Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP) Projects

Irrigation is a state subject and irrigation projects are formulated, executed and funded by the State Governments themselves from their own resources. Central assistance is released in the form of block loans and grants not tied to any sector of development or project. A large number of major and medium irrigation projects in the country are languishing due to various reasons, the most important of them being inadequate provision of funds by the concerned State Governments. As a result, large amount of funds spent on these projects are locked up and the benefits envisaged at the time of formulation of project reports could not be achieved. This is a cause for concern to the nation and initiative is required at the national level to remedy the situation. Since the irrigation projects are capital intensive, and states with limited resources at their disposal find themselves unable to meet the desired fund demands of all the projects, the implementation of these projects get delayed.

Keeping the above in view, Central Government, during 1996-97, launched an Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (AIBP) to provide Central Loan Assistance (CLA) to major/medium irrigation projects in the country, with the objective to accelerate the implementation of those projects which were beyond resource capability of the states or were in advanced stage of completion.

Monitoring Directorate, CWC, Nagpur carried out monitoring of AIBP Projects since starting of the AIBP programme during 1996-97. Total 63 numbers of projects have been dealt with by this Directorate till March, 2017. Out of these 63 projects, 39 projects have already been completed.

Funds under AIBP

Gosikhurd Project was included under AIBP during the year 1995-96. The various components included under AIBP and their year of inclusion is as given below:

1.

Tekepar LIS and Ambhora K.T. Weir 

:

1995-96

2.

Gosikhurd Headworks, Ambhora LIS  

:

2003-04

3.

Headworks, RBC, Mokhabardi LIS, Mokhabardi LIS, Nerla LIS

:

2007-08

Central Loan Assistance (CLA) of Rs.477.28 Crore has been released to the projects under AIBP.

List of projects completed under AIBP

Year-wise details of CLA released