Question

which recent program are taken by the government to conserve land and water resources​

Answer 1

Answer:

The programes/schemes implemented by the Department include both Centrally Sponsored Schemes as well as State Plan Schemes.

Explanation:

• State Plan Schemes

1. Soil & Water Conservation in General Areas.
2. Watershed Management Programme.

• Centrally Sponsored Schemes

1. Integrated Wasteland Development Program (IWDP).
2. Integrated Watershed Management Program (IWMP).

•  Additional Central Assistance

1. Watershed Development project in Shifting Cultivation Areas (WDPSCA)
2. Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Program (AIBP)

• NABARD Loan

1. Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF)

• Other Government of India Schemes

1. Soil Conservation for enhancing the productivity of degraded lands in the catchment of River Kopili in Jaintia Hills District under Macro-Management Mode of Agriculture Department, Meghalaya.
2. Rastriya Krishi Vigyan Yojna (RKVY)

• Special Plan Assistance

1. Cherrapunjee Ecological Project- Restoration of Degraded Lands Under Sohra Plateau.