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Rehabilitation Of Degraded Farmlands |
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Farmlands up to 1 ha. owned by farmers belonging to S.C. are planted with forest species at the cost of the Government. Forest Department also gives an incentive of 1 rupee per plant at the end of one year for every surviving plant and at the rate of 50 paise per surviving plant in the second year if overall survival does not fall below 50%. An area of 22234 ha. has been covered under this activity. |
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Kisan Nursery |
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Kissan nurseries are created by beneficiaries approved by the Forest Department in advance. The payment for the works done by the beneficiaries is made in 3 installments. The seedlings are distributed to people during van mahotsava. Till date over 241 crore seedling have been raised and distributed under this scheme. |
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Distribution Of Grafted Seedlings With Tree Guards |
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The Schedule Caste beneficiaries are given grafted seedlings of fruit spcies like amla, cheeku, coconat, mango etc. along with tree guards free of cost. These saplings are planted and maintained by the beneficiary families in the homestead, mostly in Indira Awas Yojna. |
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Dhanvantari Medicinal Plantation |
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S.C. beneficieries are given an opportunity to plant medicinal plants like asparagus, raulfia, guggal, indian gooseberry, ashwagandha, terminalia etc. to meet requirement of medicinal herbs and fruits. |
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Environmental Plantation And Ashram Shala Plantation |
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Environmental plantation and Ashramshala plantation under special component plan are taken in villages having more than 250 S.C population and in the hostels meant for S.C students. These plantations ameliorate the environment and give supplementary income also to the hostels. 3265 Ha area has been covered under this scheme. |
