Drive to provide clean tap water to Uttar Pradesh’s rural areas expedited
1 year, 7 months ago

Drive to provide clean tap water to Uttar Pradesh’s rural areas expedited

Hindustan Times  

The Uttar Pradesh government has expedited the campaign launched under the Jal Jeevan Mission to provide clean drinking water to the families settled in rural areas of the state. Mahoba, Baghpat, Jhansi and Lalitpur were included in the state’s top list of districts providing maximum tap connections to the rural households on Friday. A major achievement has been made by providing tap water to more than 75% rural families in these four districts, according to a state government spokesperson. Other districts of the state are also setting records by working at a fast pace to provide tap connections to the rural households.

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Tap water flowing into homes has women flowing into India's workforce
1 week, 5 days ago

Tap water flowing into homes has women flowing into India's workforce

India Today  

A silent yet impactful transformation is underway in India. The Jal Jeevan Mission, aimed at providing tap water supply to every rural household, has resulted in an increase in women's participation in agriculture and allied activities, a recent report by the State Bank of India has revealed. HOW TAP WATER IN VILLAGES HAS HELPED RURAL WOMEN JOIN INDIA'S WORKFORCE The …

Will provide drinking water connection to every household in Andhra Pradesh under Jal Jeevan Mission in three years, says CM Naidu
3 months ago

Will provide drinking water connection to every household in Andhra Pradesh under Jal Jeevan Mission in three years, says CM Naidu

The Hindu  

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has said the State government is committed to providing drinking water tap connections to every household under the Jal Jeevan Mission in the next three years, and has stressed the need for Andhra Pradesh to derive maximum benefit from the scheme like Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Kerala. Addressing a review meeting, along …

150 million rural homes connected to tap water supply, West Bengal, Rajasthan lag
4 months, 3 weeks ago

150 million rural homes connected to tap water supply, West Bengal, Rajasthan lag

Live Mint  

New Delhi: About 150 million of the country's 193 million rural households are connected to tap water supply, according to data from the Union ministry of jal shakti. "At the time of announcement of Jal Jeevan Mission, 32.3 million rural households were reported to have tap water connections. Thus, as on 25.07.2024, out of 193.2 million rural households in the …

Jal Shakti Ministry conceives ‘new project’ to fix water deficit in flagship Jal Jeevan Mission
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Jal Shakti Ministry conceives ‘new project’ to fix water deficit in flagship Jal Jeevan Mission

The Hindu  

Union Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Paatil said at a public event on Monday that the government was conceiving a “new project” to ensure that rural households, which were provided taps under the ambitious Jal Jeevan Mission but had not yet been able to avail water, would soon be provided potable water. The ₹3.6 lakh crore Jal Jeevan Mission was implemented …

Andhra Pradesh: Provide drinking water to every household, says Kollu Ravindra
6 months ago

Andhra Pradesh: Provide drinking water to every household, says Kollu Ravindra

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA : Minister for Mining and Excise Kollu Ravindra instructed the officials to fulfil the vision of Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu by providing fresh drinking water through taps to every household. During the meeting, irrigation officials informed the minister that proposals amounting to Rs 55 crore had been sent to higher officials for 245 works, including desilting canals, in …

Jal Jeevan Mission: “75% of Rural Households Connected to Tap Water” says Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Jal Jeevan Mission: “75% of Rural Households Connected to Tap Water” says Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

The Hindu  

About 75% of the country's rural households have been provided with tap water connections so far, Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said on Thursday. Congratulations to all states and team #JalJeevanMission on striving relentlessly towards realising our PM Shri @narendramodi’s vision of clean tap water for every household. According to official data, 14,46,57,889 out of a total of 19,27,94,822 …

Maharashtra misses 100% tap water connection target in western zone
1 year, 3 months ago

Maharashtra misses 100% tap water connection target in western zone

Hindustan Times  

Maharashtra has failed to meet the deadline of 100 per cent tap water connection in rural areas under the Jal Jeevan Mission, as per the recent observation released by the Jal Shakti ministry Maharashtra has failed to meet the deadline of 100 per cent tap water connection in rural areas under the Jal Jeevan Mission In the western zone, Gujarat …

Jal Jeevan Mission remains a pipe dream
1 year, 3 months ago

Jal Jeevan Mission remains a pipe dream

The Hindu  

On Independence Day, 2019, this water-starved district in south-eastern Uttar Pradesh reported only 1,612 households with tap connections. Four years later, 1,29,209 households – or about 98% of all rural homes in Mahoba district – have water connections, according to the public dashboard of the Jal Jeevan Mission, the Centre’s ₹3.6 lakh crore scheme that aims to provide piped water …

Death by dirty water reveals dreadful truth about mission to put a tap in every house
1 year, 4 months ago

Death by dirty water reveals dreadful truth about mission to put a tap in every house

The Hindu  

Vimalamma’s only son Raghu left Kavadigara Hatti in Chitradurga district in central Karnataka on July 31 after having lunch with the family. Coming at a time when the ambitious Jal Jeevan Mission is being implemented with the aim of providing safe drinking water in rural areas to every household that lacks a tap connection, the contamination in a municipal area …

Piped water now in 2/3 rural households in India: Government data
1 year, 4 months ago

Piped water now in 2/3 rural households in India: Government data

Hindustan Times  

India crossed a key milestone this week, according to government data — two of every three rural households in the country now have a piped water connection. The scheme aims to connect each of India’s 194.2 million rural households with tap water connections by the end of 2024. Read here: Free 20 litre water per day at 500 water ATMs: …

Agriculture, drinking water, health-related issues dominate quarterly KDP meeting
1 year, 5 months ago

Agriculture, drinking water, health-related issues dominate quarterly KDP meeting

The Hindu  

Issues related to agriculture, drinking water and health dominated the quarterly Karnataka Development Programme meeting in Yadgir on Monday. Drinking water Mr. Darshanapur and Mr. Kandkur and also Channareddy Patil Tunnur and Raja Venkatappa Naik, MLA of Yadgir and Shorapur, raised the issue of drinking water shortage. All MLAs including the Minister asked the officials of Karnataka Urban Drinking Water …

Jal Jeevan Mission provides safe drinking water to over 12 crore rural households: govt
1 year, 7 months ago

Jal Jeevan Mission provides safe drinking water to over 12 crore rural households: govt

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Jal Jeevan Mission has achieved a significant milestone by providing safe and clean drinking water through taps to over 12 crore rural households across the country, according to a statement by the Ministry of Jal Shakti. The mission was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 15, 2019, with only 3.23 crore rural households having access …

Har Ghar Nal Yojana: Half the families in 22 rural U.P. dists get tap water, says govt
1 year, 8 months ago

Har Ghar Nal Yojana: Half the families in 22 rural U.P. dists get tap water, says govt

Hindustan Times  

The Uttar Pradesh government has provided tap water connections to more than 50% rural families in 22 districts across the state under the Har Ghar Nal Yojana, a state government spokesperson has said. The Namami Gange and Rural Water Supply Department has also expedited the process to complete the task of providing tap water to every household in the remaining …

Jal Jeevan Mission achieves 60% of its target, says govt
1 year, 8 months ago

Jal Jeevan Mission achieves 60% of its target, says govt

Hindustan Times  

The Jal Jeevan Mission, one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s flagship programmes to connect every rural household in the country with a tap-water connection, has reached 60% of its countrywide target, adding 23.4 million households in the fiscal year ended 2022-23, an official statement said. At the start of the Jal Jeevan Mission, a baseline survey showed that less than …

Turn off the tap of urban bias in rural development
1 year, 10 months ago

Turn off the tap of urban bias in rural development

The Hindu  

The divide between the rural and the urban has grown due to an inherent urban bias among policymakers and institutions, including the government. The district-level data reveal wider variations in providing tap water connections to rural households among districts. Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Thanjavur and Dindigul districts have also made significant progress, where more than one lakh rural households got tap water …

Not a pipe dream: On marquee schemes of the central government
1 year, 10 months ago

Not a pipe dream: On marquee schemes of the central government

The Hindu  

Among the marquee schemes that the government hopes to showcase ahead of the general election next year is the Jal Jeevan Mission. The JJM dashboard on the Jal Shakti Ministry website says that as of February 2023, over 11 crore households, or about 57% of the targeted, now have tap water. So far, only the States of Goa, Gujarat, Haryana …

7.81 crore new rural households got tap water connection since 2019: Govt
1 year, 10 months ago

7.81 crore new rural households got tap water connection since 2019: Govt

Live Mint  

More than 7.81 crore rural households have been provided tap water connections under the Jal Jeevan Mission over last three years, Minister of State for Jal Shakti Prahlad Singh Patel said on Thursday. Cumulatively, a total of 11.05 crore households out of 19.36 crore households or 57% of all rural households now have tap water connection. In a written reply …

Jal Jeevan mission provides tap water to 11 crore rural households
1 year, 10 months ago

Jal Jeevan mission provides tap water to 11 crore rural households

The Hindu  

The Jal Shakti Ministry on Wednesday tweeted that the government had provided 11 crore rural households with a tap water connection. Narendra Modiji, the relentless pursuit of the goals set out for Jal Jeevan Mission by the ministry and the effort of our team on ground has made this mega milestone possible.” “Eleven crore homes are now assured of health …

Key to 2024 Polls, Har Ghar Jal Scheme Stepped Up in UP, 25% Households Now Have Potable Tap Water
1 year, 11 months ago

Key to 2024 Polls, Har Ghar Jal Scheme Stepped Up in UP, 25% Households Now Have Potable Tap Water

News 18  

After a sluggish start to Har Ghar Jal, Uttar Pradesh has now gained some momentum and connected nearly 25% of the households with potable tap water connections. A flagship scheme of the BJP-led government, Har Ghar Jal was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 15, 2019 when he vowed to connect all rural households with tap water connections …

Making every drop count: On the Jal Jeevan Mission
2 years, 2 months ago

Making every drop count: On the Jal Jeevan Mission

The Hindu  

One of the most significant commitments of the Narendra Modi government is to ensure piped water to every rural household by 2024. Under the Jal Jeevan Mission, led by the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, 10.2 crore rural households, or about 53% of the eligible population, now have tap water access. This, the Government claims, is a 37-percentage point …

62% of rural households in India have fully functional tap water connections within their premises, says Water Resources Ministry report
2 years, 2 months ago

62% of rural households in India have fully functional tap water connections within their premises, says Water Resources Ministry report

The Hindu  

Around 62% of rural households in India had fully functional tap water connections within their premises, according to a survey commissioned by the Union Ministry of Water Resources to assess the functioning of the government’s marquee Jal Jeevan Mission. Centre in June reported 52% rural households as having tap water connections Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh, Goa, and Puducherry reported more …

Madhya Pradesh: Journey of potable tap water to every household in over 250 villages in Burhanpur
2 years, 3 months ago

Madhya Pradesh: Journey of potable tap water to every household in over 250 villages in Burhanpur

Firstpost  

While as many as 111 districts across states have reported completion of targets, Burhanpur has been able to get it certified after people from all 254 villages passed a resolution in the Gram Sabha to certify that they have access to safe drinking water through taps New Delhi: Amid the pandemic, when local authorities began laying the groundwork for providing …

Jal Jeevan Mission: How much of India has tap water access?
2 years, 6 months ago

Jal Jeevan Mission: How much of India has tap water access?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Centre announced on June 7 that over 50 per cent of rural households have access to tap water supply, just as the Modi government completes eight years in power. Union territories like Puducherry, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu have also provided 100 per cent of their households …

Jal Jeevan Mission: 50% rural households have access to tap water connections
2 years, 6 months ago

Jal Jeevan Mission: 50% rural households have access to tap water connections

Firstpost  

‘Har Ghar Jal’ is a flagship programme of the Centre, implemented by Jal Jeevan Mission, under the Ministry of Jal Shakti, in partnership with states/ UTs to ensure tap water connection in every rural household by 2024 New Delhi: With the aim to provide every rural household with safe drinking water, the country has achieved the milestone of 50 per …

Call for community ownership of water supply infrastructure
2 years, 8 months ago

Call for community ownership of water supply infrastructure

The Hindu  

Emphasis was laid at a regional conference on Jal Jeevan Mission here on Friday on evolving the community ownership of water supply infrastructure and service delivery to ensure its long-term sustainability. Mr. Shekhawat urged State governments to treat the JJM as a “one-time opportunity” to address the issue of water scarcity and speed up the scheme’s implementation to meet the …

Additional six crore rural households got tap water connections since Jal Jeevan Mission launch, says Centre
2 years, 9 months ago

Additional six crore rural households got tap water connections since Jal Jeevan Mission launch, says Centre

Firstpost  

New Delhi: An additional six crore rural households have got tap water connections since the launch of Jal Jeevan Mission, Minister of State for Jal Shakti Prahlad Patel said on Tuesday. “An additional six crore rural households have got tap water connections since the launch of the Jal Jeevan Mission,” he said at an event organised on the occasion of …

Jal Jeevan Mission: ₹9,544 cr of drinking water schemes approved in Jharkhand
2 years, 11 months ago

Jal Jeevan Mission: ₹9,544 cr of drinking water schemes approved in Jharkhand

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI: In Jharkhand, drinking water supply schemes totalling ₹9,544 crore have been approved under the Jal Jeevan Mission. “315 water supply schemes to benefit 7.97 lakh households in 4,424 villages of Jharkhand,” the Ministry of Jal Shakti said in a statement. “These schemes will provide tap water supply to about 8 lakh rural households in 4,424 villages of the …

Ladakh: Jal Jeevan Mission brings tap water to remote villages in Leh
3 years ago

Ladakh: Jal Jeevan Mission brings tap water to remote villages in Leh

Op India  

The Jal Jeevan Mission, which aims to provide safe drinking tap water by 2024, has begun transforming lives in various parts of the country. In the Umla village in Leh in the Union territory of Ladakh, households located in the harsh mountain terrain received tap water supply for the first time under the Jal Jeevan Mission. While speaking to ANI …

Rajasthan prepares action plans for Jal Jeevan Mission
3 years, 3 months ago

Rajasthan prepares action plans for Jal Jeevan Mission

The Hindu  

The mandatory action plans for bringing safe drinking water through individual tap connections to all rural households under the Jal Jeevan Mission have been prepared for about 23,000 villages in Rajasthan. Target set The action plans, to be implemented as the master plan for meeting the water needs of villages, depict the history of water availability, rainfall pattern, drought situation, …

Puri Becomes First Indian City to Provide Drinkable Tap Water All Time
3 years, 4 months ago

Puri Becomes First Indian City to Provide Drinkable Tap Water All Time

News 18  

Now, people in Odisha’s temple town Puri can drink water directly from the tap and there is no need to store or filter the water as the facility is available round the clock, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said here on Monday. With this the Jagannath Dham also become the first city in India to provide “drink from tap” quality water …

Over 35% of government schools, anganwadis do not have tap water
3 years, 4 months ago

Over 35% of government schools, anganwadis do not have tap water

The Hindu  

Over a third of government schools and anganwadis still do not have tap water access even ten months after the Jal Jeevan Mission launched a 100-day campaign to provide the facility. In its report on the demand for grants submitted to the Lok Sabha in early March, the Parliamentary Standing Committee for Water Resources deplored the slow rate of progress, …

Centre Allocates Over Rs 3,323 Crore to Odisha Under Jal Jeevan Mission
3 years, 5 months ago

Centre Allocates Over Rs 3,323 Crore to Odisha Under Jal Jeevan Mission

News 18  

The Centre has allocated over Rs 3,323 crore to Odisha for the Jal Jeevan Mission, a four-fold increase compared to the last fiscal, the Jal Shakti ministry said on Sunday. In the last 22 months, despite the Covid-19 pandemic resulting in lockdowns and repeated disruptions, the Jal Jeevan Mission has been implemented with speed and 4.5 crore households have been …

All 39 Lakh Rural Households in Chhattisgarh to Have Tap Water Connection by 2023: CM Baghel
3 years, 5 months ago

All 39 Lakh Rural Households in Chhattisgarh to Have Tap Water Connection by 2023: CM Baghel

News 18  

All 39 lakh rural households in Chhattisgarh will have access to pure drinking water through tap connection by 2023, state Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said on Sunday. We have started a major campaign through 'Jal Jeevan Mission', under which pure drinking water will be supplied through tap connection to all 39 lakh rural households by the year 2023," the release …

Clean water in all rural homes by 2024 is PM Modi’s next big plan
3 years, 9 months ago

Clean water in all rural homes by 2024 is PM Modi’s next big plan

Live Mint  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity has endured over the years in part due to his focus on giving poorer Indians things like cooking gas, toilets and electricity. The ₹3.6 trillion program will put piped water in all of India’s 192 million rural homes — more than all the houses in the US — over the next four years. “The mission …

Over 3.77 crore rural households given tap water under Jal Jeevan Mission: Govt
3 years, 9 months ago

Over 3.77 crore rural households given tap water under Jal Jeevan Mission: Govt

Hindustan Times  

More tap water connections were provided to rural households since the Jal Jeevan Mission was announced in August 2019 than what existed before, the Jal Shakti Ministry said on Tuesday. “At the time when the mission was announced, out of 18.93 crore rural households, only 3.23 crore had tap water connections,” the ministry said. The Jal Jeevan Mission, a flagship …

4 crore rural households given water connections in last 1 and half years
3 years, 9 months ago

4 crore rural households given water connections in last 1 and half years

Op India  

PM Narendra Modi’s ambitious scheme of providing piped water to every household in the country has started with a massive success, as it has exceeded its target so far since its launch in 2019. Out of 19.19 crore rural households in India, only 16.87% of households had tap water connections till August 15, 2019, since the time of independence. Concerned …

Rural women to help monitor tap water quality
3 years, 11 months ago

Rural women to help monitor tap water quality

Hindustan Times  

The Centre will train five women from each village to test the quality of water as part of the ambitious Jal Jeevan mission, which aims to provide safe and adequate drinking water through individual tap connections by 2024 to all households in rural India, Jal Shakti minister Gajendra Shekhawat said on Friday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in September 2019 …

'Dismal Performance', Says Centre Over Bengal's Implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission
4 years, 1 month ago

'Dismal Performance', Says Centre Over Bengal's Implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission

News 18  

New Delhi: West Bengal has shown "dismal performance" in the implementation of the Jal Jeevan Mission by providing only 2.2 lakh tap water connections to rural households against a target of 55.58 lakh in 2020-21, the Centre said on Friday. The Jal Shakti Ministry recently held a mid-term review meeting on planning and implementation of JJM in West Bengal during …

Bihar top among central states in providing tap water to rural population
4 years, 2 months ago

Bihar top among central states in providing tap water to rural population

Op India  

With the state elections just around the corner, Bihar as emerged as a leading state in central India in terms of completing its target of providing its rural population with tap water connections. As per a report published in Times of India, by next year, Bihar will have provided its 1.9 crore rural households with a drinking water supply and …

Goa Becomes First State to Provide 100% Tap Water Connections in Rural Areas: Jal Shakti Ministry
4 years, 2 months ago

Goa Becomes First State to Provide 100% Tap Water Connections in Rural Areas: Jal Shakti Ministry

News 18  

Goa has become the first state in the country to provide 100 per cent tap water connections in rural areas covering 2.30 lakh households, the Jal Shakti Ministry said on Friday. “Goa has earned itself the unique distinction of becoming first ‘Har Ghar Jal’ state in the country as it successfully provides 100 per cent functional household tap connections in …

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