Question

List few programmes initiated by the government to conserve land and water resources

Answer 1

Ganga action plan

Building of dams

Water treaties between states and India neighbouring countries to avoid conflicts

Answer 2

There are numbers of programme and scheme initiated by different departments to conserve water and land.

Few of them are as follows:

• Watershed Management Programme

• RIFD – Rural infrastructure development fund

• WDPSCA – Watershed Development Project in Shifting Cultivation Area

• IWMP – Integrated Watershed Management Programme

• AIBP – Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme

• IWDP – Integrated Watershed Development Programme