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UPSC 2015: Consider the following statements: 1. The Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme was launched during 1996-97 to provide loan assistance to poor farmers. 2. The Command Area Development Programme was launched in 1974-75 for the development of water-use efficiency.
(a)1 only
(b)2 only
(c)Both 1 and 2
(d)Neither 1 nor 2
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (b) 2 only
Statement 1 is incorrect — the Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (AIBP) was launched in 1996-97 to accelerate the completion of ongoing major and medium irrigation projects, not to provide loan assistance to poor farmers. Statement 2 is correct — the Command Area Development Programme (CADP) was launched in 1974-75 with the objective of bridging the gap between the irrigation potential created and its actual utilisation, thereby improving water-use efficiency in command areas of irrigation projects. Hence, option (b) — 2 only — is correct.
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