Aajeevika to be implemented in phased manner

By Haryananewswire

CHANDIGARH, APRIL 1

 The National Rural Livelihood Mission, known as ‘Aajeevika’  would be implemented in all the districts of Haryana in a phased manner.

          While stating this here today, an official spokesman said that in the first phase, three blocks in each of the districts of  Kaithal, Mewat, Bhiwani and Jhajjar have been identified for the implementation of the Mission. The Initial Annual Action Plan has been submitted to the Central Government. He said that an outlay of Rs 15 crore has been proposed for ‘ Aajeevika’ as 25 per cent State share for Annual Plan 2013-2014.

          He said that Watershed Projects were being implemented under Desert Development Programme (DDP) and Integrated Wasteland Development Project (IWDP). The objective of these schemes is to control severity of drought and desert conditions in the identified districts through watershed development approach. In the year 2008, these two schemes were merged into new scheme called Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP).

The objective of IWMP is to conserve water, recharge water table, and  create livelihood opportunities. Under this scheme, 47 projects costing Rs 215.44 crore for covering an area of 179531 hectares were sanctioned for seven districts, namely, Ambala, Bhiwani, Hisar, Mohidergarh, Rewari, Panchkula and Yamunanagar. An outlay of Rs 13 crore has been proposed as 10 per cent State share for the Annual Plan, he added.