Contents preface (VII) introduction 1—37

Part I: All engineering works from source of supply to outlets, including drains.
Part II: All engineering works in the command area comprising land levelling and shaping, construction of watercourses, lined or unlined field channels, field drains, and farm roads.
Part II: All other items pertaining to agriculture, animal husbandry, forestry, communica-tions, and cooperation.
Upto 1985, 102 projects covering an ultimate irrigation potential of 16.5 Mha has been included in Command Area Development Authorities (CADA) (11). In financial terms, the allocation in the sixth and the seventh five-year plans was Rs. 856 crores and Rs. 1,800 crores, respectively (5).