercial Courses• ' .
1. Residential.-Midwifery · scholarship for pupils takhig
Mid:,.
wifery course. . ' ,
Period
of
course.-Eighteen months. · · · '
1
·J
f
.
Value
o ~
?holarship-1\Iadras
C i t y _ : _ R u ~ e s
60
initia pay,
ment on adiD1ss1on, Rs. 216 for the first year payable
in, thrt>e
instalments in July, November and March and Rs. 108 for the
next half-year, payable in three instalments in July, September
and November. . . . 1 ,
Mufassal.-Rupees
30
initial' payu}ent on ~ m i s s i o ~ R ~ 120
for the first year payable in three instalments in July, Novt mber
and March, and Rs. 60 for the next half-year payable in three
instalments in July, September an(l November, ·
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In addition, the
pupilR
are given a dearness allowance of
Rs. 1 Q · e _ a c ~ per me:p.sem.
2.
·N on-Residemia t-
(a) Physical Education
Scholarship in the Y.M.C.A.
College of Physical Education,
Saida.pet.
:
'
''
,}
b)
B.So. Agriculture ; •
( ' ' • ' J •
,; . c:) M.B.B.S Medical
College. ·. · .
- · (i) Pre-Registration.
10 months
Rs. 450 or Rs. 430 or
Rs. 400 in a year
payable in 3 instal
ments in July, Octo
ber and Jnoua.ry.
3
years
6 months
Rs. 9 for a year for
· special fees only. ·
· · Rs. 61 for the half year
for essential books
n ~
special fees.
: (ii) Post Registration. 5 years
· Rs. 108 for
·the
year
for essential books
and special fees.
,:,.
·
cl)
S a ~ t a r y Inspector.
1 year
e) B.E. Engine ring . •
·4
years
( f Engineering (Upper
Subordinate). ·
(g) Engineering (Pro-
bationary
and
Lower Subordi·
nate)
.
2 years after
probation
course.
Probationary
2
years.
Lower
. Sub
ordinate 1
year after
probation.
h) L.I.ll.
School
of 4 years·
Jndia.n Medicine.
L.I.M. · School of
~ raonths
Indian
Medicine Apprentioe
Course.· . ,
: J•
B.V.Sc. V e t ~ a r y
4 yeara
. j) B.T.
or
B.Ed.
1
e ~
~ . •
Rs. 39 for the year for
essential books and
. special fees.
Rs. 57 for
a year
for
essential books and
special fees. ·
Rs. 27 for
the
year for
e ~ e n t i a l books and
special fees. ·
Rs. 32 for the year for
essential books
P.nd
special fees.
Rs. 43 a year for essen
tial books a.nd special
fees.
Rs. 4 a year for special
fees.
Rs. 23 a year for essen•
tia.l books
and
special
fees.
Actual requirements for
education, special
fees, cost of
boob,
subject ~ o •
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2. No _ResidentaZ--cont.
.
. .
t '
· maximum of Rs. 190
in the ·
c se
of
Non-Residential
and
Rtt.
225
ip the,
case
· of Residential scholar·
· shi s . ··· ·. ·
. ~ '
' ,
, I l
' •
The total number of scholarships
both
. non-reside,ntial,
e.n< l
residential that ca.n be awarded
in
a year
is
3. , · .
k)
Compoundere' .
2
months Rs .
16. ~ c h , ~ h e r e . t h ~ ~
Tra.ining. . pupU has to pay,
no
fee and Rs
. 31
each
: where
the
pupU.
has
(l) Diploma in Medical
Radiology.
(m)
Diploma.
a.s Certified
Radiological Assistant. ·
Do.
to pay
half fees. : : :
· Rs. 150 where ihe pupi
has to ,pay :no fees
and
Rs.
350 · 'where
· the pupu·
hai
to
pay
'half fees. · ;' .. .
.
1
Do. · , •
·:
Rs.
50
where the ·pupU
,has
to. pay
·DO( fees
a.nd, Rs. ·
150.,
:where
r the pupil·
has)o,
pa7
half
fees:. ' ,
,.
; .
Two. scholarships can be sanctioned
b y ~
the
C ~ m ~ ; ~ ~ n e r :
of
Labour every year for each
of the
two courses of
study
mentioned in
itoms and (m). · , , .
1
The Non-residential scholarships for Professional
. Course
may
be converted into Residential scholarships at such .rates as local
conditions necessitate. , . ' · · · .. .: . , , .. ·
1
Ten Non-residential
e ~ c h o l a r s h i p s
for pupils studying shorthand,
typewriting, book-keeping, theory and practice . of commerce,
banking and commercial geography are awarded every y e a r ~ · Each
scholarship
is
of the value of Rs. 36.
n G.O. Ms. No. 4358, Development, dated 23rd November
1946,
the Commissioner of Labour has been authorized
to gran(
ten scholarships every year for the Law Course. Five
of
these ,
scholarships are to be given to poor and deserving students belong
ing
to the Yerukala, Yenadi, and other aboriginal
t r i b ~ s .
If,
in.
any year, sufficient number of deserving students belonging
to
these·
tribes
is
not available for the award of the scholarships, the scholar
ships
may
be given to deserving applicants :from
the
Itarijan
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x m p t i ~ n from payment of examina1 ion. fees to deserving pupils
:of the
eligible communities. .
. f •
E Industrial education
··
, Industrial scholarships are awarded by the Commissioner of
J.Jabour to the pupils of the eligible communities learning
a
trade
or profession
in
recognized industrial schools or to selected appren·
tices serving properly arranged apprenticeships for a specified term
of training in workshops or mills. The aim of these scholarships
is
to encourage deserving apprentices and pupils to complete their
ttpprenticeship or period of training at a particular institution or
w r ~ p
and where
an
institution maintains
a
boarding home, to
provide for their maintenance
in
the boarding home. In the award
.pf.
these scholarships, preference will be given to applicants whosa
families are already
in
the trade. Particulars of the scholarships
are' given below-.-
.,·.
:
a} About
35
residential scholarships will be awarded to pupils
taking such courses as carpentry, blacksmithy, etc., in the
St. Joseph's Industrial Schools at Dunadala near Bezwada, at
Tindivana.m. in South Arcot, at Ootacamund in the Nilgiris, and at
.Trichinopoly:
in the
Methodisfi Mission Industrial School
at
Karur,
Trichinopoly;·
in the
A.A.M. Industrial School at Velacheri, near
St. Thomas• ·Mount, and in the Pasumalai Trade School near ·
Madura. · · ·
I . The rates of these scholarships vary from Rs. 40 to Rs. 100
per annum and include charges on account of boarding, etc.,
in
the
boarding homes attached to the institutions in accordance with the
arrangements made
by
the Commissioner of Labour with the insti
tutions concerned. The rates for
the
present are
.
I I
J
·
a ~ e or
inlltitution.
St. Joseph's Indus
- trial
·
school at
Gunadala,
near
..
First
year
course.
BS.
A.
-
Bezwa.da
.
87
8
St 'Joseph's Indua-.
trial
schools
at
· · Tindivanani, Tri- _
: chinopoly · and ·
Ootacamund 80 0
Methodist.
'
ltfisSion
_ Industrial , school
, at Ka rur . 80 · o
Yearly value of
achola•·Hhip
•
Second
Third
Fourth
Fifth
year
year
yeu
year
COUI' Ie,
courRe.
eourae.
eOUl 8e.
A.
A.·
RS,
A.
RS.
A.
77
8
80 0
fiO 0
50 0
80 0
60 0
50 0
4:
0
80 0
65
0
55
0
4
0
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Nama
of
institution.
Pasuma.le.i Trade
school · near
:Madura
A.A.M. Industrial
school,
Velacheri
near St. Thomas
Mount ••
u
Yearly value o£ echolarahip. · ·
i
~ ~ ~
Seoond Third
Fourthirst
year
course
BS.
A.
year
I
year year · ;
COUl A, COUI IIe. course .•
as. A.
BS. A.
I
B.S. ....
55 o
.
55 0
55
0
'
ifth
year
00111 88.
BS, A.
: ' , t ' J
.55
10 .
.
. '
' t; . i
., . ; :
·:
I
100
0
100
0 80 0
60;
0 .·,
4:0
.0
.
1 Pupils undergoing training
in
other industrial schools r ~ o g
nised by the Director of Industries and Commerce are also eligible
for residential scholarships provided they stay in the hostels, if any,
attached to the institutions or
in
recognised boarding homes.· The
scholarships will be awarded at a maximum rate of Rs.
1
10 per
mensem for ten months in a
yea;r,
gradually reducing to a minimum
of Rs. 5 per mensem in the fifth year, account being taken of the
earning capacity of the pupils in the third and subsequent
ye.ars
of
their training. · · J · · · · 1
. rhe selection
~ f
pupils· for these scholarships. will ordinarily
be
restricted
to
applicants belonging to the districts
in
·which
the
institutions are situated. Only those coming from places more than
five
miles away from
the
institutions concerned and who
ha.ve
passed
a.t
least Standard V in a day school and are between 2 a.nd
15 years of age are eligible for these scholarships, , The age-limit
will
be relaxed in respect of deserving cases. ·
Applications should be in the prescribed form and should be
accompanied by the School-Leaving Certificate in original and
the
written consent of the parent, or, i no parent is alive, of the guard
ian, agreeing to send the applicant for residential training in
the
institution concerned. · . . · • · , • ·
t l
t
1
Applications for these scholarships should reach the
C o ~ -
missioner of rJabour before the 1st July. . . . . . .
·These residential industrial scholarships are payab16 in three
instalments each representing . one-third of the annual·· value· in
J
uJy,
October and January. , , , , ,
(b) About 35 non-residential scholarships. will. he. awarded to
pupils taking such eourses
a s
carpentry, blacksmithy etc.,
in
insti- ,
tutions recognized by the Director of Industries and Commerce,
M ~ r a . s , , the Gov.ernment School ?f Arts ~ n d Crafts, .Chengalvaraya
Na1cker
s Techmeal and Industrtal Instttute, ete., m ·t·he City of
~ l a d r a s
and
such other institutions in the mufassaJ. . ·• · ·
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. The maximum annual• value of these scholarships u e -
....
'
J •
t
I
Yee.r.of.coUJ'H.
1 •
• · J · · .
'
• · ,
t
l
Where
the
inetitutioo
·.
Jeviea any fee:s
on
· ~ e o i l t
of u i ~ i o n
·Where
the
institutio1
Jeviea no fees on
OOOIUlfl
Of tuition,
. ·., · BS. A, P. BS. A.
P.
Firstyear
. .
42 0 0 10 8 0
Second year . • 48
o o 12 o o
(Third year
::.
• ' ' ·· 60 0 0
15
· 0 0 '
Fourth year • • 72 0 0 ..
18
0 0
Fifth
ear
.
8 . : · .21
In
addition, a non-recurring bonus calculated at Hs. 6 for each
·;year of the course· during which the pupil was ·a scholarship bolder
. and subject
tq .a.
maximum
of.
Rs
.
30 will be paid til him on his
. satisfactorily . completing the course. . Claims for bonus should be
made within .
.
period of twelve . months after completion of ·the
;
u r s e
:.
.·
. _
.
, · . 1 · · · • · ;
1 • • · • ' •
. : •· Applicanta should not have exceeded 20 years of age on the
tlst July and should have passed at least Standard V in a day-school.
:The age-limit will be relaxed in respect of deserving cases. · Appli
·.cations in the prescribed form should reach· the Commissioner of
Labour before the 1st July.
:.
_ . . These non-residential industrial scholarships are payable
in
:two. instalments-the first instalment representing three-fourths of
.the annual value being paid in July.or as soon as possible after the ·
scholarship is sanctioned and the second instalment representing the
:remaining fourth
·of
the annual value early in January. '
i • · (c)
Two scholarships
i n t e n d ~ d
to cover the boarding and other .
charges will be awarded to pupils selected for training as apprentice
titters
in
.the engineering department of the Deccan Sugar and
.Abkari. Company, Limited, Samalkot
_near
Cocanada. The period
.of apprenticeship is five years.
I
The annual value
of
these scholar
.sbips will be Rs. 60 for each of the first two years, and Rs.
84
for
each of the remaining three years. The selection of candidates for
these scholarships will ordinarily be restricted to applicants of the
East Godavari district. Only those coming from places more than
tive miles away, from the institution are eligible for these scholar
ships..
Applicants should be between
17
and 20 years of
ae:e
on
1st July and should have passed at least Form m or Standard vm
n
day-school. . , . ·
·
. · .
•
i . :Applications in the prescribed .form should reaeh
the
Com-
m t ~ s i o n e r of .Lsbour be ore 1st July. · , · · · ·
.:··
..
h e _ s ~ ; f : C h o l a r ~ h i p s ·are ·payable_ in
· . t h ~ e e
ineta.lments ea.eh
representmg,
one-third
of the annual value· m July, October.
ana
J anuM 7·
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(d}
A few scholarships will be .awarded to pupils s e l e t e d to
undergo apprenticeships in .motor car. mechanism .in· the
United:
Motors, Limited, Coimbatore,
the
Canara. .Public Conveyance Com-.
pa.ny, Kodialbail,
~ 1 a n g a l o r e the Andhra
Engineering Company ·
and the St. Aloysius Works, Vizagapatam. ; · ·
·•
; -... ··
These firms levy no tuition fees; .some
of
them give. the .
apprentices
a.
small pay during ,their apprenticeship.
_The-
periods
of apprenticeship are two years in the Canara. Public Conveyance
Company, three years in the Andhra. Engineering Company,
Vizagapatam, three to :five years
in
the· United Motors, Limited,
Coimbatore, and five years
in
the St.
Aloysius Works, Vizagapa.tam.·
The selection of pupils for apprenticeship
fu
·
he
mufa.ssa.f
workshops mentione.d above will be restricted to residents of
.the,
districts in which
the
workshops .are situated.
rhe
1
annual
va.lue
:
of
the
scholarship in their cases will be
R ~ .
60, .if ljving
at
o D J e
and getting no pay from their employer or
i
living away frcm home
and getting pay from their employer; Rs
. 90
,· j livmg away from
home and getting no pay from .their employer ; and Rs.
3 if
living ·
at home and getting paid by their employer. , . .
·:...
.· ..
Applicants for. these scholarships should have· ·completed
:Form III
or Standard VIII in a d a y ~ s c h o o l . and should have -been·
declared tit for promotion to the higher class. . The.· scholarships ·
will not be granted to those who are either below 17· or. above 18
years. of age on the 1st July. . Applications in· the prescribed form. .
accompanied by
s c h o o l ~ l e a v i n g
certificates in: original
s h ~ u l d reach.
the
Commissioner of Labour b e f ~ r e 1st J uly. . . . ,
..
· . ·: ,
These scholarships are payable in three. instalments,
each
instalment representing one-third of the_ annual value,
_in
July,
October and January. · · . . . . . . · · . .
(e)
Three scholarships will be awarded
to
pupils selected
for
training as apprentices in the· Public Works Department Work-
f hops: one each
a.t
Madras, Bezwada. and .Dowla.ishwaram. · , ,
The selection of candidates for the Madras City workshops
will
be restricted to applicants from
the
Tamil districts of
the
Presi"
Cleney, who have passed S.S.L.C. and have been declared eligible
for the
college course. Applicants should not be below
15 or
above
20 year11
of age on
the
1st
July.
· · . · , · · · . · .
The candidate selected for the Madras City Workshop will be
given a non-residential industrial scholarship.
A
seat will
be
reserved for him in
the
Government School of Technology, Madras,
which he has to join on selection. f
the
selection is made from
amonl ' the applicants belonging to the mnfassal, the candidate will,
in addhion, be provided with free board and lodging in the Slater
Hostel, Madras. · · ·
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, .Applicants, for the apprenticeship. in the Public Works
Department
1
Workshops
at
.Bezwada. and Dowlaishwaram should
have. passed at. least Form
m.
Selection will be made only ftom
those belonging.
to
the Telugu districts of the Presidency who are
noi below 15 or above 18 years of age
on
the 1st July. The selected
candidate will be given
a. scholarship
of
the annual value of Rs.
42
which, together with the daily wage of annas four he will get from
the workshops, is intended to cover boarding and other charges.
, . Every applicant for apprenticeship in the Public Works
Depa•·tment. Workshops should produce in original his school·
leaving certificate,
a.
medical certificate from
a.
registered medical
practitioner that he is
of·
good physique and fit to undergo the hard
training in the workshops, and at least two testimonials covering
the three years immediately preceding the date of application
about· his character and· respectability. .
Applications for these scholarships in the prescribed form
accompanied by .the required documents should
1·each
the Com
missioner of Labour before 15th June..
- The scholarship
is
payable
in
three instalments, each instal
ment representing a. third of the annual value. The first instal
ment is payable in July or as soon as possible after the scholarship
is sanctioned, the second in October and the third in January.
. : The scholarship will be continued
in
subsequent years at the
. prevailing rates, on
a.
report from the head of the institution about
the progress and conduct of the apprentice, but will cease imme·
dia.tely
the
apprentice s pay in the workshops amount to Rs.
15
a.
month.. . · · ·
. · . he heads of the institutions should report at once to this
office when any scholarship-holder discontinues his studies or :Ois
name is struck off the rolls or when the scholarship has to be can
celled fol any othe.r reason
so
that the scholarship may be cancelled
by this
office
without delay.
j) Six residential scholarships of the value of Rs. 150 each
will be awarded to pupils undergoing training in sericulture for a.
periOd
-of six months
in
the Sericultural Branch of the Department
of Industries· and Commerce
at
Kollegal, Coimbatore district.
ThE
pupils will be selected by the Sericultural Expert, Kollegal. Appli
l ations
in
the prescribed form should be sent through him. ·
, F · Non recurring granu
Every
yea.r,
a provision
.,of
Rs. 6,500 is made in· the builo'et
estimate for grants to pupils towards purchase of clothes, books
ete.· n the districts where a Labour staff is working, the CnJlecton
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are empowered to sanction grants from this provision and .
he
districts where there is no Labour staff,
the
grants are ,sancttoned
by the Commissioner of Labour. These grants are generally given
to pupils studying in Classes I to in secondary schools,
.
in
Standards I to in elementary. schools and to those undergomg ·
teachers' training. · · · · ·
G Poverty
certificates
'rl1e educational concessions, including individual boarding
grants, are sanctioned by the Labour department only to those.
pupils
who
produce a poverty certificate
in
the prescribed Jorm,
signed by anyone
of
the following officers, viz · · · , · · ·
,
..
Gazetted officers ; . .
i · : ·
·.
Officers of the Revenue department not l o w ~ r · in rank than
al
Deputy Tah11,ildar;
District Labour Officers; and ·
Inspectors of Police.
'l'o
be
eligible for the concessions, the annual income
of.
the parent '
or guardian
of
the pupil should not exceed Rs.
820
'if he
is
studying
in an elementary school or secondary school and Rs.
1,120
if he is ·
studying in a college. . · · · '
V ~ · b ) .
EDUCATIONAL
FACILITIES PROVIDED. BY. THE
.
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. · · '
1.
Full fee
c o n c e s s i o n s ~ U n d e r rule 92 of .the 1 I a d r ~ · E d ~ d a :
tiona Rules, no fee shall be levied . from girls belonging to
()ackward classes (including Harijans) in Form
ll
and below and
from Rarijan students in Arts and Professional Colleges subject.
to the condition that the annual income
of
the ·parent or.guardiant
of the pupil does not exceed Rs. 820 in secondary and elementary
schools and Rs. 1,120 in colleges and subject to
the
production
ot
\neome certificate prescribed in Appendix 18 of the Madras Ednca·
tional Rules. · · · · · ;· · ' · · ·
2.
Half fee
coucessions
. : Under rule 92 of t h e ; M a d r a ~ Ednca.:·
tional Rules, poor pupils belonging to the Scheduled Castes pay
in
all secondary schools only one half of . the fees levied . in .such
institutions subject to the conditions referred to. above under the
heading " full-fee concessions." The Government have under ,
c ~ m s i d e r a t i o n a.
proposal to grant such pupils full-fee concessions
tllrongbllut the secondary school course. No fees are collected from
Harijan pupils in elementary schools under- public management.
Income certificates required for
the
grant of the .
eou.ceesiori
tt::we
ordinarily
to
be signed by a. Gazetted Officer, an
Impecior
of
I .1
>
, _ : •
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~ o l i c e or
o
N o ~ ~ G a z e t t e d
Officer of the Revenue Department
not lower
n
rank
than
a. Deputy Tahsildar or Sub-Magistrate.
.
Up.der rule 13,of the rules issued with G.O . No. 3239,
L.
:M., ·
dated 12th
u g u s ~
1932,
a.
District Board may, with
the
approval of.
the Director of Public Instruction, make regulations for tbe remia·
sion,
n
whole or
n
part, of school fees from poor pupils
n
secondary
schools
~ u b j e c t
to tbe condition
that
the· aruou.m of fees remitted
in any scn•.tol shall not exceed 10 per cent ol' the t"tal fees rea.lisahle
from all pupils of such .school. Similarly, a. municipal council may
remit, under the proviso to rule 51 (1) of Schedule IV of the Madras
District Municipalities Act,
the
whole or part of the fees from
poor pupils n secondary schools under 'its management up to the
limit of lU per cent of the total fees .realisable n each school:
In
addition
to
'these,' Adi-Dra.lidas. and Adi-Andhras are granted
scholarships and fee remissions under G.O .• No. 1038, Home
. Education), dated 28th August 1919.
" Some District Boards and Municipal Councils have passed
resolutions proposing to grant total exemption from payment
o
school fees, games .fees. library. fees, etc., or scholarships n the
case of· pupils variously described
in
the
resolutions as Harijans,
Adi-Dravidas, Adi-Andhras, Depressed Classes or untouchables.
The Government have no objection to the grant by District Boards
and Municipal Councils of concessions which go beyond those
contemplated under the existing orders and rules referred to above
provided
that
(1) they are allowed
in
the case of all pupils belong
ing·
to
the .Harijan communities specified in Appendix 17-A of
the
;Madras Educational Rules, (2)
a.
certificate of poverty
11
obtained in the case of each pupil as required n rule 92 of tho
Madras · Educational Rules, and
(3)
the ·additional expenditure
involved by the new concessions is borne entirely from the general
revenues of the local body concerned." G ~ O . No. 1779, L. M.,
dated
Jlth
April1934.)
The' Government observe
that
few local bodies are
now
E-npplying books and slates, free of cost,
to
poor pupils belouging
to· the scheduled castes reading
n
elementary schools under their
control. They desire
that
the concession should be allowed by all
Iooa.l
bodies to such pupil.
The
expenditure on this account may
be debited to the .Elementary Education
Fund
with the sanction
o f ~ Government.' The expenditure· is, however, subiect
to
the
following conditions · · '
, -ci. The boob .H.nd · slates should remain the property of
Government
and
should be
so
marked. .
: .
(2)
They should be. used by the pupils only during school
houra and should not be t&keu home.
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, 1 (3) . h ~ previous sanction of Go¥ernment should be obta.uied
before incurring the expenditure." · (G.O. No. 195, Education and •
. Public Health, dated 28th January 1937.)
Preference is ordinarily given to Harijan students 'when' licholar·
ships are awarded by the Education Department.
'·
Vll. HOSTELS MAINTAINED .AND SUBSIDIZED BY 'l'H£
.I
, LABOUR
DEPARTMENT.
· :
. . .
· · ·, - ·:
· ,,
• • • • . I I
·
I ·-
The Labour Department is running
the
following hostels in the
Province where free boarding and lodging are given
.to
the Harijall
. students. Admissions to these hostels were formerly , .open' to
c o ~ v e r t s of the eligible ~ o m m u n i t i e s to other religions,:. b u ~ i9
G.O. No. 3950, Development, dated 19th October 1946,
the
Govern-
ment have ordered that,
in
future, admission. to all
G o v e r n m e n ~
hostels maintained by. the Labour Department .should be
r e s t r i c t e ~
tc the Hindu members of the eligible communities. . Applicatic·n
for admission to the hostel
at
Madras should be made
to
the o m ~
missioner of Labour. In
the
other c:tses, the application should
l)e
made to the· Collectors
of
the districts concerned:·· '
·'
·"
1
1
, . I ; : • _
.J,
,(a)
Slater
Hostel, Madras.-Tbis hostel
is
' n t ~ n d e d . fo1
ltarijau boys serving as apprentices or undergoing industrial train.
lng in the City of Madras. The sanctioned number of free boardera
in the hostel 30. Paying boarders may also be admitted .into
the hostel. · · · · ' · ' ' " ·
.
.... ,,(b) Sundaracharlu Hostel,
Salem.- rhis hostel.
js
·run,
fofr
Harijan boys studying
in.
.Salem Xown. ·,The sanctioned strength
of
the hostel is 36. · ·
· ··(c) Go etnment
Scheduled.
Classes ·Hostel, Calic.ut• .:-Thie
hostel is intended for Harijan boys studying in Calicut. ' Thel sane·
tioned strength of the hostel is SO. ' There are .also 5 payiugl
boarders in it. '
':
.
1
. . . I
I I ' . I . : •
(d) Go ernment
Scheduled
Classes Hostel, Masulipatam.
This hostel is intended for Harija.n beys studying in· Masulipatam
r
'.1:-'he
strength
o r
the hostel is 110. . . .
..
.
·.
:.. . . '
..
·
.
··
(e)
Go mtment•
Nandanar Hostels for
Boys
and.
for· Girls,
Cltidambaram.-These hostels are intended for Harija.n boys and
girls studying in C h i d a m b a r ~ There are
200
boys and 92 girls
in the hostels;. . . .. · . . · : · . • .cl
, . . . , : : , ,r 1
t
The Government pay. substantial grants .
every.
yeu · to.
t h e ~
following hostels for the maintenance of Harijan boys and..
i r l s ~
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mentioned. against each. Harijan pupils seeking: a d m i s s i o n ~ into
these hostels should apply
to the
management direct. · · :
I ,
..
Name
of
Boarding Home or Hostel. · . ·
(_ I• . .,
t
, • , I I I
4
,
f l ~
·· ',
Anantapur District. .
I. Boys• Hostel,· Ana.nta.pur. {Sri cKesav,
Vidya.niketan}. ' .·. . . .
1
· · · · · •
·
2. Boys' Hostel, Urav'akonda · · ·· ... - · · ' :: ·
, , ,, f i : .(.. . . . . · '·
••• ··,
• J •
1: ··
"'
·
·· North Arcot District,
3:
Vivekan:and.a.
1
Boa.rdi:D.g
·Hom ) (Harijan ·.
' · •
1
Hostel);'
Vellore. · · · · · · • ''
:
Ramdoss Hostel, Vellore · · ' • ·
....
1' , \
·'
)I:
f
. . . . ;_, ' .. . .
, • . · , . , . . .
Bellarg
District,
1
6 A d i A n d h r a . B o y s ~ oste
A I ~
·. :. ·,·.
6. Na.rasa.palli Chinna.ppa Hindu Boys'
1
• "· ··Home (Students Home), Bella.ry. . . ···•
• u ~ ~ . •\
•·•.\,
~ ; j ~ 0 : 0 : t.\
,
, .
, •
:
1. ·.·' " ; •. : · . ; '.· : Chinglepm District. :
7.
Hostel
attached
to.
the
Ka.na.ga.
sa.ba.pathi-
naga.r Harijan: Industrial School,"
,
Conjeeveram.
. ,
k;'Hostel attached to
the
Hindu Religious'
· : · ·
1
'School, Walaja.bad. ' · . . , 11 ·
.· ' ; .
:
• . ·' '. '· ChittoOr-
DistriCt.··
b.· Boys• Hostel, Tirupati
. . . Coimbatore District.
10. ·Hostel at Coimba.tore · ••
U.
Harija.n Hostol, Udumalpet;
..
·.'.
East Godavari
District.
I ~ .
:Ha.rija.n ·: Boys' i a.n,d 1 - G4'ls' : H9etel._ ·
.·.
Cocana..da
.... ; · . . . , '.. . . .
13. Sri Ma.hipathi .... Suryarao Adi-Andhra.
· · · Students' Home,
Ra.zole.
· ' · · ·
· 14. Adi-Andhra. Girls' Hostel, Ra.machandra.-
.
pur-am.
' f
·
.. 'r • · , . ' ' •
15,, Harijan, Boys' , Hostel, ;Ramacha.ndra.- ;
· p:uram. · ,
1
;
16. Sa.reh Hostel, Ra.ja.hmundry ••
1,1.'-Venka.mamba.
Harija.n
Hostel,
Amala..
·
1
1
.
pUra.m. . .
..
: ,. 1
f i · • , ; W
u l
GtHlavari. District.
18. Boys' Hostel, Na.rasa.pur
19. :Boys• o s ~ Tanuku
20. Boya' Hostel, Nidadavole · ·••
U,;
Gida' Hostel, Ellore ' · · · ••
:Number
of·
'
Boarding .
A m o u n ~ .
·
· e:ranta.
(2)
,28.
29
23
14
10
42
6
'·.,
52
. 1 ~
20
26
4:
12.
25
25
15
23
RS.
,4,2\}0
4,350
4,800
1
2,5so ·
'.
I
. I
3,450.
2,100'
'I l .
:
3,ooo:
1,500
·• 6300
,
goo·-
'7,800
. ~ . 4 0 0
1
3,000'
3 9 ~ ·
600'
1,800
.3,750
3,750
. 2,250
. 3,450:
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Na.ms of Boarding Home or Hostel. ·
(l)
-
.
Guntur District.
22. Boys' Hostel, Guntur . • •
23. Sri Krishna.srama.m, Hostel, Guntur
24. Boys' Hostel Sa.ttena.pa.lle ••.
25. Boys' Hostel, Peda.na.ndipadu
.•
26. Boys' Hostel, Santanatha.la.pa.du
27. Boys' Hostel, Brahma.nakodur ·
28. Boys' Hostel, Guruzala. .•
29. Harijan Hostel, Koppa.ru .•
30. D.Cs. Hostel, Appika.tla. •• ·
31. Sri Lakshmi Bhaska.ra. Va.ni Niketanam
Scheduled Cla.sses Boa.rding Home for
Girls, Guntur.
32. Harija.n Girls' Hostel, Sra.dha.nanda.
Harijan Colony, Tena.li.
South
Kanara
District.
33. Hostels maintained by the D. C. Mission,
Ma.ngalore.
34. Boarding Home at Udipi
·
stna
District. ·
35. Boys' Hostel, Gudivada. · , ,
36. Boys' Hostel, Pedasanaga.llu •.
·, 37. Sri Anja.nadevi Girls' . Boarding
Home;
Bezwada..
38. St. Francis Adi-Andhra. Boarding ·Home,
lhsulipata.m. . . _
·Kurnool
D strict:
·
39. Boys• Hostel, Kurnool
·:•
M a d ~ r a District.:
4:0 .. Nandana.r Boarding Home, Periya.kula.m
(1. Sevala.ya. Hostel at
:ft a.dura.
· ; , · . ,
4:2. Bhara.ti Hostel, Dindigul • '
4:3. Ha.rija.n Hostel, Usila.mpatti • • . ••.
«. Meenakshi Hostel for Girls, Madura.
4 5. Hostel at Melur
4 6. Andav n
ostel
t
Palni
:
.,
.
- .
._
.
'
· ' '
J
alabar
District.
·
. 7. ·
Harijan
Balika Sa.da.n, Puthia.ra, · Ca.licut.
. . l
· · · ' · · ,Nellore
District,
. ·
4:8.'
Y.'M.C.A. Hostel, Induurpeta. ·, '
4:9. Yenadi Boys' Hostel, Nellore • , ' ••
50. Yenadi Girls• Hostel, Nellore ••
lSl.
Harijan Girls' Hostel, Nallore ••
62. Harijan Boys' Hostel, Nelloro ••
3
Number of
1
Boarding ' · Amount.
grants.
(2) (3)
11
23
16
24
12
20
21
10
15
14:
11
100
10
:56
26
58
15
14
'30
47•
30
31
21,
12
'15
.
. 26
13
5
'14
16
RS.
1,650".
- ~ 4 5 )
2,400',
. '3,600.
1,800
3,000·
/. 3150'
1:5oo.'
2,250:
2,100'
1,660
. .
:15,000
-1,500 •
I 1. ,t :
· s:400
3,900
'8,700
1
2,25Q_,
r
'
:
J 2,100
'
j L
.\) ,
;4,500.,
7,050'
4,500
4 6 5 0 ~
. 3,150
. 1,800
. 2,250
,·:
606
\ } . , ..
. 1 ..,
· 3,9oo:
1,9150
: . 750
2,100.
%40Q
I
,
.
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N6111e or
Boarding:Home or Hostel.
( 1)
.
N
llor
District cont.
53. Nello\'e Orphanage Association Hostel
54. Boys' Hostel, Buchireddipalem
55.
Boys•
Hostel, Kandukur ••
56. Ha.rija.n Hostel, Vaka.du
. · amnad District.
67. Gandhi Ashram, Devakottai
• •
·
Salem District.
58. Hostel at Trichengodu •
59. H rijan Orphanage, Dharmapuri
60. Harija.n Hostel, Namakkal
•
Tinmvelly District.
6 ~
Harijan
Hostel, Shermadevi . • •
Trichinopoly District.
62. Hostel attached to the Agricultural
· Industrial School of the Servants of
India
Society, Mnyanur.
63. Hostel
at
Trichinopoly
64. Hostel
at
La.lgudi ••
65: Harija.n Hostel, Musiri
V zagapatam District.
66. Harija.n G i r l s ~ Hostel, Vizia.nagram · '
_ . Madras City.
67. Hostel attached to the Harijan Industrial
School, Kodamba.kkam.
· 68. Ashram attached
to
the
Gokala.m Cottage
, · · Industrial School, Triplicane.
69. Thiagarayanagar Boarding· Home, Thiga.
. . . rayanaga.r, Madras. ·
'10. 'Hostel attached to
the
Adi-Dravida
1
Samooha
Seva.ka.r
Sangham, ~ s h e r
manpet.
Number
or
Boarding Amount.
grants.
(2) (3)
BS.
11
1,6 10
30 4,500
10
1,500
24 3,600
38 5,700.
21
8
8
37
60
25
26
6
7
46
25
15
17
2
3,150
1,200
1,200.
5,550
9,000
3,750
3,900
900
1,050
6,900.
3,750
·2,250
2,550
300
1
Orphanage
of
the Madras Hindu Sevak
. Sangh, Madras.
, 'With a view to help poor Harijan students
who
seek admission
to
the hostels attached to Colleges and who are not
in
a position
to pay the initial deposit money themselves, the Government have,
jn
G.O. Ms. No. 2892, Development, dated 4th July 1947, autho
rised the Commissioner of Labour to grant a repayable advance of.
lhe amount equal to the initial hostel deposit fees· and recover it
when scholarship amounts are disbursed to the students through
the Principala
of
the Colleges concerned.
n the
same Government
Older; Collectors have been requested
to
take personal interest in
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'
regard to the admission of Harijan students· into hostels and to.see
that, as far as possible,. no Harijan student who. seeks admission
into a hostel is denied such admission by the management.
Vm. BOARDING GRANTS.
·
The Commissioner of Labour· is empowered. to· sanction 446 ·
boarding grants to pupils of the eligible communities stu,dying :n.
standards IV to
Vill
in elementary schools and in. class IV to Form·
nr
in secondary schools and to pupils studying
in
Industrial
schools recognized by the Director of Industries and Commerce,·
Madras, and residing in any recognized boarding home
r·
hostel.
The grant is paid at the rate
of
Rs.
15
per mensem for 10 months·
in a y e r ~ · • · .. · · · · ·
In addition: to the· above, special boarding . grants are ·.also
sanctioned to pupils , of the eligible communities as .
e t a i l e d
below:- · · · · ·
Partioule.rtl.
20 Special· boarding grants
to
deserving pupils
of
the·
eligible communities who
are residents of Madras
City and studying n High
Schools in the City from
1 Forms IV
to
VI.
20 Special boarding grants
for College students
of
the
Government Depressed
Classes Hostel, Masulipa.
tam, towards their boa.rd· ·
ing
and lodging .charges n
the respective hostels.
15 boarding grants
to
Toda.
pupils in the N.ilgiris and
Tinnevelly districts.
54: boarding grants
to
the
pupils of the eligible com.
munities residing n
the
labour hotels
at
Ootaca-
mund
and
Hubba.thal&i.
9 boarding grants to Mala.-
yalee pupils n Salem
District.
Atmakur Boa.rding Home,
Kurnool.
Monthly
value. ·
:as.
15.
25
15
17
15
•
Period for
which , ·
tenable.
10 months.
Sanctioning
· Authori ty. .
. .
Commissioner of,
..
Labour
.
10 months, C 1 n ~ i ; ; ~ i o ~ e r of
Labour,
lO, months.
10 months.
Collectors of the
Nilgiris.
and
Tinnevelly.
Collector
of the
·
Nilgiris.
10 months. Collector ' of
Salem.
10 months.· President, Dis-
trict Board,
Kurnool
• A subsidy o Bs. 4,3 0 is given to the District o a r d ~ Xumooi. tor
he
mainteruwe
or
so pupil•
o
the
I J.isible
ltOIUDlunitie• n
th is
hoqae.
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IX.·GRANTS
TO
PRIVATE AGENCIES
ENGAGED
IN
SOCIAL
"' AND
ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT OF
THE HARIJANS .
..
The· 'Government have sanctioned recrirring
g r ~ t s
to privatE
institutions such as the D.C.. Mission, Mangalore, South Kanara
district;· Olcott .. Mission, Adyar, Chingleput district;
D.M.R.
Trust , Gopalapuram, ,Malabar district; Servants of India Society
g r i c u l t u r ~ l
School; :Mayanur. Trichinopoly · district; . Seither
Sevagapandiya. .
Board,
High School, Rajapalayam, Ramnad
district; Gokulam Method Village
W e l f a r ~
,Association, Madras,
e.tc.:, for,, work connected· ~ i t h · the educatimi and. a,meljorative
measures for the Harijans. · ,
.
1 , . . , .
The Commissioner of Labour is also empowered 'to make dis
cretionary grants for the following objects connected with the wel
fare -vrork for the eligible communities provided that no grants are
made for supplementing the grants paid by the Education
Department in respect of .elementary schools-
•
:·ca)
g r ~ n t s to assist societies, institutions
()r
individuals'
in
educating. members of the eligible co:r;nmunities or improving their
social and economic 'conditions ; . '
:
. .
(b) contributions for tlie
e n c o u r g e ~ e ~ t
:of athletic .associa
tions among members of the eligible communities and ~ h e provi-
sion of games requisites for them ; · ·
(c) contributions to newspapers, periodicals and other publi
cations .in.tended for and actually engaged in educating the eligibll\
communities; ·and · · · · · . , . .
(d) contributions to help members of the eligible com
munities who. are
in
distress on account of a fire, flood, cyclone,
epidemics or other similar sudden calamity. - · · '
A list of the grants made
in 1 9 4 ~ 7
is given
below:-
.
·
rant
for
Reading Rooms
. 1\ a.dras· Rational Society, Stanleynaga.r, Washerma.npet
· Arul Jothi llava.sa. Kalvi Ka.zagam, Kasimode, Madras ••.
M:uthu
Social and Literary Institute, Wa.shermanpet ••
Ga.nesapuram Progressive Youths Association, Vya.sar.
pa.dy. '
Ra.o
Sahib
V.
Dha.rmalinga.m Pilla.i Sangam . • • • •
Oriental Comrades Guild, Ka.lya.na · Maistri Gardens,
Parambur, Perambur Barracks. ·
Harijan National Sevak Sa.ngh, Rayapura.m
Kannappa
Na.ya.na.r
Kaza.ga.m
• • . ; .
Harija.n Welfare Committee, Natesa.nagar, Madras
Recreation Club, Flowers Road, Purasawalkam
Nanmai Naduvore Khazagam. Chinta.dripet
St.
ltaq a Union,
HaJ.l$
G ~ d e n
R o y a p e t t ~
BIJ•
96
76
6
65
65
65·
65
6
31
22
'
31
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Grant
for Reading Room.s-:-cont.. . ·
.ll$.l,
Chunnambu
k a l a ~ ~ i ~ h e r i
Mylapore (Reading Room) ·
••
:
i ·
65::
Reading Room for the Madras ~ c h e d u l e d Castes Welfa.re.
:: J 31
Association, Mackay's Gardens, Royapetta.. . ·
' '
. . .
. .
. .
. Welfare Worlt
Gokulam Method :Village Welfare · Association, K ~ r a n a i · :
240
puducheri, Chingleput District. . · · · · · · : •
Welfare work in Chu.nnambukala.va.i cheri, Mylapore · . i ·
··-180·
. Welfare work in 6 centres by
Y.M.C.A
. '.. • • :, ... ;
.288.
Welfare work in Guru puram cheri . • · .• ; :
_120
• I
; . - l
·
Other Grants
. . .
Repairs to the. shed
of
the Gokulam Agriculturist Coloniza-
· 120.
tion Co-operative Society, Karanaipuducheri, Chingleput.
district. ; · . . · · ·: · ·
1
Construction of a well for the D.C.
Mission·
Girls' Boarding, 600'
Home, Mangalore. · · · · · :. '
Supply of books, periodicals and. construction
of
shed. for. 200
reading room
at .Maruda.m
village, Chingleput district. t .
1
Construction of a reading room for the Adi-Andhra Young 120
Men Association, Krishnampet, Madras. · · · · · • . . .
Half grant towards cost of a construction of an ·additional'
200
shed for the hostels of the Adi-Dravida Sevakar Sa.mooga. · · · · '
Sangam, Washermanpet; Madras. · • · ·
Grant for the Nehru Library, Chiluva.ru, Guntur . . ' • .- · 100.
Repairs to the Night School building of the Ka.lvi b i v i ~ · , 30
.Ma.na.var Kazaga.m Venkatesapuram, Vya.sarpady; _
. • : , .. . •
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~ ~ e r group 0 s h ~ l l be e l i g i b ~ e for such an appointment. The ·age·
lim1t has been raised to
27 m
.the case of ministerial services till
31st December
1950.
· · . • · · ·
1
· ·
The ~ o v e m m ~ n t have directed
that
the age-limit prescribed in
the special rules
m
respect of the members of the Provincial and
Subordinate Services shall not apply-·
i}
.to the appointment of
a
candidate belonging to any
of
the scheduled ca.stes or the backward classes, to a post included
in
a service. for which the. special rules prescribe a qualification lower
~ b t t the degree of B.A. or B.Sc. of a University in the Province.
1f
such candidate possesses a general educational qualification which
is higher than
that
referred to
in
sub-rule
a)
of general rule
10
n ~ he
is .otherwise qualified for appointment or; .
• . · (ii) to the appointment
to
a post included in a service of a
candidate belongmg
to any
of
the
scheduled castes or backward
classes who holds a degree of a University in the province or any
other degree recognized as being equivalent to such a degree,
l'.. (1)
by the
commission in cases where
the
appointment has
to be made in consultation with it, and
1
·
(2) by
the
Provincial .Government or·
by
the appointing
authority with
the
approval. of
the
Provincial Government, in other
cases, . . .
if the
degree he holds is not lower than the degree, i f any,
prescribed in the· special rules for appointment to such post and
4
i
he is otherwise qualified for appointment,
or
·
(iii)
to
the
·
p p o i n t m e n ~
in special circu.m.stances to
be
recorded in writing of a person selected for appointment
to
one
service or a class or category thereof to another service or
a
class
or category thereof, the qualifications prescribed for appointment
to
which ·are identical with those prescribed for appointment to
the former service, class or category. .
\
:In G.O.
Ms. No.
903,
Public (Services), dated 21st March
1947,
t.he Government have directed
that
in filling posts in non-technical
subordi:rJ.ate services and pasts to which recruitment is admissible
by
transfer from the Madras Ministerial Service a.ild such recruit
ment is not made on a communal basis, preference should, as far
as possible, be given
to
Harijan members of the Madras Ministerial
Service working in the department concerned.
I :
•
;
XL PROVISION OF
HOUSE.SITES.
:·Private lands are acquired for the purpose of providing house
sites for
the
eligible communities wherever necessary for
the
pur
pose of
relieVing
congestion. The Government bear half the cost I
of .acquisition subject to maximum of Rs.
150
per aere for dry
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land, Rs. 350 per acre for wet land and
Rs:
250 :Per acre for garden
land. They bear also the entire _cost of
the
portions set apart for
communal purposes
n
the area acquired, all legal and other inci·
dental charges· and .the amount of interest on enhanced com.pensa.tion
from the date of taking possession of the land to the date of d e p o s i t ~
ing
the
enhanced compensation n court n cases where referent&
ia
made to courts under section · s of the Land Acquisition Act. : Of
the balance,
the
applicants should deposit 25 per cent before aequi·
sition and should pay the remaining 75 per cent in a limited number
of annual instalments not exceeding
five
by way of .equated pay
ments covering principal and interest. Applications for acquisi·
tion of house-sites are to be made to
the
Collector of
the
district
through the District Labour Officer. The scheme applies only ·to
rural areas. The benefits of the scheme are available• lot landlesa
labourers of other commu.D:ities also. The question· of·. further
liberalising
the
conditions under which houae·sites .are being'·pro:.
vided to Harijans and other landless labourers is under considerati"n•
t • •
J
XII.
DRINKING-WATER WELLS,
PATHWAlS AND
OTHER
SANITARY
AMENITIES.
• . 1 , \ .
The Collectors of the districts are empowered to sanction non·
recurring expenditure
up
to a limit of Rs. 4 , ~ 0 0 in each case
ori.
miscellaneous measures connected with
the
welfare
o ~
the l arijane
such the construction of well , pathways, latrines, and r ising-
th., level of house-sites. ·The powers of
the
Labour C o m m . i s : ~ i o n e r ,
to
sanction expenditure on similar itema are Rs.' 7,500 in earb case
Applications for the above facilities .should be sent to the Collectors
of
the
d stricts.
XIII.
SPECIAL WORK IN
.MADRAS CITY.
(a.) Con truction of tenements. In the City of Madras, houses·
built by the assignees on the sites allotted
to
them were shabby and
~ o n s e q u e n t l y the Harija.n colonies, thougl;l formed on proper lay·
outs, presented an untidy appearance.
As
an experimental solutioll
of this problem, the o v ~ r n m e n t have laid out a colony in
the
Bris .
leenaga.r Settlement and constructed 68 huts with all sanitary ame .
nities in t at a cost of Rs. 70,000. The huts are let out on a monthlv
rent of Re.
1 8 0
per
hut
to
the
eligible communities.
The
cost
of
maintenance and repairs to these huts was intended to be met from
the rent collected, but the cost of such maintenance and repairs e x ~
ceeda the income derived from the rents on account of the temporary
nature of the construction. The
que11tion
of recon.structing theM
huts on a more substantial basis will be taken np n due course.. '
The Government have also o n s t r u t ~ d a· colony of 37
h o ~ s e s
with all sanitary amenitiPs at a cost of Rs. 77,000 in
R.S.
No.' 1847/lJ
4 l
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cf
T o n d i a . r p e t ~ .
These are pucca. houses and
will oe
let out to
the
: e l i g i b l e ~ o ~ u n i t i e s
on a rent of Rs. per house. · ·· . ·: ·· ·
: ; · _ , _ T ~
~ ~ l i ; ; e t h e · . ~ ~ f f e ; ~ g
.of
the-
e l i g i b l ~ · c o m ~ u n i ~ l e s :
a f i ~ c t ~ d
.by
.the mlll roubles in 1921, pucca. houses were built by. _the Labour
D e ~ t m e n t
.and given
to
the eligible communities in
Paddison:..
pwa.m -and..Ganesapuram in the Madras City. ·Half the
cost_
of
construction. was borne by the. Government. and the balance was
~ d y a . n c e d by the Government as a loan to be repaid in equal monthly
mstalments
.spread:
over 20 years ...
n
Paddisqnpuram, the occu
pa.nps:kept the houses in a bad ~ t a t e .of repairs and also failed to pay
:the
i:ustalments, the arrears .accumulating to .Rs. 33,640. The Gov
erD.IIient. have · thereforet written off, the arrears of Rs. 33,640,
r e s ~ e d the houses and let them out to .the eligible communities on
monthly rent of Re.l 8 0 per house. The· Government have
also undertaken to. repair the tenements at a
cost_
of Rs. 40,000.
Similar conditions exist
in.
Ganesapuram colony and the G o v e r n ~
ment have. therefore sanctioned
the
resumption of these tenements
and their letting out on small rentals
.to
the existing occupants
as was done
in
the case
of
Paddisonpuram: · · ·
_ b)
Flood
relie{ The
eligible .communities in the City of
Madras were seriously affected by the floods in October 1943 and
again
in
:pecember
_1946.
.The Personal Assistant to the Com
missioner of Labour toured the affected areas in which the eligible
communities ·Jived and arranged for food and temporary
a c c o m ~
modation for them. Hutting materials and clothing were also
~ u p p l i e q to thooe
~ f f e c t e d •.
· ·
XIV RESERVATION AND ASSIGNMENT OF LAND FOR
. , . CULTIVATION
, The old rules for the assignment of waste lands with their insis·
tence on the rights
of :first
applicants, adjoining landholders or those
who had actually brought land under cultivation, made it very
difficult for the Harijans-to obtain lands, even after the land·hunger
stirred in them. n 1918, the Government ordered that waste lands
in
every· ryotwari village in the presidency should be examined and
fair
proportion definitely reserved for assignment to them: The
lists of such lands when once drawn
up
and, approved can only be
modified under the orders of the Collector. . Condition varied much
in different districts and ·villages and although not infrequently,
through inadequate inepection by local officers, lands which required
too
much capital to develop or had· already been under -occupation
for -years were included
·in
the. lists ·and iii many areas, there was
good reason: to suspect village officers of seeking to defeat the objeet
of
the Government orders.
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· There can be
no
doubt that the scheme made possible' the'
assig:d
ment of very considerable areas of land to the Harijans
t h r o u g h o u ~
the Province, thus affording them something
to
fall back upon when
labour was scarce or wages unduly
low.·
Further_, when large blocks
of land such as unreserved forests, una >sessed wastes and lands
hitherto unnecessarily retained as ·porambokes (public lands) were
transferred to the head of assessed land with a view to assignment
for cultivation, a substantial share was nearly
a l w a y ~
reserved for
the Harijans.
In
most districts, the missionary organization•
have, on the whole, rendered valuable assistance to Collectors n
seeing that land which was intended for the Harijans came into
their possession. All land cultivable as wet is now classed as valu·
able land and is no longer assigned free, but when sold to Harija.ns.
the payment is spread over a term of years, extending even upto
ten years and instead of having to fight for the land
n
auction, they
are offered it at a fair market price
fixed
by the Collector.· Further
where much reclamation is required, a Harijan assignee is exempted
from payment of the assessment for seven years, provided he brings
at least, one.fifth of the area newly under cultivation, each year.
In
addition, land not specially reserved for Harijans is also being
assigned to them under the ordinary rules, but subject to the con·
cessions mentioned. above. Special Harijan · colonies ·have. been
formed at Divi (Kistna district}, Perundurai (Erode taluk, Coim
batore district) and (N ayadi ·colony), Olavakot (Malabat: district)
and lands have been assigned to the eolonists for