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; (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.