Statement 2 is correct. The Command Area Development Programme (CADP) was launched in 1974-75. Its primary objective was to improve water-use efficiency and agricultural productivity in the command areas of major and medium irrigation projects where irrigation potential had already been created.
Statement 1 is incorrect. The Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (AIBP) was indeed launched during 1996-97. However, its purpose was to provide Central Loan Assistance (CLA) to State Governments for the completion of ongoing major and medium irrigation projects, and not to provide loan assistance directly to poor farmers.
Options (a) and (c) are incorrect because statement 1 inaccurately describes the beneficiaries of the Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (AIBP).
Option (d) is incorrect as statement 2 accurately describes the Command Area Development Programme, making it a correct statement.