1. National Rural Employment Guarantee Act Opportunities & Challenges Out of nine works, seven are related to water and soil conservation Water conservation/harvesting Drought proofing/plantation Irrigation canal Irrigation for SC/STs Renovation of traditional water sources Land development

2. National Rural Employment Guarantee Act Opportunities & Challenges Total works: 3,91,651 Water conservation: 1,83,402 Drought proofing: 27,461 Flood control: 6,694 Rural connectivity: 92,904

3. National Rural Employment Guarantee Act Opportunities & Challenges Between Aug-Oct. Water conservation is declining Roads are getting priority Local officials dictating Panchayats on work choices

4. National Rural Employment Guarantee Act Opportunities & Challenges Nature of works % of total in Aug% of total in Oct Water conservation Rural roads Other works Drought- proofing Flood control 54.21 23.55 14.40 6.30 1.37 50.78 25.20 14.92 7.53 1.60

5. National Rural Employment Guarantee Act Opportunities & Challenges Water conservation work has 3.56 % growth But overall % has come down Road connectivity has 18.25 % Other works has 15 %

6. National Rural Employment Guarantee Act Opportunities & Challenges All states are not giving priority to water conservation 10 states account for 97% works MP, AP and Jharkhand alone account for 74% They account for one-fourth of districts