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: Delhi CM Kejriwal On the dashboard of the Union government’s flagship drinking water programme, Jal Jeevan Mission, as on Thursday, 128.5 million rural households, or 66.80% of the total number of such households in the country, now have a functional water tap connection. On July 31, Union minister of state for Jal Shakti, Prahlad Singh Patel, said in a written reply in Rajya Sabha that nearly 55% of Scheduled Tribe rural households in the country had been provided with a tap water connection under the mission till July 26, 2023. The Jal Jeevan Mission is one of the largest infrastructure-building programmes in the country, which involves installing source-to-household water tap connections.

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4,000 Crore Misused in Jal Jeevan Mission during YSRC govt, alleges Pawan
5 days, 11 hours ago

4,000 Crore Misused in Jal Jeevan Mission during YSRC govt, alleges Pawan

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan has accused the YS Jagan led previous government of misusing Rs. Speaking at a state-level workshop organized by the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Department on the implementation of the Jal Jeevan Mission in Vijayawada, Pawan Kalyan said the state government, after coming to power, had requested the Centre to sanction Rs. …

Tap water flowing into homes has women flowing into India's workforce
1 week, 4 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 …

Pawan Meets PM, Seeks More Funds for Drinking Water Scheme
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Pawan Meets PM, Seeks More Funds for Drinking Water Scheme

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Deputy Chief Minister K Pawan Kalyan met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Wednesday – the third day of his visit to the national capital. “The present alliance government has prepared a comprehensive project report to complete the JJM works and ensure 24-hour drinking water supply to all rural households. Pawan Kalyan pleaded that the state forest …

Andhra Pradesh: Pawan Promises Clean Drinking Water to All
1 month ago

Andhra Pradesh: Pawan Promises Clean Drinking Water to All

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan has said access to clean drinking water is a fundamental right of every individual and Andhra Pradesh would ensure this to all in the near future. The initiative would eliminate the problem of water contamination as also resultant eruption of epidemics and kidney-related health issues among the population," the Deputy Chief Minister stated in …

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 …

Jal Sanchay Jan Bhagidari: All You Need To Know About The Initiative Launched By PM Narendra Modi
3 months ago

Jal Sanchay Jan Bhagidari: All You Need To Know About The Initiative Launched By PM Narendra Modi

News 18  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Jal Sanchay Jan Bhagidari initiative in Surat on September 6, 2024. Five important points of Jal Sanchay Jan Bhagidari you must know: The initiative aims to build around 24,800 rainwater harvesting facilities across the state of Gujarat. National Water Mission: This initiative was initiated by the government with the aim of conserving water, reducing …

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, 3 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 …

Election in Pincodes: Central scheme a ray of hope for parched Banda
7 months, 1 week ago

Election in Pincodes: Central scheme a ray of hope for parched Banda

Hindustan Times  

Chitrakoot: In Pathramani, the everyday is smeared with drudgery. In the second week of March, water gushed out of the taps in this village of 1,500 people as the central government’s flagship Jal Jeevan Mission – to make available tap water in each one of India’s 190 million rural homes – finally completed its target in Pathramani. “It took us …

Waiting for water in Unnao: the outlier in U.P.’s Jal Jeevan Mission ‘success’ story
9 months, 1 week ago

Waiting for water in Unnao: the outlier in U.P.’s Jal Jeevan Mission ‘success’ story

The Hindu  

“What water?” exclaims Naseema, about her experience with the Central government’s ₹3.6-trillion Jal Jeevan Mission that aims to provide free, piped water to every village home in India by 2024. Monu, a resident farmer, says he was unaware of the government’s Jal Jeevan Mission and blamed the high salinity in the groundwater, ironically on the “mission” that is working on …

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 …

Hit, but not politically: Water mission gives BJP planners food for thought
1 year, 6 months ago

Hit, but not politically: Water mission gives BJP planners food for thought

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: One of the findings of Bharatiya Janata Party’s internal surveys in the lead up to election season has the party’s top bosses puzzled: voters give the Modi government full credit for the government’s flagship housing for all scheme, PM Awas Yojana, but are indifferent about the Jal Jeevan Mission, considered a game-changer by analysts and party strategists alike. …

India can avoid 400k deaths if Jal Jeevan Mission meets target: WHO report
1 year, 6 months ago

India can avoid 400k deaths if Jal Jeevan Mission meets target: WHO report

Hindustan Times  

India can potentially prevent nearly 400,000 deaths from diarrhoea and save about 14 million DALYs from water-related ailments if it manages to achieve universal rural coverage under the Jal Jeevan Mission, a World Health Organization report commissioned by the government has predicted. The WHO analysis focused on diarrhoeal diseases as they account for a majority of water and sanitation-related disease …

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 …

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 …

Presentation on UP’s Har Ghar Jal success story in Delhi today
1 year, 8 months ago

Presentation on UP’s Har Ghar Jal success story in Delhi today

Hindustan Times  

The Yogi government will be showcasing the success of the ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’ in Uttar Pradesh, at Delhi’s Vigyan Bhawan on the Civil Services Day on Thursday. UP has become the third state in the country to provide tap connections to more than one crore rural households in a remarkably short span of time, a senior official in the state …

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 …

'Jaunpur's Radish, Muskmelon Now at London Shops': PM Modi Lists 'Uttam' Pradesh's Feat; CM Yogi Claps
1 year, 8 months ago

'Jaunpur's Radish, Muskmelon Now at London Shops': PM Modi Lists 'Uttam' Pradesh's Feat; CM Yogi Claps

News 18  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Varanasi on Friday where he addressed the ‘One World TB Summit’ and dedicated and laid the foundation stones of various development projects worth over Rs 1,780 crore. During a programme at the Sampurnanand Sanskrit University ground, Modi laid the foundation stones in the presence of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Governor Anandiben …

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 …

'Priority Is Development Not Vote Bank': PM Modi Inaugurates Projects Worth Rs 10,863 Crore In Karnataka
1 year, 11 months ago

'Priority Is Development Not Vote Bank': PM Modi Inaugurates Projects Worth Rs 10,863 Crore In Karnataka

ABP News  

After inaugurating and laying the foundation stone of various development projects with a total worth of Rs 10,863 crore in Karnataka's Yadgiri, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted that BJP's priority is development and not vote bank. Today, about 11 crore rural families in the country are getting tap water," PM Modi said after inaugurating and laying foundation stone for projects …

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 …

India’s investment in water sector to be highest in world by 2024: Union Minister Shekhawat at Isha Insight 2022
2 years ago

India’s investment in water sector to be highest in world by 2024: Union Minister Shekhawat at Isha Insight 2022

Firstpost  

Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat was addressing the third day of the 11th edition of Isha Leadership Academy’s flagship program when he spoke about the Jal Jeevan Mission New Delhi: Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Union Jal Shakti Minister, on Saturday said that India’s investment in the water sector will be the highest in the world by 2024. ‘India’s estimated investment in …

At $210 Bn, India’s Investment in Water Sector to Be Highest in World By 2024: Union Minister Shekhawat at Isha Insight 2022
2 years ago

At $210 Bn, India’s Investment in Water Sector to Be Highest in World By 2024: Union Minister Shekhawat at Isha Insight 2022

News 18  

India’s estimated investment in the water sector from 2019 to 2024 at $210 billion is the highest in the world, said Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Union Jal Shakti Minister, as he addressed the third day of the 11th edition of Isha Leadership Academy’s flagship programme – ‘Isha Insight: The DNA of Success’ – at the Isha Yoga Center in Coimbatore on …

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 …

Quality Check: Jal Shakti Ministry to Launch Survey to Monitor Water Standard Under Har Ghar Jal Scheme
2 years, 2 months ago

Quality Check: Jal Shakti Ministry to Launch Survey to Monitor Water Standard Under Har Ghar Jal Scheme

News 18  

With water quality a key concern, the government is now all set to launch a country-wide ground survey to check the implementation of Har Ghar Jal scheme in all states, and the quality of water being provided through the newly installed tap connections across villages. GRADING SYSTEM FOR VILLAGES With this, the ministry also plans to put into place a …

Jal Jeevan Mission | Seven crore rural families given piped water connection in three years: PM Modi
2 years, 4 months ago

Jal Jeevan Mission | Seven crore rural families given piped water connection in three years: PM Modi

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 19 said his goverment has provided piped water connection to seven crore rural families in the last three years under the Jal Jeevan Mission, which helped the country achieve the milestone of 10 crore connections in villages so far. But in the last three years, since the announcement of this mission, our government has …

Goa first state to become Har Ghar Jal certified, 10 cr rural households provided piped water: PM Modi
2 years, 4 months ago

Goa first state to become Har Ghar Jal certified, 10 cr rural households provided piped water: PM Modi

Firstpost  

‘Within just 3 years, 7 crore rural households have been connected with piped water facility under ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’. In 7 decades of independence, only 3 crore rural households in the country had piped water facilities,’ he added New Delhi: Ten crore rural households have been connected to the facility of clean water through pipes, PM Narendra Modi said while …

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 …

New Tech Can Solve Age-Old Water Problems
2 years, 7 months ago

New Tech Can Solve Age-Old Water Problems

The Quint  

The government has recognized the challenges of providing access to clean water. The implementation of the Swachh Bharat Mission brought to the fore the need to solve for water to achieve sanitation goals. Thus, came the Jal Jeevan Mission in 2020, which seeks to provide piped drinking water to every household in the country by 2024. In fact, a 2020 …

Link ponds, canals to solve water crisis: CM Jagan
2 years, 7 months ago

Link ponds, canals to solve water crisis: CM Jagan

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has called for a comprehensive plan to interlink ponds with canals and feeder channels to overcome the shortage of water in the next five years. The CM held a review meeting on Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, rural roads and drinking water, with deputy chief minister for panchayat raj Mutyala Naidu …

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 …

State to implement rainwater harvesting project along highways
2 years, 9 months ago

State to implement rainwater harvesting project along highways

The Hindu  

The State Government will take up Jala Shakti, a mega rain water harvesting project, alongside important highways, on the lines of Maharashtra. This project will be taken up along the proposed highways in Nippani and Kittur in Belagavi district and then extended to the entire State, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said in Belagavi on Monday. Mr. Bommai said the Union …

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 …

Jal Jeevan Mission Not Just About No. of Tap Water Connections, It’s About Empowering Women
3 years, 1 month ago

Jal Jeevan Mission Not Just About No. of Tap Water Connections, It’s About Empowering Women

News 18  

The recognition of women’s social rights has been and is a long and difficult process; however, gender parity for basic rights such as access to clean drinking water is no more a farfetched dream. The focus of Jal Jeevan Mission is to initiate a women-driven revolution to decentralize the system and empower the community, especially women, to address their water …

Under Jal Jeevan Mission, 5 crore houses given water connections: Modi
3 years, 2 months ago

Under Jal Jeevan Mission, 5 crore houses given water connections: Modi

The Hindu  

Since the launch of the Jal Jeevan Mission in 2019, five crore households have got water connection and now tap water is reaching every household in about 1.25 lakh villages, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday, asserting that today's India has done more work in just two years than what was done in seven decades. Speaking after interacting with …

Odisha to join AMRUT-2 and SBM-2: Patnaik
3 years, 2 months ago

Odisha to join AMRUT-2 and SBM-2: Patnaik

The Hindu  

The Odisha government said that the State will partner with the Central government in successful implementation of the flagship missions like AMRUT-2 and Swachha Bharat Mission 2.0. Mr. Patnaik also informed the meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, that Odisha government has targeted to provide tap water connection to all houses in the cities by December 2022. He said …

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, …

Key Target of Govt's Jal Jeevan Mission Missed, Deadline Shifted by a Year Due to Covid Pandemic
3 years, 4 months ago

Key Target of Govt's Jal Jeevan Mission Missed, Deadline Shifted by a Year Due to Covid Pandemic

News 18  

A key target of the Centre’s Jal Jeevan Mission has been missed due to the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The National Jal Jeevan Mission envisions covering every household in the country with a tap drinking water connection by 2024. One was retrofitting or augmenting water supply to reach the left-out households in 4.19 lakh villages which had an …

Water-starved Villagers Dance on Rajasthan Streets to Celebrate Water Supply
3 years, 5 months ago

Water-starved Villagers Dance on Rajasthan Streets to Celebrate Water Supply

News 18  

Villagers in Rajasthan’s water-starved Barmer district broke into a dance after they got regular water connections. “It is a proud moment for me as my village has been included among the first five villages of Barmer to be served by the Jal Jeevan Mission,” Madanlal said. Under the Har Ghar Jal Scheme, launched by the newly formed Jal Shakti Ministry, …

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 …

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