An amount of Rs. 74.12 lakh as balance Central share has been released by the Ministry of Rural Development for planning and development of watershed projects for implementation of Centrally Sponsored Scheme `Desert Development Programme (DDP)’ in Kargil district of Jammu & Kashmir during 2007-08. An amount of Rs. 273.97 lakh has already been released out of the due amount of Rs.348.10 lakh.
The grant is towards plan expenditure and its utilization is subject to the terms and conditions laid down in the guidelines for watershed development issued from time to time.
For empowering the village community through Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) to undertake the area development progammes on watershed basis with financial and technical support from the Government, the Ministry of Rural Development has initiated `Hariyali’. Under this initiative, all the on-going area development programmes, such as Integrated Wasteland Development Programmes (IWDP), Drought Prone Areas Programme (DPAP) and Desert Development Programme (DDP) are to be implemented through the PRIs.
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