A sum of Rs.1.92 crore has been sanctioned to the district for developing agriculture and allied activities during the current financial year.

The main objective of this M & E study is to evaluate the effectiveness of centrally sponsored programmes/schemes/projects for artificial recharge of ground water in the rainfed regions of the Maharashtra state. The changes attributed due to ground water recharge structures are clearly and objectively brought out under the study.

India needs to concentrate on various means to improve the watershed areas of villages in order to fight the growing water crisis at various levels.

Bhubaneswar: With Space Based Information Support for Decentralized Planning (SIS-DSP), a new space-based technology providing useful data, the Odisha government has planned to use it for micro-lev

A minute of keeping the tap open without reason can send up to 10 precious litres of water down the drain.

A working group on “Minor Irrigation and Watershed Management” was constituted by Planning Commission, Government of India to develop and define broad contours of future watershed development projects that could be implemented during the 12th Five Year Plan.

The GEF and UNCCD Secretariats have jointly published a book on sustainable land management (SLM) projects, highlighting the impact of many of these projects in achieving SLM, as well as experiences and lessons learned.

The innovative approach of the Forest Department has not only ensured active involvement of the local people, but also helped in achieving the target of the “beneficiary contribution” for the Rs 33

To meet needs of water-starved areas
Kerala should focus on small and medium irrigation projects to meet its needs, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said.
Big projects faced various problems like finance, and land acquisition, he said after inaugurating the second phase of the Kollengode Block Watershed Development Programme at the Kollengode block panchayat hall near here on Tuesday.

Bhubaneswar: In a fresh step towards increasing productivity of poor, the Odisha government has decided to implement Integrated Watershed Management Projects in backward districts along with the 14

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