Matters for which a scheme may provide

A scheme made under this Act may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:- (a) control and prevention of soil erosion; (b) preservation and improvement of soil; (c) reclamation of waste, saline or water-lodged areas; (d) improvement in the methods of cultivation and extension of cultivation; (e) construction of earth and masonry works in fields, gullies and ravines including construction of catch water drains and contour bunding, whereever necessary; (f) construction of permanent bunds in water logged lands for increasing agricultural production; (g) regulation or prohibition of cutting down or destroying of trees and other growths; setting on fire of trees, timber, forest produce or other wild growths; (h) planting or growing of trees, shrubs or grasses for the purpose of afforesting uncultivable land or for providing shelter belts against wind or sand or for any other purpose; (i) control and maintenance of tree growth; (j) improvement of water supply; (k) consolidation of the holdings of cultivators in an area for the better use of land; (l) training of canals, streams and rivers to prevent bank erosion; (m) providing pumpsets and platforms for the erection of such pumpsets for dewatering process; (n) providing channels for watering and dewatering purposes; and (o) such another matters not inconsistent with the objects of this Act, as may be prescribed.