NRM TERM PAPER PRESENTATION
WASTELAND
DEVELOPMENT
There is nothing called waste in
this God’s creation-UPNISHAD
STRUCTURE OF PRESENTATION
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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
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
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
CAUSES OF LAND
DEGRADATION
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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.
Categories of Wastelands in India
Category
Snow Covered/Glacial
Barren Rocky/Sheet Rock
Sands-inland/coastal
Land affected by salinity/alkalinity
Gullied/or ravenous land
Upland with or without scrub
Water logged & Marshy
Steep sloping area
Shifting cultivation land
Mining/Industrial Wastelands
Degraded/pastures/grazing land
Under utilized/degraded notified forest land
Degraded land under plantation crop
Area
(in
sq.Kms.)
55788.49
64584.77
50021.65
20477.38
20553.35
194014.29
16568.45
7656.29
35142.20
1252.13
25978.91
140652.31
5828.09
TOTAL AREA-638518.31 sq.kms …..SOURCE-dolr.nic.in/iwdp1.htm
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)
SCHEMES SO FAR..
• GRANTS IN AID TO
NGOS
• DECENTRALISED
PEOPLE’S
NURSERIES
• SILVIPASTURE
FARM
• SEED
DEVELOPMENT
• AREA ORIENTED
FUELWOOD &
FODDER PROJECT
• ARIEL SEDING
PROG.
• PLANTATION OF
MINOR FOREST
PRODUCE
• MARGIN MONEY
SCHEME
• RURAL
EMPLOYMENT
SCHEME
REVIEW
• By March,2004-148 schemes sanctioned
with total outlay- 143.23 cr.
• 63 projects completed/ foreclosed.
• It lacked addressing ecological crisis
&people’s participation.
• It has failed to achieve the target of 5
mha/year.
• By over all it has failed.
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.
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.
Suggestions on learning
• Govt. should view a forestation as a support to
agriculture.
• People’s 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.
Text references.
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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.
THANK YOU
• Presented byRASHMI RANJAN PARIDA
ROLL NO-37
PGPRM-1