Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana erstwhile-Watershed Management Programme (IWMP/ Now PMKSY)

Publish Date: October 23, 2024

The programme is mandated to restore the ecological balance by harnessing, conserving and developing degraded natural resources such as soil, vegetative cover and water. The outcomes are prevention of soil erosion, regeneration of natural vegetation, rain water harvesting and recharging of the ground water table. This scheme is being implemented as per the following:-

9 Projects of Centrally Sponsored Programme (60:40) amounting to Rs.80.59 crore having an area of 31221 hectares under New Generation Watershed Projects have been sanctioned by the Government of India during 2021-22. This scheme will be implemented in the Period of next 5 years five districts of the state i.e. Bhiwani, CharkhiDadri, Gurugram, Mahendragarh and Y/Nagar.
PMKSY-WDC 1.0 Batch-VI (100% state funded) project amounting to Rs.71.13 crore have also been approved during Financial Year 2021-22 by the State Govt. and an area of 0.59 lakh hectares will be covered under Watershed Development Programme in district of Ambala, Hisar, Bhiwani, Rewari, Mahendergarh and Yamuna-Nagar of the state.