Jal Jeevan Mission

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• India has achieved the milestone of 50 per cent of rural households having access to tap water connections under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM).
  • The Mission aims to ensure tap water supply or ‘Har Ghar Jal’ to all rural households by 2024.

Jal Jeevan Mission

• About: 
  • The Mission is envisioned to provide safe and adequate drinking water through individual household tap connections by 2024 to all households in rural India. 
• Focus Areas: The programme also focuses on:
  • recharge and reuse through grey water management
  • water conservation
  • rain water harvesting
• Community based programme: 
  • The Jal Jeevan Mission will be based on a community approach to water and will include extensive Information, Education and communication as a key component of the mission.
  • It aims to create a Jan Andolan for water, thereby making it everyone’s priority.
• Launched: The Mission was launched on August 15, 2019.
• Concerned Ministry: It comes under the Ministry of Jal Shakti.
• Funding Pattern: The fund sharing pattern between the Centre and states is: 
  • 90:10 for Himalayan and North-Eastern States
  • 50:50 for other states
  • 100% for Union Territories.
• Objectives
  • It aims to assist, empower and facilitate States and UTs in:
  • Planning of participatory rural water supply strategy for ensuring potable drinking water security on a long-term basis to every rural household and public institution.
  • Creating water supply infrastructure so that every rural household has Functional Tap Connection (FHTC) by 2024 and water in adequate quantity of prescribed quality.
• Ensuring drinking water security.

Source: PIB