Gajendra Shekhawat at Isha Insight 2022: At USD 210 Billion, India’s investment In Water Sector To Be Highest In The World By 2024:
2 years, 3 months ago

Gajendra Shekhawat at Isha Insight 2022: At USD 210 Billion, India’s investment In Water Sector To Be Highest In The World By 2024:

ABP News  

New Delhi: Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, the Union Cabinet Minister in the Ministry of Jal Shakti, on Saturday said that India’s estimated investment in the water sector will be the highest in the world by 2024. @MoJSDoWRRDGR pic.twitter.com/Inpu0YdyxJ — Isha Leadership Academy November 26, 2022 Sadhguru appreciated the Mission's model of implementation and said, “I think the best part of the mission is - it is community-managed. Otherwise, with the government doing the service all the time, it will never reach till the last mile," says @SadhguruJV — Isha Leadership Academy November 26, 2022 According to the Jal Jeevan Mission dashboard, 16% of Indian Households in 2019 had access to tap water connection which has now grown to 54%. - @amelligeri, Chairman & CEO, @AequsPvtLtd pic.twitter.com/158AjpJy7p — Isha Leadership Academy November 26, 2022 When asked about his views on expanding semiconductor manufacturing in India, Aravind said he preferred directing investments in packaging and PCBAs, and other elements that would create more jobs rather than chasing the wafer manufacturing business.

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Budget 2025: Jal Jeevan Mission Extended to 2028 for Clean Water Access Nationwide
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Budget 2025: Jal Jeevan Mission Extended to 2028 for Clean Water Access Nationwide

ABP News  

The Indian government is introducing several urban reforms to boost economic growth and improve living standards across the country. Key focus areas include governance, municipal services, land management, and urban planning. Additionally, the Jal Jeevan Mission, which provides clean drinking water to households, will be extended until 2028, ensuring access to safe water for all. By investing in better governance, …

Why Union Budget 2025 should focus on community-driven approach to solve India’s water problems
2 months, 1 week ago

Why Union Budget 2025 should focus on community-driven approach to solve India’s water problems

Firstpost  

What would be ideal is if upcoming budget is a predominantly “green” one that aligns old and new programmes with climate action, finances the deployment of the latest eco-friendly technologies and strengthens the waste conservation ecosystem across the country India has more than a sixth of the world’s population but only 4 per cent of its water resources. Union Budget …

Hyderabad Water Supply Hits 1.3 Crore People, Plans for Future Growth
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Hyderabad Water Supply Hits 1.3 Crore People, Plans for Future Growth

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad:Water supply was expanded to new areas, including the Outer Ring Road, gated communities, villages and other places, the HMWS&SB stated in its year-end summation of its activities. In a statement, the board said it now serves around 1.3 crore people, supplying drinking water and treating the sewage. A key project approved this year was Phase-2 of the Godavari Drinking …

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

EAM Jaishankar inaugurates India-funded water and sanitation project in Maldives
7 months, 2 weeks ago

EAM Jaishankar inaugurates India-funded water and sanitation project in Maldives

Deccan Chronicle  

Male: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday handed over a major water and sanitation project worth USD 110 million to the Maldives, funded by India. Further, Jaishankar highlighted the challenges posed by climate change, particularly for small island developing states like the Maldives adding emphasized the importance of addressing freshwater resource availability and access. "It is also significant to …

150 million rural homes connected to tap water supply, West Bengal, Rajasthan lag
7 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
8 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 …

How water insecurity affects women
1 year ago

How water insecurity affects women

The Hindu  

March 22, 2024 01:46 am | Updated 01:46 am IST While India has made remarkable progress in expanding household access to water, the National Sample Survey 78th round multiple indicator survey suggests that over 41% of rural households lack access to safely managed drinking water within their households, and geographical disparities in household access to safe water, though declining, continue …

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

Urban Agenda | The whats, whys and hows of India's first city water management competition
1 year ago

Urban Agenda | The whats, whys and hows of India's first city water management competition

Hindustan Times  

Given how efficient water management is critical to over-populated, overheated, water-stressed urban areas, the Union government has initiated an ‘award and certification system’ to promote competition among states and cities to ensure water sources are well cared for, and citizens get access to clean drinking water. Launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in June 2015 as an extension or a …

Appliances may be graded for water efficiency on lines of star ratings for power consumption
1 year, 6 months ago

Appliances may be graded for water efficiency on lines of star ratings for power consumption

Hindustan Times  

Similar to the now ubiquitous sticker on appliances that carry a “star rating” to indicate energy efficiency, a variety of equipment could soon ship with similar star-ratings for water-use efficiency, helping consumers make a more environmentally friendly choice. A panel formed by the Centre to curb wastage of water across sectors has recommended to the Jal Shakti ministry a National …

India can avoid 400k deaths if Jal Jeevan Mission meets target: WHO report
1 year, 9 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, 10 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 …

India’s cities will be worst impacted by lack of water in coming decades, UN warns
2 years ago

India’s cities will be worst impacted by lack of water in coming decades, UN warns

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Between 1.7-2.4 billion people will suffer water scarcity by 2050 - around a billion more than already do so …

India's water scarcity expected to get more severe by 2050: UN Report
2 years ago

India's water scarcity expected to get more severe by 2050: UN Report

India TV News  

India is expected to be the most severely affected country by water scarcity by 2050, according to a report released by the United Nations. As per a report issued under the 'United Nations World Water Development Report 2023: partnerships and cooperation for water', around 80% of people living under water stress lived in Asia; in particular, northeast China, as well …

Not a pipe dream: On marquee schemes of the central government
2 years, 1 month 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
2 years, 1 month 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 …

India’s groundwater governance is in better shape
2 years, 1 month ago

India’s groundwater governance is in better shape

The Hindu  

Data show that India, with nearly 18% of the world’s population, occupies about 2.4% of the total geographical area and consumes 4% of total water resources. Groundwater is the backbone of India’s agriculture and drinking water security in rural and urban areas, meeting nearly 80% of the country’s drinking water and two-thirds of its irrigation needs. The fact that the …

Jal Jeevan mission provides tap water to 11 crore rural households
2 years, 1 month 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 …

Govt efforts alone cannot be successful, people\'s participation required: PM Modi
2 years, 2 months ago

Govt efforts alone cannot be successful, people\'s participation required: PM Modi

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday underlined the importance of people's participation in the efforts for water conservation and said the governments' attempts alone cannot be successful. The prime minister said he thinks that under the MGNREGA maximum work should be done on water as he called for spreading awareness among people for its conservation. Modi also urged …

Water should essentially be part of the development goal - News18
2 years, 3 months ago

Water should essentially be part of the development goal - News18

News 18  

Water shortage is a serious issue that is being faced in several metropolitan cities in India. In India, the initiative by NITI Aayog of bringing out a Composite Water Management Index was a step in this direction wherein the relevance of a comprehensive and integrated national dataset for water was created; this may in the long run improve the performance …

India’s investment in water sector to be highest in world by 2024: Union Minister Shekhawat at Isha Insight 2022
2 years, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 5 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, 5 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 …

India at 75 | Stepping back from an ecological abyss
2 years, 7 months ago

India at 75 | Stepping back from an ecological abyss

The Hindu  

Growing up in the 1970s and the early 1980s, many of us who were passionate about environmental issues were inspired by these and other movements. Ironically, a component of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of Aatmanirbhar Bharat is new coal mining in central India, displacing already self-reliant Adivasi communities and rendering them dependent on government and corporations. Indeed, India’s crafts …

Jal Jeevan Mission: How much of India has tap water access?
2 years, 9 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 …

New Tech Can Solve Age-Old Water Problems
2 years, 10 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 …

UP’s parched hamlet now dreams of running water
2 years, 11 months ago

UP’s parched hamlet now dreams of running water

Hindustan Times  

A little-known village in Uttar Pradesh’s Bundelkhand, one of India’s driest and poorest regions, reveals an India that has all but disappeared. If the state’s deadline for the job is met, parched homes in this Bundelkhand region should get water by September 2022. At roughly 47%, India is nearly halfway through the ambitious programme – Jal Jeevan Mission – to …

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

Water management needs a hydro-social approach
3 years ago

Water management needs a hydro-social approach

The Hindu  

The Global Water System Project, which was launched in 2003 as a joint initiative of the Earth System Science Partnership and Global Environmental Change programme, epitomises global concern about the human-induced transformation of fresh water and its impact on the earth system and society. Formally, it is: “to ensure safe drinking water and sanitation for all, focusing on the sustainable …

IIT Madras sets up centre to offer solutions to water woes
3 years, 1 month ago

IIT Madras sets up centre to offer solutions to water woes

The Hindu  

The Indian Institute of Technology Madras has set up an inter-disciplinary water management and policy centre called ‘AquaMAP’ aiming to provide smart solutions to challenging water problems. It proposes to address at least three chronic water issues and conduct pilot studies in six water innovation villages and towns that can be showcased as replicable models for water management and policy …

Jal Jeevan Mission: ₹9,544 cr of drinking water schemes approved in Jharkhand
3 years, 2 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 …

Finding a way out of India’s deepening water stress
3 years, 4 months ago

Finding a way out of India’s deepening water stress

The Hindu  

The complexity and scale of the water crisis in India calls for a locus specific response, that can galvanise and integrate the ongoing work of different Ministries and Departments through new configurations. In urban areas, 50%-60% of the water supply is drawn from groundwater sources, whereas the remaining is sourced from surface water resources such as rivers, often located afar, …

Har Ghar Jal mission: Despite Covid, 71 districts have tap water connections in each house
3 years, 8 months ago

Har Ghar Jal mission: Despite Covid, 71 districts have tap water connections in each house

India TV News  

Har Ghar Jal mission: Despite Covid, 71 districts have tap water connections in each house One lakh villages in the country are getting tap water while the work has been completed in 50,000 Gram Panchayats who are getting tap water now, Jal Jeevan Mission Director Bharat Lal said. Despite COVID and after 2 years of launching Har Ghar Jal mission, …

All 39 Lakh Rural Households in Chhattisgarh to Have Tap Water Connection by 2023: CM Baghel
3 years, 8 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 …

How India’s water mission is overcoming the challenge in the Northeast
3 years, 9 months ago

How India’s water mission is overcoming the challenge in the Northeast

Hindustan Times  

Sering, a small uphill village in Arunachal Pradesh’s Kamle district, home to the ethnic Nyishi tribe, seems like a relic from a lost century. The piped water facilities for the village was created under the flagship Jal Jeevan Mission, a programme to provide drinking water to every rural household by 2024. “In hilly areas, the challenge is to create gravity-based …

Inside India’s new plan to deliver water
3 years, 10 months ago

Inside India’s new plan to deliver water

Hindustan Times  

A few years ago, many scholars were drawn to a curious social phenomenon in Denganmal, a parched hamlet in Maharashtra. Nearly 820 million people in 12 major river basins of the country face “high to extreme” water stress. The emerging crisis Many Indian regions are hurtling towards Day-Zero conditions, when taps and tube wells will simply run dry, according to …

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

Rural women to help monitor tap water quality
4 years, 2 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 …

HT Environment Conclave: Govt to train village women to test water quality
4 years, 2 months ago

HT Environment Conclave: Govt to train village women to test water quality

Hindustan Times  

The Union government will train five women from every village to test the quality of water at nominal charges as part of the ambitious Jal Jeevan mission, Jal Shakti minister Gajendra Shekhawat said on Friday, delivering the keynote address at the Hindustan Times Environment Conclave. The government will put up inexpensive water-quality testing infrastructure accessible to every village to achieve …

Gajendra Shekhawat Joins Asia-Pacific Ministers at FMs' Meeting 2020 to Discuss Water-related Issues
4 years, 3 months ago

Gajendra Shekhawat Joins Asia-Pacific Ministers at FMs' Meeting 2020 to Discuss Water-related Issues

News 18  

Finance and sectoral ministers across Asia and Pacific region, including India’s Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, met on Wednesday at the Finance Ministers’ Meeting. Ministers met to discuss topics such as better utilisation of existing financial capital as well as means of attracting additional resources for the water, sanitation and hygiene sector. The Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting …

Bihar top among central states in providing tap water to rural population
4 years, 5 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, 5 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 …

Without clean water, fighting diseases is a pipe dream
5 years ago

Without clean water, fighting diseases is a pipe dream

Hindustan Times  

Today is World Water Day. Second, there’s an express need to invest more in water conservation efforts to ensure long-term availability of the resource, given its indiscriminate use and the larger context of the climate crisis. A 2017 World Bank report said about 160 million of the country’s 1.3 billion people don’t have access to clean water and that 21% …

Budget 2020: Govt to spend Rs 2.83 lakh cr on agriculture sector to lift wobbly economy; fiscal deficit to widen to 3.8% this fiscal
5 years, 1 month ago

Budget 2020: Govt to spend Rs 2.83 lakh cr on agriculture sector to lift wobbly economy; fiscal deficit to widen to 3.8% this fiscal

Firstpost  

Agriculture accounts for 15 percent of India’s gross domestic and a source of livelihood for more than half of the country’s 1.3 billion population. New Delhi: India’s government said on Saturday it would inject nearly $40 billion into the sprawling farm sector and billions more into a federal water scheme to get broader economic growth back up from its lowest …

Piped water to be Modi 2.0 priority, the blueprint is in place
5 years, 7 months ago

Piped water to be Modi 2.0 priority, the blueprint is in place

Hindustan Times  

What toilets were to the Narendra Modi government in 2014 — the symbol of a nationwide crusade to end open defecation and build a cleaner India — piped potable water could well be for Modi 2.0. Only 18% of households in the countryside now have piped water supply, and the Bharatiya Janata Party -led National Democratic Alliance government is aiming …

As India stares at water crisis, FM Sitharaman promises water to all rural households by 2024
5 years, 8 months ago

As India stares at water crisis, FM Sitharaman promises water to all rural households by 2024

India Today  

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the Jal Shakti Ministry will work with all states to provide water to all rural households by 2024 under the 'Jal Jeevan Mission.' Jal Shakti Ministry Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman: This new Ministry will look at the mgmt of our water resources & water supply in an integrated & holistic manner and …

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