WASTELAND DEVELOPMENT

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WASTELAND DEVELOPMENT
NRM TERM PAPER PRESENTATION

• There is nothing called waste in this Gods
  creation-UPNISHAD

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STRUCTURE OF PRESENTATION

• DEFINITION OF WASTELAND
• CAUSES OF LAND DEGRADATION
• TYPES OF WASTELANDS
• GOVT. POLICIES SO FAR
• GOVT. SCHEMES SO FAR
• REVIEW
• IWDP SCHEME
• SPWD
• SUGGESTIONS ON LEARNING
• REFERENCES

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What is a wasteland???
According to Bhumbla Khare A) which are eco
logically unstable B) Whose top soil has been
nearly completely lost C) which have developed
toxicity in root zones for growth of most plants,
both annual crop and trees.
Source of photo-www.angio.net
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NWDB Definition-

• degraded land which can be brought under
  vegetative cover with reasonable effort and which
  is currently under utilized and land which is
  deteriorating for lack of appropriate water and
  soil management or on account of natural causes

Source-www.mutantfrog.com
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CAUSES OF LAND DEGRADATION

• OVER CULTIVATION
• DEFORESTATION
• OVERGRAZING
• IMPROPER IRRIGATION PRACTICES

photos.massal.net
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TYPES OF WASTELANDS

• ACCORDING TO NRSA SOI-13 TYPES
• 1.Gullies and/or ravines 2. Upland with or
  without scrub 3. Waterlogged and marshy land
  4. Land affected by salinity /alkalinity in
  coastal and inland areas 5. Land under
  shifting cultivation 6. Under utilized /
  degraded notified forest land 7. Degraded
  pasture / grazing land 8. Degraded land under
  plantation crops 9. Shifting sands- inland
  /coastal 10. Mining / industrial wastelands
  11. Barren rocky / stony waste/ sheet rock areas
  12. Steep sloping area 13. Snow covered
  and/ or glacial area.

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TOTAL AREA-638518.31 sq.kms ..SOURCE-dolr.nic.in/
iwdp1.htm
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POLICIES SO FAR..

• GOVT. OF INDIA land use policy(1983)
• National Land Resources Conservation and
  Development Commission (NLRCDC)
• National Land Board (NLB)
• National Land Use and Wastelands Development
  council (NLWC)
• The National wasteland Development Board (NWDB)
• IWDP (Integrated wasteland development Project)

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SCHEMES SO FAR..

• GRANTS IN AID TO NGOS
• DECENTRALISED PEOPLES NURSERIES
• SILVIPASTURE FARM
• SEED DEVELOPMENT
• AREA ORIENTED FUELWOOD FODDER PROJECT

• ARIEL SEDING PROG.
• PLANTATION OF MINOR FOREST PRODUCE
• MARGIN MONEY SCHEME
• RURAL EMPLOYMENT SCHEME

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REVIEW

• By March,2004-148 schemes sanctioned with total
  outlay- 143.23 cr.
• 63 projects completed/ foreclosed.
• It lacked addressing ecological crisis peoples
  participation.
• It has failed to achieve the target of 5
  mha/year.
• By over all it has failed.

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IWDP SCHEME

• In effect since 1989-90 along with NWDB
• Only non forest wastelands are taken up.
• Its objective are based on village/ micro
  watershed plans.
• Activities- In situ soil/ moisture conservation,
  plantation, agro- forestry horticulture,
  training, extension, awareness, capacity
  building, engineering structures etc.
• Success story- Sivganga district of Tamilnadu.

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SPWD..An organisation with mission

• Activities- collaborative project with grass root
  organisation,Networking, policy advocacy
• Functional Area- Land, water, forest natural
  resources.
• Programmes- Himalayan region, south region,westrn
  region, eastern region, JFM, small water
  harvesting
• Publications- Wasteland news, parti Bhoomi
  samachar,van sahayog.

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Suggestions on learning

• Govt. should view a forestation as a support to
  agriculture.
• Peoples involvement by mobilization.
• Separate line of credit by banks/FI.
• Transfer of available technology.
• Each dev. Project should involve reclamation cost
  of waste resources.
• Sufficient planning for raising of nursery. Etc.

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Text references.

• RD.D.2 Rural Development programme, a magazine
  from Indira Gandhi National Open University
  school of continuing Education.
• Description and classification of wasteland,
  Ministry of environment and forests, New Delhi.
• Report of the National commission on agriculture
  Resource Development ,Part-V, ministry of
  agriculture , New Delhi.
• dolr.nic.in/iwdp1.htm
• sivaganga.nic.in/wland_dev.htm
• dolr.nic.in/wasteland_division.htm
• rural.nic.in/annualrep0304/chapter21.pdf
• angul.nic.in/iwdp.htm
• Spwdindia.org.

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THANK YOU

• Presented by-
• RASHMI RANJAN PARIDA
• ROLL NO-37
• PGPRM-1