NRAA, ICAR-NBSS&LUP and DoLR Organise National-Level Consultation to Strengthen Science-Based Watershed Management

A two-day national consultation on the Draft National Technical Guidelines for watershed management was held in Nagpur in November 2026 under the REWARD programme.

• The consultation was organised by DoLR, NRAA and ICAR-NBSS&LUP in collaboration with the World Bank.
• The guidelines are intended to serve as a technical input for WDC-PMKSY 3.0 and to evaluate the outcomes of WDC-PMKSY 2.0.
• Project timelines have been progressively reduced from seven years under WDC-PMKSY 1.0 to five years under WDC-PMKSY 2.0.
• A harmonised national-level Decision Support System is proposed to integrate the best features of the systems developed by Odisha and Karnataka.
• Representatives from ICRISAT, WASSAN, NRSC, MANAGE, NABARD and various ICAR institutes participated in the consultation.