ACCELERATED IRRIGATION BENEFITS PROGRAMME (AIBP)
- The Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (AIBP) was launched during 1996-97 to provide loan assistance to the States to help them complete some of the incomplete major/medium irrigation projects which were at an advanced stage of completion.
- The surface minor irrigation schemes of North-Eastern States, Hilly States of Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Koraput, Bolangir and Kalahandi districts of Odisha have also been provided Central Loan Assistance (CLA) under this programme since 1999-2000.
- Grant component has been introduced in the programme from April, 2004 like other Central Sector Schemes.
- As per the existing AIBP criteria effective from December, 2006, grant amounting to 25% of the project cost for major and medium irrigation projects in non—special category States and 90% grant of the project cost for major/medium/minor irrigation projects in special category States (including undivided Koraput, Bolangir and Kalahandi districts of Odisha) are provided to the selected projects.
COMMAND AREA DEVELOPMENT & WATER MANAGEMENT (CADWM)
- The Central Sponsored Command Area Development (CAD) Programme was launched in 1974-75 for development of adequate delivery system of irrigation water up to farmer’s field.
- The programme envisages integration of all activities relating to irrigated agriculture in a coordinated manner with multi disciplinary team under a Command Area Development Authority.
- Initially, 60 major and medium irrigation projects were taken up under the CAD programme, covering a Culturable Command Area (CCA) of 15 million hectares.
- After inclusion of new projects, deletion of completed projects and clubbing of some projects, there are now 149 projects under implementation.
- The programme was restructured and re-named as Command Area Development and Water Management (CADWM) programmee.f. 1st April, 2004.
- Now, the scheme is being implemented as a State Sector Scheme.
FLOOD MANAGEMENT
A restructured scheme, namely, “Flood Management Programme” amounting to 8,000 crore has been in principle approved by amalgamating the following four ongoing schemes:
- Critical anti-erosion works in Ganga basin States—a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS)
- Flood control works in Brahmaputra Valley States—a State Sector Scheme
- Critical anti-erosion works in coastal and other than Ganga basin States – a State Sector Scheme (SS)
- Improvement of drainage in the critical areas of the country—a State Sector Scheme (SS).
- The restructured scheme would cover all ongoing and new works related to river management, flood control, anti-erosion, drainage development, flood proofing including flood prone area development programme to be implemented by the State Governments in their respective States with Central Assistance.
- Central Assistance to the State Governments has also been proposed for the first time for restoration of damaged flood management works.
