Section 4 — Matters for which Land Development Schemes may provide.

4. Matters for which Land Development Schemes may provide.- 
(1) The committee may prepare land development schemes providing for 
one or more of the following matters, namely:- 

(i) preservation and improvement of soil by levelling, terracing 
and embankment of fields; 

(ii) prevention of soil erosion; 

(iii) improvement of water supply by utilisation of water in 
rivers, rivulets or springs, tube-wells, boring or construction 
of wells, conservation of rain water by constructing dams, or 
by use of power or any other means; 

(iv) improvement in the methods of cultivation; 

(v) introduction of dry farming methods; 

(vi) supply of seed, improved implements of agriculture, manure 
and fertilizers; 

(vii) development of horticulture and planting of fruit trees; 



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(viii) reclamation of land lying waste through water logging, 
accumulation of sand, growth of jungle, soil erosion, or any 
other cause; 

(ix) cultivation of land lying uncultivated owing to the 
negligence or incapacity or absence of the owner; 

(x) regulation or prohibition of grazing and browsing; 

(xi) control and maintenance of tree-growth; 

(xii) regulation or prohibition of firing of vegetation; 

(xiii) planting or sowing of trees, shrubs and grasses for the 
purpose of afforesting uncultivable land or providing shelter-
beds against wind or sand or for any other purpose; 

(xiv) protection from locusts and other pests; 

(xv) making, improvement and maintenance of village paths and 
roads; and  

(xvi) any other matter which may be prescribed. 

(2) Every scheme prepared under sub-section (1) shall contain the 
following particulars, namely:- 

(i) the objects of the scheme; 

(ii) details of the area to be covered by the scheme; 

(iii) the work or kind of work to be carried out under the scheme; 

(iv) the agency or agencies through which the work shall be 
carried out; 

(v) the approximate estimated cost of the scheme; 

(vi) the duties and obligations, financial or other, of the 
Government as well as of the owner of the area concerned 
and the manner in which an owner may discharge a part or 
whole of his duties and financial obligations in the form of 
labour; and 

(vii) any other particulars which may be prescribed.