GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA Watershed Development Department

GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA Watershed Development Department FIRST DRAFT (07.11.12) Terms of Reference For Consortium Partners to Support Improved Program Integration in Rainfed Areas (Under Component 1) 1.1 Project Background The Government of Karnataka, Govt. of India and World Bank, have designed a new Watershed development model to strengthen the GOI sponsored IWMP and its link to other programs, particularly NREGS. Such a project would contribute to deeper and more sustainable improvements in productivity and livelihoods of small farmers in rain fed areas. Accordingly GOK proposes to implement the World Bank assisted Karnataka Watershed Development Project-II (KWDP-II) at an estimated cost of 85.70 million USD. The Project will be implemented over a period of six years from 2012-13 to 2017-18 in seven districts of Karnataka State viz Bidar, Gulbarga, Yadgir, Koppal, Gadag, Davanagere and Chamrajnagar in selected 935 Micro-watersheds in two Phases covering 4,56,000 Ha. Phase I 335 Micro-watersheds (.. Ha), Phase II 600 Microwatersheds (.. Ha) spread over nearly 200 Gram Panchayaths. 1.2 Project Objective The proposed Project Development Objectives (PDO) is to demonstrate more effective watershed management through greater integration of programmes related to rain-fed agriculture, innovative and science based approaches, and strengthened institutions and capacities. The project would strengthen the science base of watershed management in IWMP by enhancing the understanding of hydrological dynamics and climatic variability, and developing tools for measuring them within the planning process. It would also merge innovations and decision support information to help address the needs of rain fed farmers and feed these into the watershed planning and implementation system. The project would strengthen the bottom-up engagement of small farmers in existing delivery extension systems, agriculture schemes and value chains, to increase opportunities to adopt new technologies. The project would also strengthen the financial and technical convergence between IWMP and NREGS through more integrated watershed planning and monitoring and developing innovative tools and processes in sub- and micro-watersheds. Better convergence is expected to result in more science-based targeting and higher quality of soil and water conservation interventions. While the project would not have direct control of soil and water conservation investments under IWMP and NREGS, the adoption of enhanced systems and new tools should result in measurable incremental investments and subsequent benefits in watershed development outcomes in project areas. If these are successful, it is expected that the systems and tools could be mainstreamed into the overall IWMP in the State, and in time, throughout other IWMP operations in India. 1

1.3 Project Components The details of the components are as given below Component 1: Support for Improved Program Integration in Rain fed Areas Component 2: Research, Development and Innovation Component 3: Institutional Strengthening Component 4. Strengthening Horticulture in Rain fed Areas 1.4 Project Stakeholders Watershed Development Department (WDD) under the Ministry of Agriculture Directorate of Horticulture and Agriculture State Agriculture and Horticulture Universities, ICAR Institutions namely NBSSLUP Karnataka State Remote Sensing Application Centre (KSRSAC), IISc District and Taluk Watershed Teams and Watershed Committees, and Community Institutions such as, Farmer Groups Producers Groups, HOPCOMS and Self-help Groups etc., Local Self Government Institutions like Gram Panchayaths and Zilla Panchayaths Raitha Samparka Kendra (RSKs) and Krishi Vignana Kendra (KVKs) 1.5 Project Implementing Agency Watershed Development Department (WDD) and Horticulture Department (HD) of Government of Karnataka (GoK) are the implementing agencies and they are responsible for achieving the goals and objectives of the project. The Commissioner - WDD in Bangalore will be the Project Director responsible for overall project implementation. 1.6 Project Consortium Partners: In the context of Project Background the following institutions have come to an understanding to form a consortium of partners with an intention to deliver products in their areas of core competence as related to the Project. 1 National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning (NBSSLUP), 2 Indian Institute of Science (IISc.), Bangalore 3 University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, 4 University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad 5 University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur 6 University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot 7 Karnataka State Remote Sensing Applications Centre (KSRSAC), Bangalore 8 ISRO (Antrix Corporation), Bangalore 9 Karnataka State Natural Disaster Management Center (KSNMDC), Bangalore 2

2.0 Assignment Background: The Component 1: Support for Improved Program Integration in Rain fed Areas: is central to the realization of Project goals and objectives. Under this component the Natural Resource base of the Micro-watersheds will be Characterized and delivered through Portal as Digital Library enabling DSS. The Final Product of this component is to facilitate Community based Micro-watershed Master Planning with the help of new scientific tools and planning processes. It also encompasses community based concurrent M & E. The Natural Resource Characterization is a Broad based activity involving the Consortium Partners. The Project will cover totally 935 Micro-watersheds in two Phases. Phase I 335 IWMP- III Micro-watersheds (2012-14), Phase II 600 IWMP- IV (2014-17) Micro-watersheds in 7 Project Districts. 3.0 OUTLINE OF THE TASKS TO BE CARRIED OUT: The Specific task will include (but not limited to): Orientation for project staff, Line Depts., & consortium partners including local Self Government Bodies Organizing stakeholder workshop & community interfacing Sub-watershed Assessment Establish / Strengthen GIS Lab & Lab facilities in Consortium partner institutions Procure & Supply of Geo referenced Cadastral Maps & Remote Sensing Data Products (Thematic Maps) Organizing and executing field surveys and collection of primary data and ground truthing including Socio Economic Survey Organizing and executing Geo-Morphological, Hydro geological Survey Hydrological Assessment for basic parameters Laboratory investigation of Soil & Water samples Developing standard protocols and Proforma Review of the field survey progress, Data authentication, Data processing Develop & Establish Digital library, Hosting Land Resource Portal Develop Decision Support System (DSS) Products Rolling out Participatory Micro-watershed Master Plan with Programme integration Periodic Review & Priority Setting Identification of Researchable issues for Component II Landscape based Thematic Studies and Technology Transfer Intensive Hydrological Monitoring for Ground Water Management Institutional Support Monitoring & Evaluation and Midterm Review / Impact Assessment Project Website & MIS Providing Manpower, Equipments, Materials, Goods, Hardware, Software etc., Training & Capacity Building including development of Training Modules & Delivery 3

4.0 DELIVERABLES DEM (Digital Elevation Model) at Sub-watershed & Micro-watershed Total Station Survey Reports Land Resource Maps at Sub-watershed & Micro-watershed Interpreted Thematic Layers at Sub-watershed & Micro-watershed Watershed Assessment reports at Sub-watershed & Micro-watershed Geo-Morphological, Hydro geological Assessment Reports Meteorological Data & Climatic Analysis Reports Digital Library, Land Resource Portal & DSS Land use plan Rolling out Training Modules Ground Water Management Plan Identified Best Management Practices (BMPs) for Technology Transfer Convergence plan for MNREGS and other line departmental activities. Micro-watershed Master Plan Workshop Proceedings, Training Modules, IEC Products, Updated KIOSKs Strengthened in house M & E Cell at WDD M & E Reports Providing inputs for MIS 4

5.0 SCHEDULE FOR COMPLETION OF TASKS Consortium partner : KSRSAC 1 Geo referenced Cadastral Maps of 335 Phase I Microwatersheds in 7 Project Districts 2 Geo referenced Cadastral Maps of 600 Phase II Microwatersheds in 7 Project Districts 3 Geo referenced Cartosat I merged with LISS IV of 335 Phase I Micro-watersheds in 7 Project Districts (1: 10000) 4 Geo referenced Cartosat I merged with LISS IV of 600 Phase II Micro-watersheds in 7 Project Districts (1 : 10000) 100 Watersheds 2 235 Watersheds 4 600 Watersheds 12 100 Watersheds 2 235 Watersheds 4 600 Watersheds 12 5 Geo referenced Imageries of LISS IV for 7 Project Districts (1 : 50000) 2 6 Geo referenced Imageries of LISS III, AWIFS for entire State 2 7 SAR Images for 14 Intensive Hydrological Monitoring Microwatersheds 8 Generation of Thematic layers (Drainage& Water bodies, Land use, Land cover, Topography, Geology, Hydro geomorphology 1:10000 scale) 9 Preparation of GIS Manual, GIS Training (Digital Image Interpretation) 10 Development and Hosting LRP at UAS Raichur/State Data Center, GOK 11 DEM (Digital Elevation Model) for 14 intensive Hydrological Watersheds 6 100 Watersheds 6 235 Watersheds 12 6 12 3 12 DEM (Digital Elevation Model) Sub-watershed & Microwatershed 335 Watersheds 12 600 Watersheds 24????? 13 Interpreted Thematic Layers at Sub-watershed & Microwatershed 14 Assist in Strengthening of in-house M & E Cell at WDD Entire Project Period 15 Any other Data sets as and when necessary 5

Consortium Partner: NBSSLUP 1 Leading the Consortium for Component 1 Entire Project Period 2 Organizing stakeholder workshop Entire Project Period 3 Indicating requirement of Materials, Equipments, Goods, 4 Indicating Configuration/Quality Standards of required Materials, Equipments, Goods, Hardware & Software and time period when required Advise on Preparation of Bid Documents as relevant 3 above 5 Prepare Annual Action/ Work Plan/Work Schedule/Report Generation etc., during the 1 st Yr By end of every Jan for subsequent Years 6 Developing Training modules / Capsules, IEC material, Entire Project Period Audio Visuals etc., 7 Training field parties in LRI 3 8 Providing standard protocols and Proforma of LRI 3 9 Establishment of Field facilities 3 10 Facilitating Base map preparation by SAUs 335 Watersheds 10 600 Watersheds 30 11 Strengthening Laboratory Facilities 6 12 Establishing Digital Lab (GIS) 6 13 Laboratory investigations on soil and water samples 6 14 Operationalization of Digital Lab (GIS) 9 15 Compilation of Secondary data from various sources Entire Project Period 16 Establishing Decision Support System. 12 17 Operationalization of Decision Support System. 12 to 18 18 Establishing a de of Land Resources Portal 12 19 Organizing and executing field surveys and collection of primary data and ground truthing in association with consortium partners 335 Watersheds 12 600 Watersheds 36 20 Review of the field survey progress Entire Project period 21 Data authentication, data processing on GIS Platform in association with SAUs 335 Watersheds 18 600 Watersheds 36 12 to 36 22 Land Resources Maps at Sub-watershed & Microwatershed 23 Watershed Assessment reports at Sub-watershed & 12 to 40 Micro-watershed 24 Finalization of Land use plan 12 to 40 25 Rolling out Trainings for WDD / NGO facilitated by Lead Entire Project Period Training Organization / NGO 26 Facilitate in preparing Micro-Watershed Master Plan Entire Project Period 27 Any other related aspects Entire Project Period 6

Consortium partner: UAS Bangalore Project Districts assigned: Chamrajnagar & Davanagere 1 Organizing stakeholder workshop Entire Project Period 2 Developing Training modules / Capsules, IEC material, Entire Project Period Audio Visuals etc., 3 Indicating requirement of Materials, Equipments, Goods, 4 Indicating Configuration/Quality Standards of required Materials, Equipments, Goods, Hardware & Software and time period when required Advise on Preparation of Bid Documents as relevant above 3 5 Prepare Annual Action/ Work Plan/Work Schedule/Report Generation etc., 7 1 mth from TOR during the 1 st Yr. By end of Jan for subsequent Yrs 3 Establishment of Field facilities 3 4 Strengthening Laboratory Facilities 6 5 Establishing Digital Lab (GIS) 6 6 Laboratory investigations on soil and water samples 6 7 Operationalization of Digital Lab (GIS) 9 8 Compilation of Secondary data from various sources for Entire Project Period their area of operation 9 Base map preparation Date of Start to 36 10 Organizing and executing field surveys and collection of primary data and ground truthing in association with Date of Start to 36 11 Organising Socio-economic survey and interpretation Date of Start to 36 12 Review of the field survey progress in association with Entire Project period 13 Data authentication, data processing on GIS Platform 6 to 36 mths from TOR 14 Land Resources Maps at Sub-watershed & Micro-watershed 12 to 36 months from TOR 15 Watershed Assessment reports at Sub-watershed & Microwatershed TOR 12 to 40 months from 16 Finalization of Land use plan 12 to 40 mths from TOR 17 Rolling out Trainings for WDD / NGO facilitated by Lead Entire Project Period Training Organization / NGO 18 Facilitate in preparing Micro-Watershed Master Plan Entire Project Period 19 Identification of Best Management Practices (BMPs)/ Entire Project Period Indigenous Technical Knowledge (ITK) for Technology Transfer for their area of operation 20 Hydrological Monitoring and Modelling in their area of Entire Project Period operation under the Guidance of IISc 21 Development of rainfed agriculture information system 12 to 60 mths from TOR 22 Community monitoring Entire Project Period 23 To take up intensive Hydrological monitoring and Entire Project Period assessment with the guidance of IISc in 2 Microwatersheds of Davanagere project district under component II. (Details are furnished in IISc TOR) 24 Any other related aspects Entire Project Period

Consortium partner: UAS Dharwad Project Districts assigned: Gadag & Koppal 1 Organizing stakeholder workshop Entire Project Period 2 Developing Training modules / Capsules, IEC material, Entire Project Period Audio Visuals etc., 3 Indicating requirement of Materials, Equipments, Goods, 4 Indicating Configuration/Quality Standards of required Materials, Equipments, Goods, Hardware & Software and time period when required Advise on Preparation of Bid Documents as relevant above 3 5 Prepare Annual Action/ Work Plan/Work Schedule/Report Generation etc., 8 1 mth from TOR during the 1 st Yr. By end of Jan for subsequent Yrs 6 Establishment of Field facilities 3 7 Strengthening Laboratory Facilities 6 8 Establishing Digital Lab (GIS) 6 9 Laboratory investigations on soil and water samples 6 10 Operationalization of Digital Lab (GIS) 9 11 Compilation of Secondary data from various sources for Entire Project Period their area of operation 12 Establishing & Operationalization of Disaster Recovery unit 12 of Land Resource Portal 13 Base map preparation 36 mths from TOR 14 Organizing and executing field surveys and collection of Date of Start to 36 primary data and ground truthing in association with 15 Organising Socio-economic survey and interpretation 36 16 Review of the field survey progress in association with Entire Project period 17 Data authentication, data processing on GIS Platform 6 to 36 mths from TOR 18 Land Resources Maps at Sub-watershed & Microwatershed TOR 12 to 36 months from 19 Watershed Assessment reports at Sub-watershed & Microwatershed 12 to 40 mths from TOR 20 Finalization of Land use plan 12 to 40 mths from TOR 21 Rolling out Trainings for WDD / NGO facilitated by Lead Entire Project Period Training Organization / NGO 22 Facilitate in preparing Micro-Watershed Master Plan Entire Project Period 23 Identification of Best Management Practices (BMPs)/ Entire Project Period Indigenous Technical Knowledge (ITK) for Technology Transfer for their area of operation 24 Hydrological Monitoring and Modelling in their area of Entire Project Period operation under the Guidance of IISc 25 Development of rainfed agriculture information system 12 to 60 mths from TOR 26 Community monitoring Entire Project Period 27 To take up intensive Hydrological monitoring and Entire Project Period assessment with the guidance of IISc in 2 Microwatersheds of each of Gadag & Koppal project districts under component II. (Details are furnished in IISc TOR) 28 Any other related aspects Entire Project Period

Consortium partner: UAS Raichur Project Districts assigned: Gulbarga & Yadgir 1 Organizing stakeholder workshop Entire Project Period 2 Developing Training modules / Capsules, IEC material, Entire Project Period Audio Visuals etc., 3 Indicating requirement of Materials, Equipments, Goods, 4 Indicating Configuration/Quality Standards of required Materials, Equipments, Goods, Hardware & Software and time period when required Advise on Preparation of Bid Documents as relevant above 3 5 Prepare Annual Action/ Work Plan/Work Schedule/Report Generation etc., 9 1 mth from TOR during the 1 st Yr. By end of Jan for subsequent Yrs 6 Establishment of Field facilities 3 7 Strengthening Laboratory Facilities 6 8 Establishing Digital Lab (GIS) 6 9 Laboratory investigations on soil and water samples 6 10 Operationalization of Digital Lab (GIS) 9 11 Compilation of Secondary data from various sources for Entire Project Period their area of operation 12 Establishing & Operationalization of Land Resource Portal 12 13 Base map preparation 36 14 Organizing and executing field surveys and collection of Date of Start to 36 primary data and ground truthing in association with 15 Organising Socio-economic survey and interpretation 36 16 Review of the field survey progress in association with Entire Project period 17 Data authentication, data processing on GIS Platform 6 to 36 mths from TOR 18 Land Resources Maps at Sub-watershed & Microwatershed 12 to 36 mths from TOR 19 Watershed Assessment reports at Sub-watershed & Microwatershed TOR 12 to 40 months from 20 Finalization of Land use plan 12 to 40 mths from TOR 21 Rolling out Trainings for WDD / NGO facilitated by Lead Entire Project Period Training Organization / NGO 22 Facilitate in preparing Micro-Watershed Master Plan Entire Project Period 23 Identification of Best Management Practices (BMPs)/ Entire Project Period Indigenous Technical Knowledge (ITK) for Technology Transfer for their area of operation 24 Hydrological Monitoring and Modelling in their area of Entire Project Period operation under the Guidance of IISc 25 Development of rainfed agriculture information system 12 to 60 mths from TOR 26 Community monitoring Entire Project Period 27 To take up intensive Hydrological monitoring and Entire Project Period assessment with the guidance of IISc in 2 Microwatersheds of each of Gulbarga & Yadgir project districts under component II. (Details are furnished in IISc TOR) 28 Any other related aspects Entire Project Period

Consortium partner : UHS Bagalkot Project Districts assigned : Bidar 1 Organizing stakeholder workshop Entire Project Period 2 Developing Training modules / Capsules, IEC material, Entire Project Period Audio Visuals etc., 3 Indicating requirement of Materials, Equipments, Goods, 4 Indicating Configuration/Quality Standards of required Materials, Equipments, Goods, Hardware & Software and time period when required Advise on Preparation of Bid Documents as relevant above 3 5 Prepare Annual Action/ Work Plan/Work Schedule/Report Generation etc., 1 mth from TOR during the 1 st Yr. By end of Jan for subsequent Yrs 6 Establishment of Field facilities 3 7 Strengthening Laboratory Facilities 6 8 Establishing Digital Lab (GIS) 6 9 Laboratory investigations on soil and water samples 6 10 Operationalization of Digital Lab (GIS) 9 11 Compilation of Secondary data from various sources for Entire Project Period their area of operation 12 Base map preparation 36 13 Organizing and executing field surveys and collection of 36 primary data and ground truthing in association with 14 Organising Socio-economic survey and interpretation Date of Start to 36 15 Review of the field survey progress in association with Entire Project period 16 Data authentication, data processing on GIS Platform 6 to 36 mths from TOR 17 Land Resources Maps at Sub-watershed & Micro-watershed 12 to 36 mths from TOR 18 Watershed Assessment reports at Sub-watershed & Microwatershed TOR 12 to 40 months from 19 Finalization of Land use plan 12 to 40 mths from TOR 20 Rolling out Trainings for WDD / NGO facilitated by Lead Entire Project Period Training Organization / NGO 21 Facilitate in preparing Micro-Watershed Master Plan Entire Project Period 22 Identification of Best Management Practices (BMPs)/ Entire Project Period Indigenous Technical Knowledge (ITK) for Technology Transfer for their area of operation 23 Hydrological Monitoring and Modelling in their area of Entire Project Period operation under the Guidance of IISc 24 Development of rainfed agriculture information system 12 to 60 mths from TOR 25 Community monitoring Entire Project Period 26 To take up intensive Hydrological monitoring and Entire Project Period assessment with the guidance of IISc in 2 Microwatersheds of Bidar project district under component II. (Details are furnished in IISc TOR) 27 Any other related aspects Entire Project Period 10

Consortium Partner : IISc Project Districts assigned : Chamrajnagar 1 Develop protocols for baseline hydrological assessment at 1 Subwatershed to characterize water availability, soil resources and cropping pattern and provide proforma 2 Establish intensive Hydrological Monitoring and assessment Entire Project Period studies in two pilot watersheds of Chamarajnagar District 3 Indicating requirement of Materials, Equipments, Goods, 4 Indicating Configuration/Quality Standards of required Materials, Equipments, Goods, Hardware & Software and time period when required 5 Advise on Preparation of Bid Documents as relevant above 3 6 Prepare Annual Action/ Work Plan/Work Schedule/Report Generation etc., during the 1 st Yr By end of every Jan for subsequent Years 6 7 Train the community, WDD, SAU s Personnel in basic Hydrological aspects. 8 Train the Universities for establishing intensive Hydrological Entire Project Period Monitoring and assessment studies in 12 selected watersheds in 6 other project districts. 9 Develop DSS for groundwater development and utilisation Entire Project Period 10 Develop Aquifer based Community Ground water Entire Project Period management products. 11 Develop training modules and deliver trainings at appropriate Entire Project Period s. 12 Advise and support the WDD in Hydrological assessment and Entire Project Period monitoring. 13 Assess the Impact of Land Treatment and the effectiveness of Entire Project Period the structures with respect to ground water system. 14 To take up intensive Hydrological monitoring and assessment Entire Project Period in 2 Microwatersheds of Chamrajnagar project district under component II. (Details are furnished in IISc TOR) 15 Any other related aspects. Entire Project Period 11

KSNDMC. 1 Indicating requirement of Materials, Equipments, Goods, 2 Indicating Configuration/Quality Standards of required Materials, Equipments, Goods, Hardware & Software and time period when required Advise on Preparation of Bid Documents as relevant above 3 3 Prepare Annual Action/ Work Plan/Work Schedule/Report Generation etc., 1 mth from TOR during the 1 st Yr. By end of Jan for subsequent Yrs. 4 Meteorological Data & Climatic Analysis Reports Entire Project Period 5 Any other related aspects Entire Project Period ISRO (ANTRIX). 1 Indicating requirement of Materials, Equipments, Goods, 2 Indicating Configuration/Quality Standards of required Materials, Equipments, Goods, Hardware & Software and time period when required Advise on Preparation of Bid Documents as relevant above 3 3 Prepare Annual Action/ Work Plan/Work Schedule/Report Generation etc., 1 mth from TOR during the 1 st Yr. By end of Jan for subsequent Yrs. 4 M & E Reports Entire Project Period 5 MIS Entire Project Period 6 Any other related aspects Entire Project Period WDD 1 Convergence plan for NREGA and other line Entire Project Period departmental activities. 2 Micro-watershed Master Plan Entire Project Period 3 Workshop Proceedings, Training Modules, IEC Products, Updated KIOSKs Entire Project Period 12

6.0 SERVICES AND FACILITIES TO BE PROVIDED BY THE CLIENT (WDD) The WDD will support the CONSORTIUM PARTNERS by assisting in the following activities - a) It will provide a frame work and the guidelines to facilitate effective implementation of the KWDP - II b) It will provide Financial and Logistic, Equipments and Manpower support for successful implementation of the project c) It will enable a conducive and working environment for collaboration between various stakeholders involving Line Departments, Consortium Partners of the Project d) WDD will develop framework and issue Guidelines facilitating participation of district and taluka WDT, Watershed Committees (EC) and Various Community based organizations (CBOs) User Groups, SHGs, including the IWMP-NGO participation in all the activities of the consortium partners. It will also develop framework and Guidelines for effective participation of District Training Coordinators of IWMP with the Consortium Partners e) It will get involved in the project inception activities like State / District stakeholders workshop and awareness programmes and provide the necessary information and clarification f) For convergence of IWMP III and KWDP II, time to time necessary modifications in the Operational Manual will be made based on the innovative learning g) It will undertake for periodic Project Progress Review with various groups of Stakeholders & Consortium Partners h) It will monitor the project progress periodically i) It will maintain transparency at all s in financial transactions. j) It will continuously evolve and update the guidelines and recommendations for project implementation, based on the experiences generated by the CONSORTIUM PARTNERS and other institutions at the project k) It will hold periodic workshops and other consultation process for Mid Course correction 7.0 COMPOSITION OF REVIEW & CO-ORDINATION COMMITTEE A Review & Co-ordination Committee consisting of members from the Head Office of the WDD will also include representative officials from, SAUs, SHU, KSRSAC, KSNMDC, IISC and ISRO (Antrix) to monitor and to undertake mid-term review and to suggest modification and refinements as and when required. NGO representative, Watershed Committee representative 13

8.0 LIST OF KEY PERSONNEL Institution Key Persons 1 Watershed Development Department Sri Kanwerpal, IFS Sri G Satish, IFS 2 National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning (ICAR), Regional Centre Bangalore Dr. A Natarajan / Dr. L G K Naidu Dr. Rajendra Hegde Dr. S Srinivas Sri. Sunil Maske Dr. Dharumarajan Smt. Vasundara Smt Lalitha Dr. K V Niranjana 3 Indian Institute of Science (IISc.), Bangalore Prof. Sekhar Muddu Prof. M S Mohan Kumar 4 University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, To be furnished by UAS 5 University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad To be furnished by UAS 6 University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur To be furnished by UAS 7 University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot To be furnished by UAS 8 Karnataka State Remote Sensing Applications Centre (KSRSAC), Bangalore Dr. Prabhuraj Dr. Lakshmikanth 9 ISRO (Antrix Corporation), Bangalore Dr. B K Ranganath 10 Karnataka State Natural Disaster Management Center (KSNMDC), Bangalore Dr. Prakash 9.0 DATA SHARING: All the partners shall freely share/exchange the data (soft and hard copies) generated by them in the best interest of the project. Confidentiality shall be adhered to while sharing the same with agencies other than the partners unless and otherwise desired by the WDD. 10.0 PROJECT SCIENTISTS: SAUs/SHU shall make available an exclusive team of scientists (4-5) for this project consisting of disciplines: Soil science, Remote sensing & GIS applications, Agronomy/Soil and water conservation Engineering / Hydrology / Horticulture / Agro-Forestry/ Agricultural economics/ Agri-Extension and any other discipline as deemed necessary for the effective execution of the project. 14

11.0 CONTRACT STAFF: Categories of contract staff are provided in the project: Graduate Assistant, Senior Research Fellow, Research Associate, Consultants etc., WDD shall hire Manpower Agency for providing the required staff. The Qualification and Eligibility criteria will be prescribed by WDD / Consortium Partners from time to time. 12.0 PROCUREMENT OF ASSETS/TOOLS/EQUIPMENTS: WDD shall procure all the major Goods & Equipments. Minor equipments / tools, and Field work Contingency shall be procured by respective partners as per the requirement of the project by following the standard government procedure. 13.0 INSTITUTIONAL CHARGES: The project shall provide 15 % institutional charges on all the recurring costs/charges as per the norms followed/fixed for all the World Bank assisted R&D projects in India. 14.0 SCHEDULE OF FUND RELEASE FROM WDD: WDD shall release the funds on quarterly (once in 3 months) basis or as per the renewed guidelines issued by the world bank after the submission of progress report, utilization certificates and other documents as required by the WDD. 15.0 OWNERSHIP OF TOOLS AND EQUIPMENTS/INFRASTRUCTURE PROCURED FOR THE PROJECT: During the project period the WDD shall be the owner of these assets. After the completion of the project, these shall be handed over to respective institutes where ever they were installed. However, the institutes shall maintain the equipments/assets and provide services from such assets to the WDD for a total period of at least 10 years as and when required by the WDD. 16.0 FORCE MAJEURE: It means an event which is beyond the reasonable control of a consortium partners and which makes the performance of its services and obligations impossible or so impractical at a reasonable period of time. Force majeure shall not include any event which is caused by the negligence or intentional action of the partners. The failure of a partner to fulfill any of its obligations shall not be considered to be a fault provided that the Partner takes all reasonable precautions, due care and reasonable alternative measures to mitigate the constraint with the objective of carrying out the services. 17.0 TERMS: Confidentiality of non-public information that the Consortium will be privy to the project, GOK, WDD and the World Bank will be maintained. The services shall be initially for duration of project period (six years). The service period could be extended in case the WDD decides to do so. 15