GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

Revenue Administration

Text Box: Kanniyakumari District consists of two Revenue Divisions (viz., Nagercoil and Padmanabhapuram, each headed by a Revenue Divisional Officer. The Nagercoil Revenue Division consists of two Taluks (i.e) Agasteeswaram with its headquarters at Nagercoil and Thovalai with its headquarters at Boothapandi. The Padmanabhapuram Revenue Division consists of two Taluks (i.e) Kalkulam with its headquarters at Thuckalay and Vilavancode with its Headquarters at Kuzhithurai. These Taluks are administered by Tahsildars.

The following subjects with respect to Revenue department are briefed here .

1. Staff strength.

2. Ryoti Holdings

3. Grant of House site Patta.

4. Patta Passbook Scheme

5. Public Grievances.

6. Welfare Schemes.

7. Public Distribution System.

8. Adidravidar & Tribal Welfare Schools and Hostels & Schemes

9. Backward Welfare Hostels & Schemes

10. Number of Electorate in Kanyakumari District

The following is the list of Revenue Department officers, who assist the Collector, in the General Administration of the District.

District Revenue Officer at Nagercoil.

2. Personal Assistant (General) to the Collector, Nagercoil

3. Personal Assistant (Accounts) to the Collector, Nagercoil

4. Revenue Divisional Officer, Nagercoil

5. Revenue Divisional Officer, Padmanabhapuram

6. District Supply Officer, Nagercoil

7. District Backward Classes Welfare Officer, Nagercoil

8. District Adi-Dravidar Welfare Officer, Nagercoil

9. Assistant Commissioner (Excise), Nagercoil

10. Assistant Commissioner (Agricultural Income-Tax) Grade-I, Nagercoil

11. Tahsildar, Vilavancode

12. Tahsildar, Kalkulam

13. Tahsildar, Agasteeswaram

14. Tahsildar, Thovalai

Taluk Supply Officers in each of the 4 Taluks.

Special Tahsildars (DRS) in each of the 4 Taluks.

16. Divisional Excise Officer, Agasteeswaram

Divisional Excise Officer, Kalkulam

STAFF STRENGTH

Sl. No.	Name of Taluk	No. of Tahsildars	No. of DTs	No .of Second Accoun-tant	No. of Assistant/ R.Is	No. of V.A.Os	No. of J.Asst.	No. of Typist/ Steno Typist	No. of R.Cs	No. of O.As	No. of Drivers	No. of Village Assistants	No. of Watchman, Masalji, Gardener
1	Taluk Office, Thovalai	2	3	-	11	13	7	2	1	7	2	19	1
2	Taluk Office, Agasteeswaram	2	3	-	14	20	4	2	1	7	1	32	1
3	Takuk Office, Kalkulam	2	5	-	18	25	9	2	1	12	1	51	2
4	Taluk Office, Vilavancode	2	4	-	10	23	4	2	1	8	1	43	2
	Collectorate	2	7	2	20	-	13	13	6	10	5	-	4
	R.D.O. Office, Nagercoil .	1	1	-	7	-	4	2	1	2	1	-	2
	R.D.O Office, Padmanabhapuram	1	1	-	4	-	3	2	1	2	1	-	2
Other Offices
1	Commissioner of Disc. Proceedings	-	1	-	2	-	1	1	-	3	1	-	-
2	A.C., A.I.T.O., Nagercoil	-	1	-	2	-	2	1	1	2	1	-	-
3	A.C.(Excise), Nagercoil	1	-	-	4	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-
4	DSO, Nagercoil	1	3		5	-	4	2	-	3	1	-	-
5	D.B.C.W.O., Nagercoil	-	1	1	6	-	3	1	-	2	1	-	-
6	DADWO, Nagercoil	-	-	1	3	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-
7	AITO, Nagercoil	-	-	-	4	-	3	2	1	1	1	-	-
8	A.C.(Land Reforms) TWV	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
9	Spl. Tahsildar(ADW), Nagercoil	1	-	-	2	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-
10	Spl. (ADW) Padmanabhapuram	1	-	-	-	2	-	2	1	-	-	-	-
11	DEO, Nagercoil	1	-	-	4	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-
12	DEO, Padmanabhapuram	1	-	-	4	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-
13	Spl. Tahsildar(C.S), Nagercoil	1	-	-	1	-	4	-	-	1	1	-	-
14	Spl. Tahsildar(CS.) Vilavancode	1	-	-	1		4	-	-	1	1	-	-
15	A.D.(Mines), Nagercoil	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total		20	30	4	135	81	71	38	15	64	20	145	14

RYOT, HOLDINGS AND CULTIVATION IN KANNIYAKUMARI DISTRICT.

Name of Taluk	No of Zones	No of Firkas	No of Ryot wari vill ages	Ryots Holding				Total		Land Revenue Demand	Local Cess in Ryotwari Villages	Local Cess Surcharge in Ryotwari Villages	Total
				Dry		Wet		Extent	Assessment
				Extent	Assessment	Extent	Assessment	Extent	Assessment
Agasteeswaram	2	4	20	15963.18.80	75913.51	5480.71.50	202735.29	21443.90.30	278648.80	13,49,736	4,79,369	23,96,832	42,25,937
Thovalai	1	3	13	6874.49.00	26915.82	4710.50.00	169352.26	11584.99.00	196268.08	10,28,446	2,46,748	12,33,700	25,08,894
Kalkulam	2	6	25	27260.04.21	131951.53	6365.64.12	202135.37	33625.68.33	334086.90	15,52,424	5,40,193	26,67,057	47,59,674
Vilavancode	2	5	23	24935.58.75	111356.90	3133.00.98	82241.91	28068.59.73	193598.81	12,63,075	12,63,075	12,63,280	27,79,007
TOTAL	7	18	81	75033.30.76	346137.76	19689.86.60	656464.83	94723.17.36	1002602.59	51,93,681	15,18,962	75,60,869	1,42,73,512

GRANT OF HOUSE SITE PATTAS

Every day we receive applications from the public for the grant of house site pattas. During mass contact and on every Monday, the receipt of such petitions are very large in number. It was also observed that such petitioners were given replies stating the non availability of suitable land for not considering such requests. To make it more accountable and practicable, a new method has been adopted whereby all applications for the grant of house site pattas are forwarded to the Tahsildar concerned and caused verification about the eligibility of the applicant and availability of land. If the applicant is found eligible and land is also available, then the patta is granted to the applicant immediately. If the applicant is found eligible and no land is available, his name is entered in the register maintained at taluk level for each village and a reply is also given to the applicant to the effect that his name has been entered at serial no and his request would be met with when suitable land is procured. When the applicant is found not eligible, a reply is given to him stating the ineligibility of the applicant.

PATTA PASS BOOK SCHEME

Tamil Nadu Patta Pass book Act 1983 (Act No 4/86) provides for the issue of patta pass books for all Agricultural lands as well as lands where houses have been constructed throughout Tamilnadu. It is also made compulsory that any instrument for making changes in the land holdings will be registered only if the patta pas book will be registered only if the patta pass book for the land holding is produced before the Registration officers. It will become compulsory that the details of credits and loans granted for the lands have to be entered in the patta pass book. It will become compulsory that the certified copies of the patta pass book to be enclosed along with the plaints filed before the courts. It is also provided in the Act to implement various sections with effect from various dates for various places by issue of a notification by the Government. As per GO No 215 Revenue dated 02.05.2000, the patta pass book scheme except sections 5, 9, 15 and 23 of the Act 4/86 is implemented in Kanniyakumari District.

It is important that every land owner should posses the patta pass book for their land for every thing such as sale, mortgage, gift, settlement, getting Loan and financial assistance from Banks and financial Institutions.

To get patta pass books, the land owners have to submit the filled in application in Form II affixing the court fee stamp for a value of Rs.20/- being the cost of the patta pass book along with two passport size black and white photographs to the concerned Taluk office. The Form II applications are available in all Taluk offices and it can be obtained on payment of its cost Rs.1/- The application should be correctly filled in with the details such as name of the Taluk, name of the village, Survey No, Extent of land etc. For the receipt of the application, the applicant would be given an acknowledgement. At the same time the applicant would be given an intimation to appear for enquiry with original documents relating to the details furnished in the application on an appointed date and time and place.

The applications received from the land owners are sent for inspection and verification of records. On enquiry, of the details furnished in the applications are found correct, orders are passed accordingly and entries are made in Form No.VII. For the cases where sub divisions have to be effected, the applicant may have to pay the sub division fees also. The current fee structure is as detailed below.

Rs.40/- for a sub division if it is in Villages.

Rs.50/- for a sub division if it is in Towns.

The entries found in Form No VII are entered into computers and patta pass books will be generated through computers and distributed to the land owners. After the whole process is over, the patta pass book act will be totally implemented in Kanniyakumari District by a notification of the Government. There after without patta pass book, no transaction over lands could be dealt with.

PUBLIC GRIEVANCE CELL

1 Public Grievance Day:

The Collector is receiving Petitions from the Public on every Monday. All the District Officers/Second Level Officers are attending the Monday Grievance day, as per Government Orders. The petitions received are given to the concerned Department officers and most of the grievances are redressed on the day itself. The other petitions which are received for grant of benefits under various welfare schemes are sent to the Officers concerned with instructions to dispose them off within one month. Nearly three hundred to four hundred petitions are received, every Monday. The Collector is also reviewing the pendency of Grievance Day petitions at 1.00 pm on every Monday with all Departmental Officers who attend for Grievance Day. No officer is allowed to keep a petition pending for more than one month.

2 Mass Contact Programme:

The Mass Contact Programme is conducted by the Collector, the District Revenue Officer in every alterate month. The petitions collected from the public at Ist Phase are given to the concerned department officers in the village spot itself and replies to the petitions are given to the petitioner on the date of 2^nd Phase Mass Contact Programme of that village. In addition th Mass Contact Programme is conducted by the Revenue Divisional Officer also every month in a Revenue Village.

During the second phase of the Mass Contact Programme, the benefits to the beneficiaries are given free medical camp, free veterinary hospital service are also organised in the centres. Exhibition like small savings posters, Agricultural informations to farmers, chouts explaining the need and importance of Rainwater Harvesting and the display of Nutritious Vegetables, the products of SHG are also displaced.

3 Chief Minister Special Cell Petitions:

The petitions received from the Chief Minister’s Special Cell are registered in a special Register maintained in the Collectorate, and sent them in original to the concerned officers for early disposal. Periodical review on the progress of disposal is taken up by the Collector and District Revenue Officer, every week on Mondays.

WELFARE SCHEMES IN KANNIYAKUMARI DISTRICT.

Sl No	Name of the Scheme	Eligibility			To whom the applicant should apply	Benefits given			Operative Strength	Remarks
Sl No	Name of the Scheme	Age	Property value not excess	Other conditions to be satisfied	To whom the applicant should apply	Money sent every month	Dhotty Saree given twice a year	Rice p.m one meal a day plus rice p.m.	Operative Strength	Remarks
1	2	3a	3b	3c	4	5a	5b	5c	6	7
1	O.A.P	65 and above	Value of the property should not exceed Rs.5,000-	Applicants should not have sons aged 18 years and above. Should not able to do any work to earn money	S.T (DRS)	Rs.400/-pm	One Saree or one Dhotty for Deepavali or Pongal	4 Kgs of Rice per month or one meal a day plus 2 kgs of rice per month.	5551
2	D.W.P	No age limit	"	A Widow having a son aged 18 years can also apply. She should not have remarried and should not possess landed property worth Rs.5,000/-	"	"	"	"	3313
3	P.H.P	45 years and above	,,	Should not able to do any work to earn money. The applicant should not have sons aged 18 years and above and should not be able to do any work and earn money	"	"	"	:"	993	The persons who are eligible but not attained the age of 45 years will be considered by the Age relaxation committee consists of District Collector,DDRO and DMO and decision will be taken after physical verification of the individual.
4	D.A.L.P	60 years and above	Value of the Property should not exceed Rs.5,000/-	Deserted Agricultural labourers are eligible. Applicants should not have sons aged 18 years and above should not able to do any work to earn money	"	"	"	"	929
5	D.D.W.P	30 years and above	"	Those who are deserted destitute wives are eligible. There should be a minimum of 5 years from the date of separation or she should have got divorce through Court. She should not be able to do any work to earn money.	"	"	"	"	914

Sl No	Name of the Scheme	Who are eligible to apply	Eligibility to get relief or assistance	To whomshould apply	Quantum of relief or assistance	Remarks
1	D.R.S	i)Wife/Husband of the deceased ii)Unmarried dependent eldor son or eldest daughter of the deceased. If the unmarried dependent eldest son or eldest daughter is a minor, the guardian. iii)Dependent Father/mother of the deceased. iv)Dependent eldest grandchild of the deceased. If the grandchild is a minor, the guardian. v)Oldest of any other dependent family member of the deceased who was living with the deceased	Income should not exceed Rs.7200/- Time limit to submit application is within 6 months from the date of death of the bread winner / earning member / Head of the family (In exceptional cases where the reasons adduced for delay is acceptable the time limit will be extended upto 18 months)	S.T (DRS)	Rs.10,000/-
2	A.R.S	"	The families who meet with accident in pursuit of their occupation. No income limit. Records: Postmortem Certificate Application should be sent within six months from the date of death Legal heirship certificate	S.T(DRS)	1)For death Rs.15,000/- 2)For loss of both arms/legs etc.Rs.15,000/- 3)For permanent in capacitation of both legs both handsRs.15000/- 4)For loss of two eyes Rs.15000/- 5)One leg and one hand Rs.15000/- 6)For loss of arm below the shoulder Rs.10000/- 7)Loss of leg below the hip Rs.10000/- 8)One eye Rs.10000/- 9)For loss of hand/hands at the wrist Rs.7,500/- 10)For loss of foot/feet at the ankle Rs.7,500/- 11)For permanent incapacitation of one leg or one hand Rs.7500/-
3	Honourable C.M Relief for Road Accident	"	In the case of death, next legal heir of the deceased with the consent of sthe other legalheirs No income limit	No application need be sent. Proposal will be sent by the concerned DSP to the RDO Suomoto.	1)Death Rs.10,000/- 2)Permanent incapacitation Rs.6,000/- 3)Loss of either eye/hand/leg Rs.4,000/- 4)Minor injuries Rs.500/-
4	Tamilnadu Illness Assistance Society Scheme	Poor patients who have undergone life saving surgery .	Annual income should not exceed Rs.12,000/- The applicant must be the resident of Tamilnadu.	CM’s Special Cell / Collector/	1)Coronary Artery Byepass Surgery Rs.25,000/- 2)Open Heart surgery Rs.25,000/- 3)Closed Heart Surgery Rs.5,000/- 4)Kidney Transplantation Rs.25,000/0- a)Kidney stone and other diseases relating to Urinary passage b)Cancer c)Neuro Surgery (Skull Opening) d)Spinal Cord e)Hip joint Replacement Rs.5,000/- 5)Liver Transplant Surgery Rs.25,000/- 6)Heart Transplantation Rs.25,000/-	Hospitals recognised by Tamilnadu Government Surgeries can be undertaken at any of the registered private hospitals in Tamilnadu only Hospitals recognised by the Tamilnadu Government.

NATURAL CALAMITY RELIEF

Natural calamities like fire, flood, Earthquake causes heavy damages to human lives, cattles, and crops. For such losses immediate relief’s are given.

1 Hut damages:

Fully damaged huts Rs.2000/- each

Partly damaged huts Rs.1000/- each

Besides the relief amount, 5 Kgs of free rice per family affected, one Dhoti and one Saree

per family affected, one liter of kerosene per family is given if the power supply is not likely to resume within 72 houses. All the relief’s are distributed by the concerned Tahsildar.

2 Human loss:

Where there is a death of human being reported, relief amount of Rs.15000/- is sanctioned by the Revenue Divisional Officer based upon the production of FIR, Death Certificate, Postmortem Certificate, Legal heir ship Certificate and on the basis of enquiry report submitted by the Tahsildar

For the same death, based upon the documents mentioned above, p.m. Relief amount of Rs.50,000/- in each case is also sanctioned on the recommendation of the Special Commissioner and Commissioner of Land Administration, Chennai.

3 Cattle Loss:

For Cattle death reported, relief amount subject to a maximum for 2 per family is given. Collector is the sanctioning authority based upon the production of certificates obtained from the Vetenary Department and on the enquiry report of respective Tahsildars.

For Cow and Buffalow each Rs.5,000/-

For Cow and Buffalow calf each Rs.3,000/-

For Goat and Sheep each Rs.1,000/-

For insured Cattles, this relief amount is not eligible.

4 Crop Damages:

Relief assistance adopted for granting relief to farmers for crop loss of 50% and above due to natural

calamities like flood / Cyclone / drought etc.

Assistance to small and marginal farmers for

1. Agricultural input subsidy whether where crop loss was 50% and above.

i) For agricultural crops, horticulture crops and annual plantation crops:

Rainfed areas Rs 1000 / Hectare

Rs 2500 / per hectare in area with assured irrigation.

ii) Perennial crops :

Rs. 4000 / Hectare

(G.O M.S. No 107 Revenue Dept. dt 04-03-2003)

5 Relief for the affected Small and Marginal farmers and Agricultural labourers due to drought:

As per GO Ms.No 12 Revenue Department dated 10.01.2003, it has been ordered to provide one meal per day for the affected small and marginal farmers including agricultural labourers due to drought condition through the Noon meal centres. This scheme was implemented w.e.f 15.01.2003 to 04.02.2003 for 10675 persons in Kanyakumari District. As per GO Ms.No 78 Revenue Department dated 03.02.2003, the scheme has been modified and instead of one meal per day, 30 Kgs of rice per family affected per month to be distributed two times a month. Under this scheme also, 10675 rice coupons have been distributed and rice are being issued to them through the Fair Price Shops.

Functioning of Rehabilitation Committee:

As per the instructions of the Government of Tamil Nadu a ‘ District Rehabilitation Committee’ has been constituted in Kanniyakumari District under the Chairmanship of the Collector and Superintendent of Police as the member. Secretary and some other officials as members of the Committee. The Government have set apart a sum of Rs.7.40 lakhs for 2002-03 as ‘ REHABILITATION FUND’. The main objectives of the committee are

to identify the Prohibition Offenders who have left the illegal profession and who are economically weak and then to provide rehabilitation assistance to them.
to explore the possibility of starting small scale industries in the black spot villages.
to decide on the adoption of certain black spot villages by different agencies such as Prohibition and Enforcement Wing, Police, TASMAC, Banks, NGOs local bodies, self help groups etc.
to conduct Awareness campaign through rallies, street plays, seminars etc.

The details of probation offenders may be furnished to the Committee by the representatives of the public. The committee will decide the nature of assistance to those who are found to be eligible under this scheme.

FAMILY CARD APPLICATION

For getting new family cards, the applicant should be a married person. He should apply to the concerned Taluk Supply Officer along with one Pass Port Size Black and White Photos, deletion / Surrender certificate and House tax receipt. After verification of the genuineness of the application it should be sent to the concerned Revenue Divisional Officer for counter signature and after that it will be sent to the office of the Commissioner of Civil Supplies, Chennai for printing the family cards.

Public Distribution System Beneficiaries

Sl No	Name of Taluk	Total No of family cards	Total No of rice coupons issued	Total No of AAY Beneficiaries	Total No of beneficiaries under Annapoorna Scheme	Total No of Bulk permits	Total No TNET Licenses		Total No of Fair Price shops
Sl No	Name of Taluk	Total No of family cards	Total No of rice coupons issued	Total No of AAY Beneficiaries	Total No of beneficiaries under Annapoorna Scheme	Total No of Bulk permits	Whole sale	Retail	Total No of Fair Price shops
1	Agasteeswaram	124213	106848	4628	206	26	234	135	135
2	Thovalai	28601	25369	1671	72	11	7	17	35
3	Kalkulam	146272	138857	7544	238	26	12	267	187
4	Vilavancode	141652	407716	8428	217	21	29	385	201
	TOTAL	440738	407716	22271	733	84	282	804	558

STANDARD MONTHLY REQUIREMENTS

Sl. No	Name of Taluk	Rice				Sugar (in M.T	Kerosene (in K.L)	Wheat(in M.T)
Sl. No	Name of Taluk	Rice (in M.T)	AAY Rice(in M.T	Annapoorna (in M.T)	Free Rice to Farmers affected by drought(in M.T)	Sugar (in M.T	Kerosene (in K.L)	Wheat(in M.T)
1	Agasteeswaram	1980.653	135.170	1.970	121.440	230.535	624.588	90.800
2	Thovalai	463.019	57.260	0.630	45.780	53.264	105.298	53.264
3	Kalkulam	2576.215	236.740	2.170	85.500	265.594	603.971	117.500
4	Vilavancode	2618.000	294.980	2.170	67.530	264.332	563.000	110.000
T O T A L		7637.887	724.150	6.940	320.250	813.725	1896.855	371.564

ADI DRAVIDAR AND TRIBAL WELFARE HOSTELS IN KANNIYAKUMARI DISTRICT

Sl No	Name of Hostel	Sanctioned strength	Admitted Strength
Sl No	Name of Hostel	Sanctioned strength	ST	SC	BC & MBC	OC	Total
1	Govt ADW College boys hostel, Nagercoil	107	-	4	46	1	107
2	Govt ADW College girls hostel, Nagercoil	50	-	36	17	2	55
3	Govt ADW ITI Boys Hostel, Nagercoil	40	-	34	8	2	44
4	Govt ADW Boys Hostel, Nagercoil	100	-	64	19	2	85
5	Govt ADW Boys Hostel, Boothapandy	30	-	23	7	-	30
6	Govt ADW Boys Hostel, Thuckalay	50	-	18	10	1	29
7	Govt ADW Boys Hostel, Kuzhithurai	50	-	11	8	1	20
8	Govt ADW Boys Hostel, Arumanai	40	-	22	10	-	32
9	Govt ADW Girls Hostel, Nagercoil	70	-	62	13	2	77
10	Govt ADW Girls Hostel, Suchindrum	50	-	25	10	2	37
11	Govt ADW Girls Hostel, Kanniyakumari	30	-	23	7	-	30
12	Govt ADW Girls Hostel, Boothapandy	50	-	29	10	2	41
13	Govt ADW Girls Hostel, Mondaymarket	50	-	38	10	-	48
14	Govt ADW Girls Hostel, Kuzhithurai	45	-	29	9	-	38
15	Govt ADW Girls Hostel, Arumanai	40	-	26	10	-	36
16	GTR Girls Hostel, Pechiparai	68	54	7	5	-	66
17	GTR Girls Hostel, Pathukani	40	39	1	4	-	44
18	Govt Tribal Residential Higher Secondary School Boys Hostel, Pathukani	126	95	18	13	0	126
19	Govt Tribal Residential Higher Secondary School Boys Hostel, Pechipparai	130	102	8	13	0	123
20	Govt Tribal Residential Middle School,(Boys &Girls) Hostel, Manalodai	105	70	0	0	0	70
	T O T A L	1271	360	534	229	15	1138

ADI DRAVIDAR AND TRIBAL WELFARE SCHOOLS IN KANNIYAKUMARI DISTRICT

Sl No	Name of the School	ST	SC	MBC	BC	OC	TOTAL
1	Govt Tribal Residential Higher Secondary School, Pechiparai	181	166	30	870	74	1321
2	Govt Tribal Residential Higher Secondary School, Pathukani	169	28	7	376	40	620
3	Govt Tribal Residential Middle School, Manalodai	94	-	-	7	-	101
4	Govt ADW High School, Vazhayathuvayal	7	29	1	123	14	174
5	Govt ADW Middle School, Udaiyadi	-	30	-	119	-	149
6	Govt ADW Middle School, Kalingarajapuram	-	174	10	105	6	295
7	Govt ADW Primary School, Chitrancode	-	8	-	17	-	25
8	Govt ADW Primary School, Vazhayathuvayal	16	18	-	104	7	145
	TOTAL	467	453	48	1721	141	2830

Bonded Labour Scheme

39 Bonded labourers have been released so far in this district and a sum of Rs. 460000/- was paid to them as relief amount since 1997-98.

Year	Bonded labourers Released	Immediate Relief Paid	Rehabilitation Amount Paid
1997-1998	22	22,000	1,98,000
1998-1999	9	9,000	81,000
2000-2001	1	1,000	9,000
2001-2002	2	2,000	38,000
2002-2003	5	0	1,00,000
	39	34,000	4,26,000

Monetary Relief Paid under Prevention of Atrocities Act.1989

With a view to prevent atrocities on the SC/ST, on complaint, cases have been registered u/s 3(1) of the Prevention of Atrocities Act 1989, and a sum of Rs.1,43,750/- was paid to 9 victims in 2002-2003 as monetary relief.

Scholarships:

The students in standards VI to X are exempted from the payment of Special fees and tuition fees (English medium) levied by the Educational Institutions and also the examination fees payable for Stds X and XII. The special fees and tution fees are reimbursed to the Educational Institutions concerned by the District Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Officer and the Examination Fees to the Director of Government Examinations by the Director of Adi Dravidar Welfare, Chennai. There is no income limit for availing these concessions. Besides this, residential Scholarships are sanctioned to the Students in standards VI to X who are residing in hostels attached to the schools. The income limit of the parent/Guardian for sanction of the residential scholarship is Rs.15000/- per annum.

Incentives to Girl Children

Incentives to girl children are provided to avoid dropouts and encourage their enrolment in schools. Under this scheme an incentive of Rs.500/- per annum to Scheduled Tribe girls studying in Standards III to V and an incentive of Rs.1000/- per annum to Scheduled Caste girl students studying in Std.VI are given.

State Higher Education Special scholarships & Loan Scheme

Students pursuing professional courses viz, Engg, Medicine, Agriculture, Veterinary etc and other degree courses who are residing in the hostels of the Educational Institutions have actually spent more than the amount of scholarships granted to them. Hence under the TNAD welfare State Special Scholarship and loan scheme, Grant at the rate of Rs.6500/- p.a for degree courses and Rs.7000/- p.a for P.G and Professional Courses is sanctioned. Medical students have to repay 25% of the grant sanctioned as Loan Scholarship and other need not repay the grant.To avail this grant, the annual income of the parent/guardian should not exceed Rs.50,000/-.

The details of scholarships paid during 2002-2003 are furnished below:

S.NO.	NAME OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS	No. of beneficiaries	SCHOLARSHIPS PAID DURING 2002-03
1	Reimbursement of Spl.Fees - (Scheduled Castes)	13329	506,857
2	Reimbursement of Spl.Fees - (Scheduled Tribes)	103	7,819
3	Reimbursement of Tution Fees -(Scheduled Castes)	907	269,960
4	Reimbursement of Tution Fees -(Scheduled Tribes)	5	2,200
5	Girl child incentive-Std3-5 (Scheduled Tribes)	24	12,000
6	Girl child incentive-Std 6 (Scheduled Castes)	180	180,000
7	Awards -District level	14	20,400
8	Chief Minister's Merit Award	11	16,500
9	State Special Post Matric Scholarship	1,356	1,308,116
10	Free education -upto Degree level	144	43,312
11	Free education -PG Girl students	3	3,748
12	Tamil Nadu Adi Dravidar Welfare Higher Education Special Scholarship(grant) & Loan Scheme	26	174,000
13	Typewriting / Shorthand scholarship to SCCs &STs	8	4,930
14	Scholarship to children of parents doing unclean jobs	400	324,550
15	Government of India Post Matric Scholarship-(Scheduled Castes)	2,8	4,986,360
16	Government of India Post Matric Scholarship-(Scheduled Tribes)	86	159,668
17	Payment for spl.services	12	940
	Total	19364	8021360

Chief Minister’s Merit Award

Chief Minister’s Merit Award is provided to encourage high scorers in the +2 Examinations. Statewide 1000 boys and 1000 girls belonging to Scheduled castes, Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled caste converts to Christianity who scored high marks and continue their further studies are selected and a sum of Rs.1500/- p.a. is sanctioned as award for five years.

District Level Awards

District level awards are given to students who secure the highest percentage of marks in Standards VIII, X and XII Public Examinations.

BOARDERS (CATEGORY WISE) IN BACKWARD CLASS / MOST BACKWARD CLASS HOSTELS

Sl No	Name of Hostel	Sanctioned strength	Admitted Strength
Sl No	Name of Hostel	Sanctioned strength	BC	MBC	SC	Other	Total
1	BC School Hostel, Nagercoil	50	46	-	1	3	50
2	Boothapandy	50	40	3	2	5	50
3	Thuckalay	50	29	7	12	2	50
4	Eraniel	50	49	1	1	-	50
5.	Colachel	50	28	15	7	-	50
6	Karungal	50	46	1	2	1	50
7	Kulasekaram	50	45	-	3	2	50
8	Kuzhithurai	50	47	-	2	1	50
9	Kovalam	50	32	17	1	-	50
10	Puthukadai	50	45	-	1	-	50
11	Azhagappapuram	50	41	7	2	-	50
12	Boys Hostel Aralvoimozhy	50	26	1	8	-	50
13	Poottetti	50	25	20	5	-	50
14	Kollencode	50	15	21	11	3	50
	Total	700	661	106	74	22	863

BACKWARD CLASS/MOST BACKWARD CLASS COLLEGE HOSTEL

Sl No	Name of Hostel	Sanctioned strength	Admitted Strength
Sl No	Name of Hostel	Sanctioned strength	BC	MBC	SC	Other	Total
1	BC Girls Hostel, Agasteeswaram	87	66	2	3	2	73
2	Chunkankadai	56	35	2	9	3	55
3	Nagercoil	55	42	8	5	3	55
	TOTAL	198	161	9	19	9	198

Sl No	Name of the Scheme	Who are eligible to apply	Eligibility to get relief or assistance	To whomshould apply	Quantum of relief or assistance
1	Educational Scholarship Prematric Scholarship	All BC/MBC/DNC students studying in 9th and 10th	Income limit below Rs.50,000/-	DBCWO, Nagercoil.	6th standard to 8th standard (English Medium) Rs.200/- 9th and 10th (English Medium) Rs.250/- 9th and 10th (Tamil Medium) Male 23.50 Female 22.50
2	Educational Scholarship Postmatric Scholarship	All BC/MBC /DNC students studying in 11th to Research level	Income limit below Rs.50,000/-	DBCWO, Nagercoil.	XIth standard (including Examination fees) Science Group-Rs.105/- Non Science Group Rs.85/- XIIth standard Science Group-Rs.55/- Non Science Group Rs.35/-
3	Postmatric Scholarship	Degree Course B.A & B.Com I year B.A & B.Com II & III year B.Sc I year B.Sc II & III year	Income limit below Rs.50,000/- Income limit below Rs.50,000/- Income limit below Rs.50,000/- Income limit below Rs.50,000/-	DBCWO, Nagercoil.	212.75+Examination Fees Rs.141.75 224.75 153.75
4	Free Education Scheme	BC students pursuing a degree 3 year degree course are offered this scheme	Income limit below Rs.50,000/-	DBCWO, Nagercoil.	B.A Rs.500+Examination fees all compulsory feeses. B.Sc & B.Com Rs.750+Examination fees all compulsory feeses.
5.	Incentive Prizes	+2 First prize of one boy and one girl SSLC Ist prize one boy and one girl SSLC IInd prize one boy and one girl SSLC IIIrd prize one boy and one girl		DBCWO, Nagercoil. DBCWO, Nagercoil . DBCWO, Nagercoil. DBCWO, Nagercoil.	BC = Rs.1500/- MBC Rs.3000/- BC = Rs.500/- MBC = Rs.1000/- BC = Rs.250/- MBC = Rs.500/- BC = Rs.150/- MBC = Rs.300/-
6.	Thanthai Periyar Memorial Award	2 Boys and 2 Girls who got highest marks and next highest marks in SSLC Examination and studying Diploma Course		DBCWO, Nagercoil.	Rs.3000/-
7.	Perarignar Anna Memorial Award	2 Boys and 2 Girls who secured highest marks in the +2 Examination and continuing there studies in the professional course that is M.B.B.S., B.E., Agricultural etc.		DBCWO, Nagercoil.	Rs.3000/-
8.	Setting up of Saloon	Beneficiaries must belongs to BC/MBC	Income limit below Rs.25,000/-	DBCWO, Nagercoil.	Rs.1500/- as subsidy by DBCWO. Rs.3000/- as Bank loan through Nationalised Banks.
9.	TABCEDCO and TAMCO loans	Self employment opportunities to BC/MBC persons in the age limit of 18 to 50 yrs.	Annual income Urban areas upto Rs.42,412/- Rural areas up to Rs.31,982/-	DBCWO or J.R.of Co-operative Societies.	Maximum Loan of Rs.5.00 Lakhs.
9(a)	Micro credit loan scheme self help Group women for petty trade	As a member at least in 6 months in a self help Group BC/MBC/DNC Annual Income urban upto0 Rs. 55,000 Rura area upto Rs. 40,000		J.R. Co-operative or D.B.C.W.O.	Fro Rs. 2000/- to Rs. 2000
9(b)	E.D.P. Loan Scheme to E.D.P. trained women for petty trade.	E.D.P. Trained women BC/MBC		J.R. Co-operative or D.B.C.W.O.	Rs. 10,000/- each
9(c)	Self Employment to 1000 Muslim Youths in Tamil Nadu state level	VIIIth Std. passed or failed Muslim Youths. Registered in the District Employment Exchange Annual income urban upto 54,500/- Rural upto Rs. 39,500/-		DBCWO J.R. Co-op

Emergency Accident Relief Centres

In Kanniyakumari District to provide immediate medical relief to the road accident victims, four emergency accident relief centres have been established on the side of National Highways leading to Kanyakumari to Thiruvananthapuram and Kanyakumari to Tirunelveli. The centres are located in the places mentioned below.

1.	Thottiyodu	Sponsored by Dr. Krishnakumar, Orthopedic Hospital, Parvathipuram, Emergency Phone No. 261888
2.	Pammam at Marthandam	Sponsored by Manju Nursing Home, Marthandam Emergency Phone ?No. 270141, 271445
3.	Kanyakumari (infront of Horticultural form)	Sponsored by Dr. Jeyasekaran Hospital, Emergency Phone No. 1033
4.	Aralvoimozhy	Sponsored by Dr. Thiraviam Hospital, Ozhiginasery Emergency Phone No. 276607, 276186

The 81 Revenue Villages under 4 Taluks are given below

**Agasteeswarem Taluk**
1	Kanniyakumari
2	Agasteeswarem
3	Thamaraikulam
4	Kulasekarapuram
5	Marungoor
6	Theroor
7	Eraviputhoor
8	Suchindram
9	Parakkai
10	Thengamputhur
11	Dharmapuram
12	Vadiveeswaram
13	Nagercoil
14	Vadasery
15	Neendakkarai 'A'
16	Neendakkarai 'B'
17	Azhagappapuram
18	Kottaram
19	Madhusudhanapuram
20	Vembanoor

**Thovalai Taluk**
1	Thovalai
2	Chenbagaramanputhur
3	Thirupathysaram
4	Thazhagudy
5	Boothapandi
6	Esanthimangalam
7	Chiramadam
8	Derisanamcope
9	Arumanaloor
10	Azhagiapandipuram
11	Anathapuram
12	Erachakulam
13	Aralvoimozhi

**Kalkulam Taluk**
1	kappiyarai
2	Valvachagostam
3	Attoor
4	Thuckalay
5	Kalkulam
6	Kothanaloor
7	Meycode
8	Aruvikarai
9	Thiruvattar
10	Thirparappu
11	Ponmanai
12	Alloor
13	Eraniel
14	Thalakulam
15	Kadiapattinam
16	Manavalakurichy
17	Colachel
18	Thiruvithancode
19	Veeyanoor
20	Vellimalai
21	Thumbacode
22	Surulacode
23	Villukury
24	Kuruthencode
25	Lekshmipuram

**Vilavancode Taluk**
1	kollencode
2	Ezhudesam
3	Painkulam
4	Arudesam
5	Medukkumal
6	Kunathur
7	Nalloor
8	Pacode
9	Vilavancode
10	Pazhugal
11	Edaicode
12	Arumania
13	Kalliyal
14	Keezmidalam
15	Midalam
16	Keezkulam
17	Killiyur
18	Nattalam
19	Kulapuram
20	Anducode
21	Vellamcode
22	Mangode
23	Paloor