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4. Power of 1 [Board or Company] to direct preparation of land improvement scheme and matters for which scheme may be prepared.- ( 1 ) 2 [The Board or the Company] may direct the preparation of a land improvement scheme of any area within its jurisdiction. A scheme may make provision for any of the following matters, namely :- (i) preservation and improvement of soil ; ( ii ) prevention of erosion of soil ; ( iii ) improvement of water supply 3 [including the construction or improvement of wells and other underground water resources, and exploitation of those resources ] ; 4 [( iii-a ) development of land for better utilisation of the irrigation potential to be specified in the scheme ;] ( iv ) introduction of dry farming methods ; ( v ) improvement in the methods of cultivation ; ( vi ) reclamation of waterlogged land or of land from the sea ; ( vii ) prohibition or control of grazing ; ( viii ) control and maintenance of tree growth ; 5 [( viiia ) regulation or prohibition of firing of vegetation ;] 6 [( viiib ) cultivation of waste or fallow land ;] 7 [( viiic ) eradication of hariyali or any other kind of weed or vegetation which is likely injuriously to affect, or interfere with, cultivation ;] ( ix ) such other matters not inconsistent with the objects of this Act as may be prescribed. 8 [( 2 ) On such direction being issued by 9 [the Board or the Company], 10 [the Board or the Company] shall appoint an officer to prepare, in accordance with such instructions as it may issue, a draft scheme containing the following particulars, namely :- (i) the objects of the scheme ; ( ii ) the approximate area of the lands to be included in the scheme ; ( iii ) the work or kind of work to be carried out under the scheme ; ( iv ) the agency or agencies through which the work shall be carried out ; ( v ) such other particulars as may be prescribed.]