Subsidy and Cost Sharing in Watershed Projects

Subsidy and Cost Sharing in Watershed Projects Role of Panchayats H CHANDRASHEKAR The watershed development programmme (WDP) has gained in importance as a central strategy for better management of natural resources and improvement of livelihood of rural people especially in the rainfed areas. This is more evident from the fact that one of the most professionally recognised forums such as the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics has chosen the watershed development as its conference theme three times in a span of one-and-a-half decades. The micro-level planning and implementation, peoples