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Common Guidelines for Watershed Development Projects

Common Guidelines for Watershed Development Projects. Rainfed Agriculture. About 60% of net-sown area is rainfed. About 87% area of pulses and minor millets, 77% oil seeds, 66% cotton & 50% cereals are rain dependent.

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Common Guidelines for Watershed Development Projects

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  1. Common Guidelines for Watershed Development Projects

  2. Rainfed Agriculture About 60% of net-sown area is rainfed. About 87% area of pulses and minor millets, 77% oil seeds, 66% cotton & 50% cereals are rain dependent. 100% of forest and grazing lands, 80% of apples, mangoes and temperate fruits are unirrigated. 66% live-stock is supported by rainfed agro-ecologies.

  3. Risks & Watershed Management Due to climatic changes, frequency of extreme weather events like droughts has increased during past 15 years. Rainfed agriculture is under invested and highly vulnerable. Watershed management is the best option for integrated management of resources to alleviate poverty and hunger. Common Guidelines for convergence, coordination and harmonization of development projects are needed.

  4. What is New & Innovative The new guidelines have been built on the past 14 years of experience of all the stakeholder Ministries. Harmonise the new policies, programmes, schemes and paradigms. Role of the Panchayati Raj Institutions has been addressed adequately. Emphasizes integration of natural resource management, productivity, livelihood and income.

  5. Key Features Delegating powers to the States for sanctioning and implementation. Dedicated institutions of multi-disciplinary professionals at national, state and district level. Strengthening of institutions at national, state and district level to ensure professionalism. Project duration has been made flexible into 3 distinct phases to expand the scope.

  6. Livelihoods have been oriented through integrated farming systems. Clustering of small watershed in the range of 1000-5000 ha areas to optimize transaction cost. Scientific planning and capacity building for innovative new paradigms. Ridge to valley implementation with inter departmental coordination and net working emphasized.

  7. Organization isprocess based Emphasis on decentralization National Level NRM, Income & employment generation Local Level State Level District Level

  8. Institutional Arrangements at National Level Role of NRAA has been defined. Institutional arrangements at the Ministerial level and their roles are illustrated. Responsibilities for approving projects transferred to the States. Matters related with policies, perspective planning, allocation of budget, monitoring & evaluation strengthened. A National Data Centre and portal provided.

  9. Institutional Arrangements at State Level A dedicated mechanism of State Level Nodal Agency (SLNA) is proposed wherever necessary. SLNA will be chaired by the Development Commissioner/Addl. Chief Secretary/Agricultural Production Commissioner/Principal Secretary of the concerned Department or equivalent rank. SLNA will be represented by all concerned Departments of the State, one representative from the Central Nodal Ministry, NRAA, VO and professional experts.

  10. The main function of the SLNA will be to prepare perspective and strategic plans. Approve PIA, projects and evaluators etc. Sanction projects according to perspective and strategic plans. Provide support to District Watershed Development Unit (DWDU).

  11. Institutional Arrangements at District level If the project area is more than 25,000 ha, a dedicated District Watershed Development Unit (DWDU) will be set up. If the area is less than 25000 ha the existing arrangements will be followed. DWDU will coordinate with District Planning Committee. DWDU will have multi-disciplinary professionals.

  12. Major Functions of DWDU would be: Identify potential PIA & recommend to SLNA. Prepare strategic plans for watershed development projects. Provide professional/ technical support to PIA and many other functions. Facilitate coordination with relevant programmes/ schemes and many other functions.

  13. Institutional arrangements at project level The project implementing agency will be selected on the basis of definite criteria. The implementing agency will constitute a professional Watershed Development Team (WDT). Self-Help Group amongst poor, landless, small and marginal farmers and user-groups will be established. A joint account will be operated by Secretary of Watershed Committee and WDT nominee as a measure of transparency. The project will be implemented in 3 distinct phases.

  14. Role of Panchayati Raj Institutions The District Planning Committee will provide governance support to the programme. The District Panchayat/ Zila Parishad and Intermediary Panchayats will have important role in matters relating to co-ordination, review of progress, settling disputes and fore-closing of the projects. The gram sabha will elect/ appoint Chairman for constituting Watershed Committee. The gram sabha will supervise Watershed Committee, authenticate accounts/ expenditure, facilitate convergence, maintain assets register and allocate usufructs.

  15. Allocation of Funds Nodal Ministry/Department Will allocate budgetary outlay for projects among the States based on past performance, State’s perspective Plan, percentage of rainfed area & wasteland/ degraded land. SLNA will distribute funds to districts based on perspective Plan, and percentage of rainfed area & wasteland/degraded lands/Panchayat lands. States will sanction their Projects within the state allocation. Nodal Ministry will release funds based on Sanction orders from SLNA. 17

  16. Other Key Components Self help & User groups for landless, small & marginal farmers. Watershed Development Fund through contributions. Farming systems for efficient use of inputs and natural resources. Capacity building. Revision of financial norms is under consideration.

  17. Convergence (PIA and Planning process) • NWDPRA • RKVY CAMPA Rs. 6,200 crores • NREGS • IWDP • DPAP • DDP • SGSY Income Productivity Employment BRGF Rs. 5,000 crores • AGWR • RRR • AIBP

  18. Finalization of Guidelines is based on: Intensive inter-ministerial discussions. Planning Commission was actively involved. Draft was revised six times. It was discussed in Executive Committee of NRAA two times. All stakeholder Ministries were represented in the Executive Committee Meetings of NRAA. Guidelines were approved by GB of NRAA on 11th Feb,2008. They will be applicable w.e.f. 1st April, 2008 to all the ministries for new projects. Old project will follow the previous guidelines.

  19. Thank You

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