Power of Board or Company to direct preparation of land improvement scheme and matters for which scheme may be prepared.

4. Power of 1[Board or Company] to direct preparation of land improvement scheme and matters for which scheme may be prepared.- (1) 2[The Board or the Company] may direct the preparation of a land improvement scheme of any area within its jurisdiction. A scheme may make provision for any of the following matters, namely :-

1. (i) preservation and improvement of soil ;
2. (ii) prevention of erosion of soil ;
3. (iii) improvement of water supply 3[including the construction or improvement of wells and other underground water resources, and exploitation of those resources ] ; 4[(iii-a) development of land for better utilisation of the irrigation potential to be specified in the scheme ;]
4. (iv) introduction of dry farming methods ;
5. (v) improvement in the methods of cultivation ;
6. (vi) reclamation of waterlogged land or of land from the sea ;
7. (vii) prohibition or control of grazing ;
8. (viii) control and maintenance of tree growth ; 5[(viiia) regulation or prohibition of firing of vegetation ;] 6[(viiib) cultivation of waste or fallow land ;] 7[(viiic) eradication of hariyali or any other kind of weed or vegetation which is likely injuriously to affect, or interfere with, cultivation ;]
9. (ix) such other matters not inconsistent with the objects of this Act as may be prescribed. 8[(2) On such direction being issued by 9[the Board or the Company], 10[the Board or the Company] shall appoint an officer to prepare, in accordance with such instructions as it may issue, a draft scheme containing the following particulars, namely :-
10. (i) the objects of the scheme ;
11. (ii) the approximate area of the lands to be included in the scheme ;
12. (iii) the work or kind of work to be carried out under the scheme ;
13. (iv) the agency or agencies through which the work shall be carried out ;
14. (v) such other particulars as may be prescribed.]