Government of India
Ministry of Rural Development
Department of Land Resources
New Delhi: India

   Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP)
                   The main objectives of the IWMP are to restore the ecological balance by harnessing, conserving and developing degraded natural resources such as soil, vegetative cover and water.  The outcomes are  prevention of soil run-off, regeneration of natural vegetation, rain water harvesting and recharging of the ground water table.  This enables  multi-cropping and the introduction of diverse agro-based activities, which help to provide sustainable livelihoods to the people residing in the watershed area.  In addition, there is a Scheme of Technology Development, Extension and Training (TDET) is also being implemented to promote development of cost effective and proven technologies to support watershed management.

                  Till 1.4.2008, Department implemented 3 watershed  programmes viz. Integrated Wastelands Development Programme,  Drought Prone Areas Programme, Desert Development Programme. Since then, they have been brought under a comprehensive programme named Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) to be implemented under Common Guidelines on Watershed Development,2008. 

Guidelines

Common Guidelines 2008                      English       Hindi
Hariyali (2003)                                   English       Hindi
Watershed Guidelines ( revised 2001)     English 

(Old programs)
  IWDP   Integrated Wasteland Development Programme
  DPAP   Drought Prone Areas Programme
  DDP     Desert Development Programme

Contact addresses of  the division

Important documents

Wastelands Atlas of India 2010icon of new(uploaded on 11th Aug 2010)
 MoU -SLNA and DoLR
 IWMP Formats  
     Format for Annual Action Plan (AAP)
     Format for Preliminary Project Report (PPR)
     Format of State Perspective & Strategic Plan (SPSP)
Interest Sharing  in IWDP projects - - Policy decision 04.06.10
Two-day Workshop on "Integrated Watershed Management Programme - Planning for 2010-2011" on 20th & 21st May, 2010          
           Programme on 20th & 21st May 2010
         Presentations of IWMP Workshop on 20th & 21st May  
         Proceedings of the workshop
One year diploma in Watershed Management by IGNOU  sponsored by DoLR from January 2011
 List of scientific equipments suggested for watershed programme
'Rules for operation of Watershed Development Fund Account
 Addl Secretary's letter to all States' Principal Secretary/ Secretary
States
 Madhya Pradesh    English   Hindi
Reports
Hanumatha Rao Committee's on DPAP & DDP
Wasteland Atlas

Minutes of the Steering Committee 2009-10
 Summary of project appraised and cleared by Steering Committee during  2009-10 Ist to XIth Meeting
Minutes of the Steering Committee 2010-11
 Minutes of the 13th Meeting of the Steering Committee on IWMP held on 16/07/2010
Minutes of the 12th Meeting of the Steering Committee on IWMP held on 24/06/2010

MIS for IWMP
     The screen layout of MIS for IWMP  uploaded 7/7/2010
      SRS development -Minutes of one-day consultation with States - 29-30 June 2010

Operationalisation of Common Guidelines Watershed Development 2008

Phase-I/ Phase-II/ Phase-III/ Phase-IV
Letter to Chief Secretaries
Letter to Nodal Secretaries

Zonal Review Meeting Download formats for States
Programme-wise and State-wise projects proposed for foreclosure (31-12-2007)
Report on Capacity Building Training on Watershed Project Programme-wise and state-wise project proposed for foreclosure (31-12-2007)

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