Union Cabinet approved Modernization of Command Area Development and Water Management (M-CADWM)

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M-CADWM as a sub-scheme of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) is set to run for the period 2025-2026.

PMKSY was launched in 2015-16 to enhance physical access of water on farm and expand cultivable area under assured irrigation, improve on-farm water use efficiency, etc.

Key Features of M-CADWM

Objective: Modernization of the irrigation water supply network to supply of irrigation water from existing canals or other sources in a designated cluster.
It will make robust backend infrastructure for micro-irrigation by farmers from established source to the Farm gate up to 1 hectare with underground pressurized piped irrigation.
Technology: Use of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Internet of things technology will be used for water accounting and water management.
Potential benefits:
- Increase the Water Use Efficiency (WUE) at the farm level, increase agriculture production & productivity.
- Sustainable farming by Irrigation Management Transfer (IMT) to Water User Society (WUS) for management of irrigation assets.
  - WUS will receive handholding support for the next five years, helping them connect with economic entities like Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs).
- Attracting youth into farming by adopting the modern method of irrigation.

Genesis: It was launched in 1974-75 and was restructured and renamed as Command Area Development and Water Management (CADWM) Programme in 2004.
Objective: To enhance utilisation of irrigation potential created and improve agriculture productivity and production on a sustainable basis.
It is being implemented under PMKSY - Har Khet Ko Pani from 2015-16.
2 Components:
- Structural intervention: On-Farm Development (OFD) works; Construction of field, intermediate & link drains; etc.
- Non-Structural intervention: One time Functional Grant to the registered Water Users’ Associations (WUAs); Trainings, demonstration, and adaptive trials with respect to water use efficiency, etc.