The Command Area Development and Water Management (CADWM) Programme has been transferred to the State Sector with effect from 2008-09. An amount of Rs. 3528.08 crore has been released to State Governments as Central assistance under the Programme since its inception in 1974. Against the approved outlay of Rs. 1208.00 crore for the 10th Five Year Plan, the actual expenditure was Rs. 818.54 crore on account of budgetary constants of the State Governments in providing matching share.
The Central assistance released to the State Government under this programme are as follows:
| S.N | Period | Central Assistance released to States(Rs. Crore) |
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| Since inception (1974) till March, 1997 | 1680.74 |
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| During the IX Plan | 751.66 |
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| During the X Plan | 818.54 |
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| During the year 2007-08 | 277.14 |
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| Cumulative up to March 2008 | 3528.08 |
The Centrally Sponsored Command Area Development (CAD) Programme was launched in 1974-75 for development of adequate delivery system of irrigation, water upto farmers’ fields with an objective to enhance water use efficiency and production and productivity of crops per unit of land and water for improving socio-economic condition of farmers. The Programme was originally started in the Ministry of Agriculture and later on it was transferred to erstwhile Ministry of Irrigation (now Ministry of Water Resources) w.e.f. July 1980. The Programme was restructured and renamed as CADWM Programme w.e.f Ist April 2004.
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