: : LACE PARK : :

• To provide continuous training to the Lace women artisans with modern fashion trends to suit the production to the International quality.
  
  
• Two lakh women who are having traditional skills of making lace in West Godavari District are organized in to 51 village level organizations and a District Federation. A special project is sanctioned with an outlay of Rs.550.65 lakhs under Ambedkar Hastha Shilpa Vikasa Yojana by Government of India.
  
  
• Government of Andhra Pradesh have also sanctioned Rs.100.00 lakhs under I.I.D.C.
  
• The main objective is to train lace artisans in the production of value addition to enhance the bargaining power and catch World Market.

• The Agency area in West Godavari District was declared as Scheduled Area under the Scheduled Areas (Part A. States) Order 1950. 
  
  
• Out of the Total number of 136 Villages comprising the erstwhile Polavaram Taluk, 101 villages both the Government and Estate Villages are formed into Agency area (Scheduled Area).
  
  
• Consequent on formation of Mandal set up, these 101 Villages have been in three Mandals i.e., Polavaram, Buttaigudem and Jeelugumilli. The Government Villages are 73 and Estate Villages are 28 except in Jeelugumilli.
   
• Population of the three Agency Mandals are that S.T. Population is 44,627 and Non-tribal Population is 68,891. 
  
  
• Percentage of S.T. Population is 39.31%.
  
  
• The Agency Tracts Interest and Land Transfer Act 1 of 1917 was promulgated to prevent alienation of tribal lands in Agency areas and it came into force from 14.08.1917. 
  
  
• The Act 1 of 1917 forced upto 03.03.1959. The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad promulgated Regulation 1/59 by repealing the Act 1 of 1917 which came into force from 04.03.1959, to regulate the transfer of the lands among Tribes to Non-tribes in the scheduled areas. 
  
  
• The Regulation 1/70 came into force on 03.02.1970. According to the Regulation 1/70, there should be no transfer of land in Scheduled Areas between the Tribes and Non-Tribes and even among Non-Tribes. 
  
  
• These transfers shall be null and void unless made in favour of a member of scheduled tribe or a society composed solely of members of the scheduled tribes. Presumption clause was also added in Regulation 1/70 (Section 3(1)(b)).
  
  
• According to this, until contrary is proved, any immovable property situated in Agency tract and in the possession of non-tribals shall be presumed to have been acquired by a person or his predecessor in possession through a transfer made to him by a member of scheduled tribe.
  
  
• The appeals against any decree passed by the Agency Divisional Officer or Special Deputy Collector (Tribal Welfare) shall lie to the Agent to Government. 
  
  
• The criminal Justice is vested with the regular Courts having jurisdiction.
  
  
• Two Special Deputy Collector’s at Polavaram and K.R.Puram are conducting courts in implementing the tribal regulations.
  
  
• The total extent of the Government land available in the agency Mandals (Polavaram, Buttaigudem and Jeelugumilli) is Ac.1,05,171.02 cents. 
  
  
• Out of which the land held by the Tribals is Ac. 53,670.80 cents and the land held by the Non-tribals is Ac.23,351.32 cents. 
  
  
• In order to provide protection to the land and person of tribes and to reduce the land disputes between Tribes and Non-tribes Agency Courts were established at K.R.Puram and Polavaram.
  
  
• So far 511 applications covering Ac.4,106.00 cents received out of which 182 applications covering Ac.1,006.70 cents disposed off by providing protection. 

The total extent of the land available in the agency mandals:    (Ac. Cts.)

                              The patta lands held by the Tribals and Non-tribals in the  Agency area (Ac. cts.)