Welcome to Micro Irrigation & Command Area Development Authority About MICADA, Haryana

ABOUT MICADA, HARYANA

Three Micro Irrigation and Command Area Development Authority was set up in Haryana in the year 1974 under a Centrally Sponsored Scheme on sharing basis i.e. 50:50 by the State Government and Government of India to bridge the gap between the irrigation potential created and irrigation potential utilized through micro level infrastructure development and effective farm water management, to enhance agricultural production & productivity and to improve socio-economic conditions of the farmers on selected Canal Commands in the state under Command Area Development Programme (CADP).The CAD programme was restructured and renamed as Command Area Development & Water Management (CADWM) w.e.f. 01.04.2004 and since 2008-09 the programme was implemented as a State sector scheme with Central assistance up-to 2015-16.As per the latest guidelines issued in December, 2016 by the Government of India, Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, New Delhi, the Command Area Development & Water Management (CAD&WM) works shall be covered by the GoI under Incentivization Scheme for Bridging Irrigation Gap (ISBIG) under the umbrella scheme of “Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana” (PMKSY) “Har Khet Ko Pani” component.

Organizational Setup

The overall control of MICADA Haryana vests with its State Level Monitoring Committee cum Governing Body headed by the Chairman who is the Administrative Secretary to Government of Haryana, Irrigation & Water Resources Department with following members:-
1. Administrative Secretary, Irrigation Department Chairman
2. Administrator, MICADA, Haryana, Member Secy.
3. Senior Joint Commissioner (CADWM) GoI or his representative Member
4. Vice Chancellor, CCS, Haryana or his representative Member
5. Director, Agriculture, Haryana or his representative Member
6. Engineer-in-Chief, Irrigation Department Haryana Member
7. Secretary, Finance, Haryana or his representative Member
8. Principal Director, HIRMI, Kurukshetra Member
9. Chief Engineer, MICADA, Haryana Member
10. Officer on Special Duty, MICADA, Haryana Member
11. Representative of Central Water Commission Member
12. Representative of Central Ground Water Board Member
13. Director of Central Soil Salinity Research Institute Karnal Member or his representative
14. Representative Water Users Association Member