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Working Groups for the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-2012)
Natural Resource Management
Dated 7th June, 2006 In pursuance of Plan Coordination Division's U.O.No. N-11016/4/2005-PC dated 21st December, 2005, it has been decided to constitute a Working Group on Natural Resource Management in the context of formulation of the Eleventh Five year Plan (2007-2012). The composition and terms of reference of the Working Group are as follows :
Composition
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Prof. R.B. Singh, Member, National Commission on Farmers, Office Block, 2nd Floor, NASC Complex, Opp. Todapur Village, PUSA, New Delhi-110 012. |
Chairman |
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Dr. J. S. Samra, DDG (NRM), ICAR, Anusandhan Bhawan, New Delhi. |
Member |
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Dr. K. S. Gajbhiye, Director, NBSS and LUP, Nagpur. |
Member |
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Prof. Amita Shah, Gujarat Institute of Developmental Research, Gota, Ahmedabad-380 060. |
Member |
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Dr. S. P. Wani, Principal Scientist, ICRISAT, Palancheru, Hyderabad - 502342, Andhra Pradesh. |
Member |
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Ms. Indrani Kar, Senior Director and Head, Agriculture and Food Processing Division, C.I.I., 23, Institutional Area, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. |
Member |
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Dr. R. K. Pachauri, TERI, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. |
Member |
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Director, National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad. |
Member |
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Shri A. Ravindra Babu, Director, WASSAN, House No. 12-13-452, Street No. 1, Tarnaka, Secunderabad-500 017, Andhra Pradesh. |
Member |
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Shri Crispen Lobo, Executive Director, Watershed Organization Trust, Ahmednagar-414001. |
Member |
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Shri Sanjoy Hazarika, Managing Trustee, Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research, D-6, 6143/3, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi-110 070. |
Member |
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Shri Anil Shah, Development Support Centre, Marutinandan Villa, Near Government Tube Well, Bopal, Ahmedabad-380 058. |
Member |
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Prof. PS. Ramakrishanan, UGC Emeritus Professor, School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110 067. |
Member |
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Shri Lamor Rynjah, Additional Secretary, Deptt. of Land Resources., Nirman Bhawan Annexe, New Delhi. |
Member |
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Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj, or his representative, New Delhi. |
Member |
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Secretary (MoEF) or his representative, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Paryavaran Bhawan, New Delhi. |
Member |
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Secretary (MoWR) or his representative, Ministry of Water Resources, Shram Shakti Bhawan, New Delhi. |
Member |
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Vice Chancellor, Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University, Palampur. |
Member |
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Vice Chancellor, Junagarh Agricultural University. |
Member |
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Representative, CARITAS India (NGO), Ashoka Place, Gole Dak Khana. |
Member |
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Secretary, Watershed Management, Government of Orissa, Bhubaneswar. |
Member |
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Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Government of Chattisgarh, Raipur. |
Member |
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Director, Central Research Institute for Dry Land Agriculture (CRIDA), Hyderabad. |
Member |
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Shri S.P. Tucker, Principal Secretry, Irrigation and Command Area Development Deptt., Govt, of Andhra Pradesh, Secretariat, Hyderabad-22. |
Member |
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Smt. Rugmini Parmar, Director, Deptt. Of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, New Delhi. |
Member |
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Adviser (Rural Development), Planning Commission, Yojana Bhawan, New Delhi. |
Member |
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Dr. N.K. Sanghi, Former Director (NRM), MANAGE, Hyderabad. |
Member |
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Adviser (Agriculture), Planning Commission, Yojana Bhawan, New Delhi. |
Member |
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Secretary for Minor Irrigation, Govt, of West Bengal, Kolkata, West Bengal. |
Member |
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Principal Secretary (Planning), in charge of State Land Use Board, Yojana Bhavan, Lucknow, U.P. |
Member |
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Shri R.C. Gupta, Deputy Director General, Fertilizer Association of India, 10, Shaheed Jit Singh Marg, New Delhi-110 067. |
Member |
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Shri Prem Narain, Joint Secretary, DAC, New Delhi. |
Member-Convenor |
Terms of Reference
2. The Terms of Reference (ToR) of the Working Group will be as follows:
- To critically review the performance and impact of ongoing programmes executed by the various Central Ministries/ Departments for the development of natural resources, regeneration of degraded lands and wastelands, land reclamation and soil and water conservation,
- To suggest measures for decentralization of the programmes and improvement in the delivery mechanism through greater professionalism,
- To suggest how best to integrate and converge various watershed based programmes of different Ministries/ Departments under one umbrella, so as to bring about synergy in their implementation,
- To evaluate whether the benefits of such programmes have been equitable and whether the needs and interests of small and marginal farmers and other vulnerable sections have been met and to suggest a strategy to ensure equity for resource poor farmers,
- To also examine whether the institutions and mechanisms/ structures created under the programmes have been sustainable and to make suggestions for enhancing their sustainability.
- To examine the issue of user rights over common property resources and equitable use of such resources (including water ). Also, to suggest measures for dovetailing water-use regulation as an important and integral part of the watershed programme,
- To suggest economic and financial incentives for sustainable land and water development programmes,
- To suggest modalities to enable Gram Panchayats to access funds, under National Rural Employment Guarantee Act for development of Rainfed agriculture,
- To study the feasibility for the involvement of public-private partnership in Natural Resource Management and Watershed Development Programmes,
- To suggest mechanism, for creation of a data base on Natural Resource Management for degraded wastelands and dryland/ rainfed areas and to develop common guidelines for collecting baseline and monitoring data for monitoring purposes by a common inter-ministerial office,
- To review the soil and land mapping programmes and to prioritise them as well as to suggest improvements,
- To suggest appropriate integration of research and technological inputs in watershed programmes.
- To suggest measures/ programmes for natural resources management for XI Five Year Plan and requirement of funds, as well as area to be covered under the programmes of various Ministries/Departments.
3. To assist the Working Group in its task, separate Sub-groups on specific aspects may be formed by the Chairman of the Working Group. The Sub -Groups will furnish their reports to the Working Group. The Chairman of the Working Group may also co-opt officials and experts as considered necessary.
4. The Working group will submit its interim report to the Planning Commission latest by 31st July, 2006 and final report by October, 2006.
5. Non -officials shall be entitled to TA/DA as permissible to Grade I officers of Government of India and the expenditure will be borne by Planning Commission. The TA/DA of Government and public sector officials will be borne by their respective organizations.
6. The undersigned will be the nodal officer of this Working Group and may be contacted at the numbers/ e-mail given below for any query/ clarification with regard to this Working Group.
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