Cabinet Approves Modernization of CADWM Sub-Scheme
Why focus: PMKSY sub-scheme update — GS3 Agriculture, sets up How-Many-Correct using target outlays and SCADA/IoT integration facts.
In News
What Happened
Why It Matters
Background
History & Context
What Changed
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Infrastructure Type: BEFORE - Reliance on open, unlined field channels leading to high evaporation and seepage losses. NOW - Shift to underground pressurized piped irrigation networks reaching up to 1-hectare farm clusters.
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Water Monitoring: BEFORE - Manual release and rough estimation of water distribution by regional authorities. NOW - Integration of SCADA and IoT sensors for precise, real-time water accounting and management.
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Asset Management: BEFORE - Fragmented or informal management by local farmers with limited financial support. NOW - Formal Irrigation Management Transfer (IMT) to Water User Societies, which are linked to FPOs or PACS for a five-year handholding period.
Prelims Angle
NCERT Connection
Practice Questions
Q1
With Reference ToWith reference to the Modernisation of Command Area Development and Water Management (M-CADWM) scheme, consider the following statements: 1. It utilizes SCADA and IoT technologies for real-time water accounting in irrigation networks. 2. The original Command Area Development Programme was launched concurrently with PMKSY in 2015. 3. It involves Irrigation Management Transfer to Water User Societies linked with FPOs. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?