The Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (AIBP) funded by the Centre has not achieved the desired results even after spending Rs 26,000 crore to boost agriculture, the latest report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has said.
The report also observed that the dams constructed on the Narmada did not realise the irrigation potential the authorities had initially promised.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/centre-failed-deliver-irrigation-projects-cag
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/sreelatha-menon
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/business-standard-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/narmada
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/dams-irrigation
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/dams
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/irrigation
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/parliament
