Department of Land Resources E-Book on Activities
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Department of Land Resources E-Book on Activities Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India December, 2014 Table of Contents Acronyms ........................................................................................................................................ 3 Department of Land Resources ...................................................................................................... 5 Rain fed Agriculture: Key to Poverty Reduction ............................................................................. 7 Watershed Management Approach ............................................................................................... 8 Background of Watershed Development in India ....................................................................... 9 Assessments of Outcomes of Pre-IWMP Projects .................................................................... 10 Integrated Watershed Management Programme ........................................................................ 11 Objectives .................................................................................................................................. 12 Salient Features ......................................................................................................................... 13 Targets ....................................................................................................................................... 13 Year-wise and State-wise Progress ........................................................................................... 14 Institutional Arrangements ……………………………………………………………………………………………….…….15 Technology Development Extension Training (TDET) .................................................................. 15 Neeranchal: A Technical Assistance Project with a Difference .................................................... 16 New Initiatives of DoLR in Watershed Management ................................................................... 17 Monitoring and Evaluation ........................................................................................................ 17 Conventional System ............................................................................................................. 17 Use of MIS for M&E ............................................................................................................... 18 PFMS for M&E and Financial Management .......................................................................... 18 Use of Mobile Apps for M&E ................................................................................................. 18 Third party evaluation ........................................................................................................... 19 Use of Remote Sensing and GIS Technology ......................................................................... 19 Use of Bhuvan Geo Portal of IWMP ...................................................................................... 19 Convergence .............................................................................................................................. 20 Benchmarking ............................................................................................................................ 21 Workshop on Desilting of Water Harvesting structures ........................................................... 22 Best Practices in implementation of IWMP……………………………………………………………………….…22 Way Forward ................................................................................................................................. 29 Rejuvenation and De-silting of Water Harvesting Structures: A Sustainability Project ........... 29 Regional Agencies for M&E ....................................................................................................... 29 Setting Standards for Outcome Measurement ......................................................................... 29 1 Watershed Development through Inter-agency Coordination................................................. 29 Transparency & accountability ................................................................................................. 30 Adoption of State of the Art Technology .................................................................................. 30 Public-Private-Peoples’ Partnership in IWMP ........................................................................... 30 Epilogue..…………………………….…………………………………………………....………………………………........……..31 National Land Records Modernization Programme (NLRMP) ...................................................... 33 Objectives of NLRMP .................................................................................................................... 33 Citizen Centric Services ................................................................................................................. 33 Components/Activities of NLRMP ................................................................................................ 34 Guidelines ..................................................................................................................................... 37 Project Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (PSMC) ............................................................. 37 Core Technical Advisory Group (CTAG) ........................................................................................ 38 NLRMP Cell .................................................................................................................................... 38 Project Management Unit (PMU) ................................................................................................. 38 Achievements................................................................................................................................ 39 Training and Capacity Building ...................................................................................................... 42 Progress so far............................................................................................................................... 43 2 Acronyms ATMA Agricultural Technology Management Agency BRGF Backward Region Grant Fund CSR Corporate Social Responsibility CTAG Core Technical Advisory Group DDP Desert Development Programme DGPS Differential Global Positioning System DPAP Drought Prone Area Programme DPR Detailed Project Report DoLR Department of Land Resources DWCDC District Watershed Cell cum Data Centre EFMS Electronic Financial Management System ETS Electronic Total Station GIS Geographic Information System GP Gram Panchayat GPS Global Positioning System HRSI High Resolution Satellite Imagery ICAR Indian Council for Agricultural Research ICRISAT International Centre for Research in Semi-Arid Tropics IWDP Integrated Wasteland Development Programme IWMP Integrated Watershed Management Programme KVK Krishi Vigyan Kendra (Agricultural Knowledge Centre) LIS Land Information System LMK Lok Mitra Kendra LRMS Land Resources Management System m.ha Million hectare MCFT Million Cubic Feet MGNREGA Mahatma Gandhi National Employment Guarantee Act MIS Management Information System MoU Memorandum of Understanding NABARD National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development NDDB National Dairy Development Board NE North East NGO Non-Government Organization NHM National Horticulture Mission NIC National Informatics Centre NICSI National Informatics Centre Services Incorporated NLRMP National Land Records Modernization Programme NRLM National Rural Livelihood Mission NRRA National Rain fed Area Authority NRM Natural Resources Management 3 NRSC National Remote Sensing Centre PIA Project Implementing Agency PMU Project Management Unit PO Project Officer PPP Public Private Partnership PPPP Public-Private-Peoples’ Partnership PPR Preliminary Project Report PSMC Project Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee RoR Record of Rights RS Remote Sensing RTC Record of Rights, Tenancy and Crops SC Scheduled Caste SLDC State Level Data Centre SoI Survey of India SPSP State Perspective and Strategic Plan SRO Sub Registrar Office ST Scheduled Tribe SLNA State Level Nodal Agency TS Total Station WC Watershed Committee WHS Water Harvesting Structure WDF Watershed Development Fund WDT Watershed Development Team WS Watershed 4 Department of Land Resources The Department of Land Resources, in the Ministry of Rural Development, has the task of ensuring optimum utilization and sustainable productivity of rain fed/degraded lands. One of its major goals is to facilitate effective land use system based on efficient land information system (LIS)1and Land Resources Management System (LRMS) with the aim of bringing in adigitized land titling system. DoLR’s Mission i) To enhance the productivity of rain fed/ degraded lands and livelihood opportunities in rural areas through a participatory watershed development approach. ii) To put in place effective agrarian reforms, including an efficient land use policy, and transparent Land Records. In July 1992, Government of India set up the Department of Wastelands in the Ministry of Rural Development. The nomenclature changed to Department of Land Resources in April 1999. A Secretary heads the Department, assisted by an Additional Secretary, two Joint Secretaries, one Economic Advisor, Directors and Deputy Secretaries and other Ministerial Staff. The total strength of the Department is around 130. Organogram of the department is at the end of this document.