NRM TERM PAPER PRESENTATION

WASTELAND
DEVELOPMENT
There is nothing called waste in
this Gods creation-UPNISHAD

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

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

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.

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
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

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.

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.
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.

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.

THANK YOU
Presented byRASHMI RANJAN PARIDA
ROLL NO-37
PGPRM-1