Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
After section 42 or the principal Act, the following section shall be inserled, sec~ion 42.A. namely:- "42-A. Evul~tation of scl?er~rcs.-( I ) Notwithstanding anything contained io this Act, tbe Land Imnrovement Board in respect of any scheme sanctioned by it or by the Government, anu i.e sod Conservation Board in respect of any scheme prepared by it, - may u~rect rhe District Cornmiltee or any other insrilu~ion to evaluate periodically any such schemes as may be specified in such direction subject to such rules as may be made in this behalf and in accordance with the provisions of this scction- (a) to identify tbc benefits of the scheme; (b) to identify trchnical approaches for measuring such benefits; and (c) to coltect time series datb for rhe purpose. (2) The benefits referrcd to in sub-section (1) shall, in general. be of rhe following kinds, namely:-- (i) Direct land prolection against erosion such as gullyit~g; (iii) Appreciared valuc of restored land; - (iv) Proportionate investment on dam and ils command, protcclcd under major. medium and minor irrisation projects. :., TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDTNARY - -- B. Producrivc Benefit- (i) Additional rainfed production from catchment of the structure; (ii) Additional production from mini command of the structure; (iii) Production from restored and irrirgated lands which were othenvise out of cullivalion or plant management. (i) Casual ernploymenl due to construction of bunds, terraces, raising of plantations, etc.; ( i i ) Regular employment due lo intensification of land management or improvement of cropping or plant managemcut; (iii) Ratio of the post-project employment (Regular) can be termed as cmploynlent improvement ratio and taken as an index for charging the effectiveness of rhe plan and its irnplemenlation. I (3) For Lhe purpose of evaluation of a scheme- (u) certain mini-project areas representing typical package of conservation praclices are to be selected; (b) the investment made on the scheme, such as the investment made for ihe following pu:poscs, shall also be raker, into account, namely:- (i) Land treatment; ( i i ) Land restoration; (iji) Constmction of erosion control and Water harvesting structures; (iv) Mini Command Development; (c) pre-project and post-project datas are to be c:ll-cted wilh respect to the ,- rollo~ving, namely:- (i] Hydrologic and Sedimentation including cIimatic and watershed attributes; (ii) Socio-economic data, which.~ill cavcr family sizeand econamics, holdings. crop and plant management, production and return and employment.". (By order of the Governor) - I K. PARTHASARATHY. Secretn!?~ lo Gov~rnm~enr, Lo lv Deparrtn en). . . , . . - -. - - . - -. - - - - --+ Inl~lii'l 1.1, :IN11 I'IIDLISHLU i l Y I llri DIKECTOII 01: S'Ttl-T1O? I:HY AND PRINTIKG, C'HEhliiAl ON UEllAl.1' OF' TllE riUVF.UNMEWh' 01: Tt\blll. NADU