4. Power of [Board or Company] to direct preparation of land improvement scheme and matters for which scheme may be prepared.- (1) [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 [including the construction or improvement of wells and other underground water resources, and exploitation of those resources ] ;
[(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 ;
[(viiia) regulation or prohibition of firing of vegetation ;]
[(viiib) cultivation of waste or fallow land ;]
[(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.
[(2) On such direction being issued by [the Board or the Company], [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.]