PLANNING PROCESS

FOR

INTEGRATED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

O/o. Commissioner, Rural Development,Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad.

RD Programmes focusing on NRM

• Watershed Development Programmes.

• Comprehensive Land Development

Programnme (INDIRA PRABHA).

• National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

– Andhra Pradesh.

Objectives of INRM Planning

• Village Saturation-cover entire area

• Avoid repetition of planning process for each

scheme.

• Avoid overlapping/duplication of works.

• Make different programmes complimentary to

each other- fill gaps

Purpose of INRM Planning

• To prepare exhaustive list of NRM works for

saturating the village lands.

•To get a perspective plan for EGS.

•To identify works / treatment to be taken up

under watershed development projects.

•To identify all works to develop assigned lands

and SC/ST patta lands.

•To restore and strengthen all water bodies.

Planning Strategy Planning Strategy

• Entire Village/GP saturation approach• Cluster based approach with TA as

facilitator• Strictly following PNP in case of

assigned lands and lands of SC/ST and Survey number wise works identification in other cases

Planning Strategy Planning Strategy

• Gram Sabha on the last day in every GP

• Compilation and estimation input data sheets

• Compilation at generation of estimates at MCC using RAGA software

• Take approval of GP

Information / Documents to be collected before taking up INRM Planning

• Village Information.

• Total Area, Wastelands, Area under Cultivation,

Assigned lands, Common Property Resources, Water

bodies, Wells, Types of Soils.

• Population details, Livestock.

• Community Based Organisations,

• Crops, yield particulars. Contd….

Information / Documents to be collected before taking up INRM Planning (Contd…..)

• Cadastral Map / Survey of India Topo Sheet.

• Treatment maps of completed / ongoing programme.

• Action Plans of Watershed / CLDP.

• EGS Shelf of works.

• List of works completed earlier under other programmes.

Preparatory Works

• Advance intimation to village with schedule.

• Orientation meeting (Grama Sabha) involving

GP / CBOs, Farmers, all villagers etc.

• Small Group meetings.

Time Plan for INRM Planning

• Hold meeting with GP Sarpanch, Ward members,

Farmers, Assigned land holders, land less poor, wage

seekers (Labour groups), VO members, watershed

committees, VSS members, WUA members, Rythu Mithra

Groups etc and explain the purpose and methodology of

preparing village comprehensive NRM.

• PRA Exercise for preparing Resource Map etc.

Day-1

Contd…

Time Plan for INRM Planning

• Conduct field visit to the different parts of village along with

villagers to identify and list out works under various

categories and collect measurements & fill up the input

data sheets for such works.

Day - 2, 3 & 4

Day - 5

• Consolidation and finalization of plan / prioritization of

works and taking the approval of Grama Sabha.

Categories of works under INRM

• Assigned Land Development.

• Ridge Area Treatment.

• Rainfed Agriculture Land Development.

• CPR Development.

• Drainage Line treatment.

Contd……

Categories of works under INRM (Contd..)

• Restoration of existing water bodies (IB&PR tanks

canals).

• Maintenance of watershed works.

• Raising of Tree plantations in Institution &

households.

• Raising of Nurseries.

• Waterlogged areas / flood affected areas.

Thank You