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A Bog soil is an intrazonal group of poorly drained dark peat or muck soils underlain by peat and developed under swamp or marsh types of vegetation.

The largest component of bog soils is organic matter.

• The Department of Economic Affairs, Finance Ministry of India presents the Economic Survey in the parliament every year, just before the Union Budget.

• It is prepared under the guidance of the Chief Economic Adviser, Finance Ministry.

• It is the ministry's view on the annual economic development of the country.

In urban areas, rain water available from roof tops of buildings, paved and unpaved areas goes waste. This water can be recharged to aquifer and can be utilized gainfully at the time of need. In areas where the surface soil is impervious and large quantities of roof water or surface runoff is available within a very short period of heavy rainfall, the use of trench/ pits is made to store the water in a filter media and subsequently recharge to ground water through specially constructed recharge wells.

Gully plugs are built using local stones, clay and bushes across small gullies and streams running down the hill slopes carrying drainage to tiny catchments during rainy season.It is applicable only in rural areas.