Attempt this previous-year question. The correct option stays hidden until you choose.
What are the benefits of implementing the ‘Integrated Watershed Development Programme’?
1. Prevention of soil runoff
2. Linking the country’s perennial rivers with seasonal rivers
3. Rainwater harvesting and recharge of the groundwater table
4. Regeneration of natural vegetation
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Pick an option to check yourself.
• Correct Answer: C
• IWMP prevents soil runoff through bunding and trenching, harvests rainwater to recharge groundwater, and regenerates natural vegetation.
• River interlinking is under NRLP, not IWMP.
• Watershed development focuses on local conservation, not inter-basin water transfer.
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