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.]
<span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><b>4. Power of <sup>1</sup>[Board or Company] to direct preparation of land improvement scheme and matters for which scheme may be prepared.-</b> (<i>1</i>) <sup>2</sup>[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 :-<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><i>(i)</i> preservation and improvement of soil ; <br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>ii</i>) prevention of erosion of soil ; <br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>iii</i>) improvement of water supply <sup>3</sup>[including the construction or improvement of wells and other underground water resources, and exploitation of those resources ] ;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> <sup>4</sup>[(<i>iii-a</i>) development of land for better utilisation of the irrigation potential to be specified in the scheme ;]<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>iv</i>) introduction of dry farming methods ; <br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>v</i>) improvement in the methods of cultivation ; <br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>vi</i>) reclamation of waterlogged land or of land from the sea ;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>vii</i>) prohibition or control of grazing ; <br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>viii</i>) control and maintenance of tree growth ;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> <sup>5</sup>[(<i>viiia</i>) regulation or prohibition of firing of vegetation ;]<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> <sup>6</sup>[(<i>viiib</i>) cultivation of waste or fallow land ;]<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> <sup>7</sup>[(<i>viiic</i>) eradication of hariyali or any other kind of weed or vegetation which is likely injuriously to affect, or interfere with, cultivation ;]<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>ix</i>) such other matters not inconsistent with the objects of this Act as may be prescribed.<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> <sup>8</sup>[(<i>2</i>) On such direction being issued by <sup>9</sup>[the Board or the Company], <sup>10</sup>[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 :-<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><i>(i)</i> the objects of the scheme ; <br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>ii</i>) the approximate area of the lands to be included in the scheme ; <br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>iii</i>) the work or kind of work to be carried out under the scheme ; <br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>iv</i>) the agency or agencies through which the work shall be carried out ; <br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>v</i>) such other particulars as may be prescribed.] <br>