The government departments that are concerned with general administration, revenue administration and law and order and justice in the district have already been dealt with in chapters X,XI and XII respectively. The organisational set-up of other principal offices in the district is discussed in the following paragraphs.

Agriculture Department

The district is under the administrative charge of the deputy director. Allahabad region with headquarters at Allahabad.

In the district, the district agriculture officer assisted by three additional district agriculture officers, is in the immediate charge of agricultural programmes, including formulation and implementation of the Five-year Plan schemes. The district agriculture officer looks after the execution of all agricultural activities in the district such as distribution of improved seeds, fertilizers and implements, oil seeds extension, plant protection and the like. Under him work 16 assistant development officers (agriculture) and 44 assistant agriculture inspectors for supervision of seed stores and the package scheme. There are 38 seed stores in the district each under the charge of an assistant agriculture inspector. There are two agricultural farms in the district, one is located at Etawah under the charge of a project officer and the other is at village Jonai on the Etawah-Agra road and is supervised by a farm superintendent.

The plant protection officer with headquarters at Etawah supervises operations aiming at control of pests and plant diseases. He also provides the necessary equipment and technical know-how to the farmers and horticulturists. The plant protection officer is. assisted by a senior plant protection assistant, 15 junior plant protection assistants, 15 supervisors and 19 field assistants.

Soil Conservation

The district falls within the jurisdiction of the deputy director, agriculture (soil conservation) Agra region with headquarters at Agra.

Two separate soil conservation units are running in the district, one at Etawah and the other at Auraiya, each being controlled by a soil conservation officer, assisted by a technical assistant, two overseers, five soil conservation inspectors and 25 assistant soil conservation inspectors.

Horticulture Department

The horticultural development activities are controlled and supervised by the district horticulture officer who is under the supervision of the deputy director (horticulture) with headquarters at Allahabad. The district horticulture officer is assisted by a senior horticulture inspector, a horticulture inspector, an assistant horticulture inspector, and two gardeners. They supervise the lay-out of orchards; and the planting of fruit trees and offer technical guidance to horticulturists and vegetable growers. There is a government garden known as Company Bagh in Etawah which is looked after by a head Chaudhri under the overall supervision of an assistant inspector.

Animal Husbandry Department

Etawah falls within the jurisdiction of the deputy director (animal husbandry) with headquarters at Allahabad. The district live-stock officer is in charge of the veterinary services, breed promotion and fodder development in the district. This includes treatment of animal diseases, castration of scrub-bulls and improvement in the stock of cattle in the district. He is assisted by an artificial insemination officer and and a veterinary officer, 19 veterinary assis-tant surgeons and 26 stockmen. There are 16 veterinary hospitals in the district, a poultry extension centre at Bakewar, a Jamuna Pari buck centre at Chandi, Bhadawari bull breeding centre at Udi and a stallion stand at Mahewa A fisheries inspector posted in the district, works under the control of an assistant director (fisheries) with headquarters at Allahabad. The fisheries inspector ensures the breeding and stocking of fingerlings.

Co-operative Department

The department deals with the registration, supervision and working of the various types of co-operative societies formed in the district and their liquidation, besides attending to administrative and statutory functions.

The deputy registrar, co-operative societies, Allahabad is the regional head of the department. At the district level, an assistant registrar supervises all activities pertaining to co-operative undertakings besides exercising control over the staff and institutions in the district. He is assisted by four additional district co-operative officers and eight co-operative inspectors. There are 14 assistant development officers (co-operatives), one in each development block, to supervise and promote the work of the co-operative societies.

There are 30 co-operative supervisors (loan), 40 co-operative supervisors (seed), seven co-operative supervisors (marketing), one farm superintendent (posted at Ashokpuri in Achhalda block), one village level worker and one district accountant.

Education Department

The boys' higher secondary education department in the district is headed by a district inspector of schools, working under the over-all supervision of the deputy director of education. Allahabad. The district inspector of schools is assisted by an associate district inspector of schools and has under him an assistant commandant, who organises Pradeshik Shiksha Dal and looks and after the sports activities in the educational institutions and four supervisors.

The girls' high schools and intermediate colleges in the district are directly controlled by the regional inspectress of girl's schools with headquarters at Allahabad, but the duties of drawals and disbursements are performed by the district inspector of schools for sake of local convenience.

The boys' junior high schools are under direct supervision of Zila Basic Shiksha Adhikari. He is assisted by a deputy inspector of schools, an additional deputy inspector of schools and subdeputy inspectors of schools. There is also a Pariyojna Adhikari who looks after the work of functional literacy (adult education) in the district. For the junior high schools for girls there is an additional Zila Basic Shiksha Adhikari (women) and she has under her a deputy inspectress and four assistant inspectresses of girls, schools. The Sanskrit pathshalas (schools) are under the overall charge of the assistant inspector, Sanskrit pathsalas Allahabad.

Forest Department

Etawah is the headquarters of a forest division known as southern doab division which forms part of the extension circle, Clutter-Buckganj under a conservator with headquarters at Bareilly. The division is in the charge of a divisional forest officer who exercises control over the three ranges of Etawah, Chakar Nagar and Lakhna, each range being supervised by a ranger. Etawah has been divided into four sections and 13 beats, the Chakar Nagar range into five sections and 13 beats, and the Lakhna range into two sections and eight beats. The three rangers posted in the division are assisted by five deputy rangers, 12 foresters and 66 forest guards.

Among the main objects of this department are plantations to meet requirements of the local population for timber, firewood, and grass, conservation and improvement of the erstwhile Zamindari forests, afforestation of the waste lands and planned exploitation of the forest wealth, reclamation of ravines and plantation of avenues on the roadsides in the district preservation of wild has also assumed significant importance.

Industries Department

Etawah falls within the Allahabad zone of the department controlled by a deputy director with headquarters at Allahabad.

At the district level the district industries officer looks after the development of both small-scale and large-scale industries. His duties include rendering all possible assistance for setting up new industries and expansion of existing industries. He is assisted by a foreman who supervises the government pilot workshop located at Bakewar. This workshop imparts training in turning moulding repairs of motor engines, carpentry, black smithery and electric fitting. The district industries officer has under him two industries inspectors to impart guidance to entrepreneurs. A supervisor is posted in the district to look after the development of non-textile co-operative societies .

The superintendent (utilisation and recovery) posted at Farrukhabad is responsible for realisation of industrial loan in the district of Etawah. The industrial estate located at Jaswantnagar in the district is directly supervised by the district industries officer.

Etawah is the headquarters of an assistant director of industries (handloom) whose jurisdiction extends to the districts of Etawah. Farrukhabad, Kanpur, Fatehpur and Allahabad. He works under the control of the director of handloom with headquarters at Kanpur and has under him a superintendent (quality marking), a textile inspector, one examiner (quality marking scheme), one designer, four supervisors (handloom). and two viewers (quality marking scheme). They look after the working of handloom and powerloom.

The district is also the headquarters of an assistant director of industries (sericulture) whose jurisdiction extends to the districts of Etawah, Agra, Allahabad and Meerut. He is supervised by the deputy director (sericulture) with headquarters at Dehra Dun. In the district the assistant director of industries (sericulture) has under him one superintendent and three inspectors. The sericulture centres are at Ajitmal, Auraiya, Muradganj and Balrai.

Public Works Department

The district has four divisions of the State public works department, the construction division, departmental construction unit (temporary division), temporary national highway division no. 1, and temporary national highway division no 2. The construction division which falls within circle IX, Kanpur, is manned at the district level by an executive engineer assisted by five assistant engineers and 29 junior engineers. The executive engineer is responsible for construction and maintenance of roads, bridges and pontoon bridges.

The departmental construction unit (temporary division) which forms part of circle 46, Agra, is headed at Etawah by an executive engineer who, with the assistance of an assistant engineer and 18 junior engineers, looks after the construction and maintenance of governments buildings.

The temporary national highway division no. 1 falls within circle 41, national highway, Agra. At the district level the division is under the charge of an executive engineer who is assisted by four assistant engineers and 22 junior engineers.

The temporary national highway division no. 2 which also forms part of circle 41, Agra, is manned at Etawah by an executive engineer assisted by two assistant engineers and eight junior engineers.

Irrigation Department

The department at the district level and its activities spread over the tube-wells, canals, and minor irrigation are described below :

Tube-wells

The district has three (IV. V and VI) temporary tube-wells subdivisions, of which the divisional and circle officers are stationed in Mainpuri district.

The IV subdivision, tube-wells situated at Auraiya is manned by an assistant engineer, assisted by three junior engineers and a Ziladar.

The V and VI subdivisions of the tube-wells are stationed at Etawah, each having an assistant engineer. There are three junior engineers, a Ziladar in the V subdivision, and two junior engineers in the VI subdivisions. The subdivisions maintain and construct the State tube-wells.

Canals

The circle II of lower Ganga canal, under a superintending engineer stationed at Kanpur includes in it the district of Etawah which has two permanent divisions viz., the Etawah division lower Ganga canal and the Bhognipur division lower Ganga canal. Etawah division lower Ganga canal which has four subdivisions is manned by an executive engineer assisted by four assistant engineers and 16 junior engineers. The Bhognipur division lower Ganga canal is subdivided into four subdivisions and is under the charge of an executive engineer with four assistant engineers and 18 junior engineers. The main job is to provide water to the cultivators and keeping the canals clear of silt.

Minor Irrigation

The divisions look after the entire work of distribution of electrical power alongwith the construction of lines, giving supply to rural industries and tube-wells connections and for light and fan purposes. They look to maintenance of electrical Lines and substations and ensure unintrupted supply of power alongwith the billing and realisation or electricity charges.