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Soil and water are the two principal natural endowments responsible to regulate the entire living world. It is the contribution of nature that gifted for the sustainability of the whole biological kingdom. It is impossible to produce a handful of soil through the application of science. Soil is the principal medium of the plant growth which has both features of a renewable as well as an exhaustible resource. Its nutrients and organic matters can be replenished. But when the top soil depth is reduced by erosion the soil eventually be lost irreversibly. Soil resources are an essential input of production and no output could be thought up without the use of soil. Soil loss and degradation are at alarming rates. Gullies and ravines are steadily encroaching into productive table land of many of our major command areas and considerable number of flora and fauna are being endangered. Soil conservation is the only known way to protect the productive land. The aim is to keep the surface soil intact and minimize the impact of the factors of erosion. By applying different methods the surface soil is protected and conserved. The process of conservation practices include biological measures, mechanical measures, technical measurer, contour farming, contour bonding, graded bonding, beach terracing on steep slopes, runoff harvesting, storage and recycling. In this study an attempt is being made to analyse the economics of soil erosion and conservation with various methods and measures of it..