Evaluation study on Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (AIBP)
The AIBP was conceived in the year 1996 by the Government of India in order to provide financial assistance to States to complete various ongoing projects in the country so that envisaged irrigation potential of the project could be created and thereby extend irrigation to more areas. Government of India has made massive investment in developing irrigation sources (major, medium and minor) in the country under AIBP since 1996. At this juncture the major issues are two fold; first whether created irrigation potential has been fully utilized in the assisted projects or not, and secondly, and more importantly, what has been the impact of AIBP scheme on the farmers livelihood? In order to fulfill this need, Planning Commission, Government of India initiated the present study on Evaluation of AIBP Scheme in India with the help of Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow.