Q. Under which Five year plan Command Area Development and Water Management Programme has been formulated by the Government of India?
Answer: 12th
Notes: Under the 12th Five year plan, Command Area Development and Water Management Programme has been formulated by the Government of India. This programme has to be implemented in a holistic manner hand-in-hand with the irrigation project under Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Progamme (AIBP) under which the CADWM Programme is being funded. All aspects of the CADWM Programme need be taken up in an integrated and coordinated manner so as to achieve the envisaged objectives of raising food grains production to meet the increasing needs of a growing population.