{"id":31962,"date":"2025-04-12T02:23:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T20:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=31962"},"modified":"2025-04-16T18:08:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T12:38:40","slug":"modernization-of-command-area-development-water-management-m-cadwm-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/modernization-of-command-area-development-water-management-m-cadwm-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Modernization of Command Area Development and Water Management (M-CADWM) Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Modernization of Command Area Development and Water Management Scheme Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>The Union Cabinet recently approved the \u2018Modernisation of Command Area Development and Water Management (M-CADWM)\u2019 as a sub-scheme of the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY).<\/p>\n<h2>About Modernization of Command Area Development and Water Management Scheme<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>sub-scheme of <\/strong>the <strong>Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>This initiative, with an initial outlay of \u20b91,600 crore, is set to run <strong>from 2025-2026 <\/strong>and is designed to significantly<strong> enhance the irrigation infrastructure <\/strong>in India.<\/li>\n<li>The key goal of the M-CADWM is to <strong>modernise the irrigation water supply network<\/strong>, <strong>ensuring <\/strong>that <strong>irrigation water reaches the designated farming clusters<\/strong> from existing canals or other water sources.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>This will help farmers with small land-holdings, by <strong>improving water-use efficiency <\/strong>through the <strong>use of advanced technologies such as SCADA<\/strong> (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) <strong>and the Internet of Things<\/strong> (IoT).\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>These technologies will assist in <strong>better water accounting and management<\/strong>, directly contributing to <strong>increased Water Use Efficiency (WUE) <\/strong>at the farm level.<\/li>\n<li>A key feature of the M-CADWM scheme is the <strong>implementation of underground pressurised, piped irrigation systems, extending up to 1 hectare per farm.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>This infrastructure will be developed <strong>to enhance micro-irrigation practices<\/strong>, enabling farmers to use water more effectively and ultimately increasing agricultural production and productivity.<\/li>\n<li>In addition to modernising the irrigation systems, the scheme aims to build<strong> sustainable farming practices.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It <strong>proposes the Irrigation Management Transfer (IMT) to Water User Societies (WUS), <\/strong>empowering these <strong>communities to manage irrigation assets independently.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>To ensure long-term success,<strong> these societies will receive support <\/strong>for the next five years, helping them connect with Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) or Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies (PACS).\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>This is expected to <strong>profitably improve sustainable water management <\/strong>practices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The M-CADWM scheme also seeks to <strong>make agriculture more appealing to youth<\/strong> by encouraging the adoption of modern irrigation techniques, creating new opportunities for young people in the agricultural sector.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Modernization of Command Area Development and Water Management Scheme FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. When did the command area development program start?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. The Command Area Development &amp; Water Management (CADWM) Program was started as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme in the year 1974-75.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. What is the basic concept of command area?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. The command area is the geographical area that receives water from an irrigation system, such as a canal network or a drip irrigation system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. Modernization of Command Area Development and Water Management (M-CADWM) Scheme is a sub-scheme of which major program?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/cabinet-approves-m-cadwm-sub-scheme-under-pmksy-for-2025-26\/article69430893.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Modernization of Command Area Development and Water Management (M-CADWM) Scheme is a sub-scheme of the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":31963,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31962","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}