Objectives of Watershed Development Programmes

	Improve the productive potentials of selected watersheds and their associated natural resource base.
	Sustainable alleviation of Poverty.
	Develop and strengthen community based institutional arrangements for sustainable natural resource management
	Improved skills and employment opportunities for non-farm sectors
	Involvement of village communities in participatory planning, implementation, social and environmental management, maintenance of assets and to operate in a more socially inclusive manner.