Many Earn Their Livelihood from Professions Other Than Agriculture
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Many earn their livelihood from professions other than agriculture and industry, mostly from services and sales necessary to maintain a certain standard and way of living. The growth ofthese occupations depends greatly on economic development. These occupations, both in rural and urban areas, constitute a significant part of the life of the district. These include members of the public and defence services and all those working in the fields of education, medicine, law, engineering and transport. In addition to these fully or partly organized services, there are many engaged in earning a livelihood on a self-employed basis. They often work in shops or in their own houses; some go about hawking their goods or services. In addition, there are a few people who are engaged in domestic services and work as cooks bearers, servants, gardeners and chowkidars. There has been a vast increase in the number of jobs in the public ser- vices under the State and Central Governments, as also In Local Bodies and quasi Government organizations after Independence. Before that as deve- lopment was of a low order in the Bhiwani district, the growth of employment in the public sector was insignificant . After the formation of Haryana and the start of the period of rapid development a sizeable part of the working popu- lation was able to get jobs in the public sector. The district of Bhiwani came into existence on December 22, 1972. This was a further impetus. On March 31, 1973, the number of persons employed in public services in administr ative departments and offices of the State and Central Governments, quasi Government organizations, and Local Bodies, was 8,568 (7,660 men and 908 women). This number rose to 13,674 (12,155 men and 1,519 women) by March 31, 1975, presenting an increase of 59.6 per cent within two years. By March 31, 1977, the number rose to l4,39F (13,205 men and 1,186 women), presenting an increase of 67.6 per cent within four years. It is thus evident that the scope of expansion in public services during the period 1975 to 1977 narrowed down considerably as compared to the previous two years. The women in Bhiwani do not seem interested in public services. 1 Its break-up was as follows:- State Government 11 ,322; central gcv~m~ent 9; Quasi Government 2.356 and Local Bodies 704 . Their number in 1977 came down to 1,186 fro m 1,51 9 in 1975 , thus recording a decrease of abou t 22 per cent . The per so ns in th e employ of Government are give n dear ness all owa nce related bro adly to the cost of living. Class IV emp loyees are provided wi th liverie s and chap als. Loans for the construction of houses under the Low Income Group and Midd le Income Gr oup Housing Schemes and for th e pur- cha se of vehicle s are grante d to Sta te Gov ernme nt emp loye es. In Decemb er 1970 , Government decided on an ex -gra tia grant and other faci liti es fo r the famil ies of the State Government emplOYeeswho die whi le in service . The gr ant is equivalent to ten times the last month ly emolumen ts drawn by the de ceased empl oyee subj ec t to a mini mum of Rs. 5,000 and a maximum of Rs. 15 ,000. Other fac ili ties include free med ica l aid, free educa - tional facilities up to the degree leve l and Government employme nt to a qu ali- fied member of the fam ily besides hou se re nt allowance, or the re tention of Governm ent hou se on the usua l rent for a year after the deat h of the employe e. In March 1974 , the State Government sanct ioned an advance to Gover n- ment servant s (e xc ept class I office rs) fo r the cele bration of the marriag es of their children . The amou nt of this advance is 10 months pay or Rs.l ,500 whichever is more subject to a ceiling ofRs. ~,OOO. Such an advan ce bea rs intere st at the rate charged from time to time on an advance taken from the General Provi dent Fund Accoun t. Som e Gove rnment Officers are provide d re nt-f re e acc ommod ation. This includ es th e Dep ut y Commissioner, all the Sub Divi sion al Offi cers (Civil) and all th e Tahsild ars and Naib Ta hsil da rs in the Bh iwan i distr ict. Esse nti al servic es like the rail ways, po lice and med ica l and publi c hea lth are usually provided with re nt-fr ee residentia l acco mmod at ion. Anoth er such cat eg ory is ja il exe cll tive staff. Since the numb er of Go vernm ent owned hou ses is limited , gene ra lly only senior employe es are allot te d these ho uses aga in st a de ducti on of 10 per cent of their pay. Ot her employees who have no t been pr ov ide d wi th Gov ern- ment accommod atio n are being giv en house rent on the basis of the popula- tion of the to wns in the di stric t. Th e rate of house rent admissible at Bhiwa ni , which has been class ifi ed as a class II town, is 7.5 per ce nt of the pay of a Government empl oyee. Emplo ye es in pub lic services are not restricted from formi n~ associa ,- tion s or union s to sa feguard reco snised service interes t • The Jats, Ahirs, Rajputs and Gujars in the Bhiwani district contribut- ed a large number of recruits to the different branches of the defence ser- vices during the two world wars. During World War II two Victoria Cross (the highest gallantry award in the British Empire) were awarded to Hav. Chhelu Ram (village Dinod) of Rajput Rifles and Subedar Richhpal Ram (village Barda) of 4th Rajputana Rifles. A large number of soldiers from the district fought in NEFA, Western and Eastern areas when the Chinese invaded India in 1962 and during Pakistan hostilities in 1948, 1965 and 1971 . The following defence personnel received gallantry awards for distinguished services :- Recipient Resident of villagej Award Remarks tahsil ------ Jammu and Kashmir Operation, 1948 Lt. Co! . Dharam BadesrajBa wan i Mahavir Chakra Alive Singh K.hera Lt . Co! . Brijpal BaporajBhiwani Vir Chakra Alive Singh SM/Hony. Capt . FatehgarhjDadri Vir Chakra Alive Jug Lal Ris/Hony. Capt . Neemli/Dadri Vir Chakra Alive Jage Ram SMjHony. Capt . Gudana/Dad ri Vir Chakra Alive Ishwar Singh Hav. Sardar Singh Achina/Dadri Vir Chakra Posthumous LjHav. Mehtab Deosar/Bhiwani Vir Cahkra Alive Singh Naik Sispal Singh BamlajBhiwani Vir Chakra Posthumous LjNk. Chuni Singh Tigrana/Bhiwani Vir Chakra Alive Chinese Aggression, 1962 Sub. Nihal Singh SuijBawani Khera Vir Chakra Posthumous 260 BH!WAN! D!STRICT GAZBTTEER Receipient Resident of villagej Award Remarks ---- tahsil -- --- Pakistani Aggression, 1965 Rifleman Mathan BaporajBhiwani Vir Chakra Posthumous Singh Chinese Border Action, 1967 Hav. Lakhmi DhananajBa wani Vir Chakra Posthumous Chand Khera Pakistani Aggression, 1971 Major Sher Singh JhumpajLoharu Vir Chakra Alive Naik Jai Lal GaranpurajBhiwani Sena Medal Do Sub. Lt. R.P. TigranajBhiwani Nav Sena Medal Do Singh Sqn . Leader A.N. Krishna Colony Vayu Sena Medal Do Mehtani Bhiwani Hav. Khazan Kheri BurajDadri Vir Chakra . Do Singh Hav. Daya Nand ChandenijDadri Vir Chakra Posthumou s Ram Major Balbir Singh Pantawas Khurdj Vir Chakra Al ive Dadri Major Jai Bhagwan AchinajDadri Vir Chakra Do Singh Naib Risaldar Hawa NangaljBhiwani Sena Medal Do Singh Hav. Jai Lal BadharajDadri Sena Medal Do Hav. Ram Chander JawajDadri Sena Medal Do Naib Subedar ChandenijDadri Mention-in- Des- Alive Chhotu Ram patches LjNaik Ved BadesrajBawani Mention-in- Alive Parkash Khera Despatches Resident of vi llage/ Tahsil Naik Rameshwar Mention-in- Dayal Despatches ALD Jaipal Singh Mention-in- Despatches Subedar Dharam Pal Hav. Amar Singh Bajina/Bhiwani Vir Chakra Alive ~ Naik Dmed Singh Dalawas/Dadri Vir Chakra Posthumous (B.S.F.) Two hundred and twenty five persons of the district belonging to the armed forces were reported killed or wounded during the Pakistan Aggres- sion of December 1971 . The details are :- Tahsil Killed Bhiwani 29 Bawani Khera 7 Loharu 7 Dadri 46 90 136 ---- Total: 89 136 225 Most of the ex-servicemen belong to agriculturist families. The vil- lages which have maximum number of ex-servicemen are :- Tahsil Place Number of ex-servicemen Village/Town 2 1 --------- 3 Bhiwani Bapora 212 TigraBa 352 Dinod 163 261 BitIWANi DISTRICT GAzintilEi . 1 2 3 Bam la 167 Biran 117 Baga nwa la 63 Prem Nagar 145 Devsar 151 Kairu : 91 Dh ani Mahu 107 Jui ~ 66 Lehg an 90 Mi ta th al 101 Bh iw ani 217 Manheru 119 Mi ran 108 Sandwa 122 Dadri Achina 237 Baund Kalan 179 Ch hap ar 116 Chir ya 141 Ch andeni 141 Ch ar khi Dadri 111 Imlot a 102 Jhojhu Kalan 214 263 2 l3 Kakr auli Hukmi 107 Makr ana 94 Misri 118 Rawaldhi 90 Ranil a 23 1 Sanwa r 144 Samas hp ur 127 Dhani - Phoga t 10 9 Barwas 76 Bisalwas 29 Ch ahar Ka lan 54 Chahar Khu rd 38 Gagarwas 31 Gothr a 45 Gopalwas 38 Hariawas 52 Balia li 10 Bars i 14 Bawani Khera 191 ., <., Dha nana 222 '" 1 Kanw ari 122 J Sev eral conce ssions, have been gra nte d by the State Government to Aqn ed Forces Fer§onne l and their fam tI!~s ,be longing to Har ya na who ma y be killed/disabled/missing during various operations in or outside India :- (A) Ex-gratia Grants Officers Junior Other Commissioned Ranks Officers (a) Personnel reported killed /disabled with 50 per cent disabilit y or above 7,500 4,500 4,000 (b) Personnel with disab ility between 20 per cent and 50 per cent (c) Personnel taken as pri so ner of war A lump sum of Rs.