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Flagship Scheme
Jal Jeevan Mission

ABOUT JAL JEEVAN MISSION

l The Mission was launched in August, 2019
l In seven months of 2019-20, around 84.83 Lakh rural
households were provided with tap connections
l A dashboard indicating the progress of the Mission up
to the district level has been created and is available on
Ministry’s website
l After the Mission came into being, States were requested
to undertake a revalidation exercise of baseline data.
The exercise revealed that rural India has over 19 Crore
households of which only 3.23 Crore households had tap
connections. The remaining 15.81 Crore households are to
be provided with tap connections
l The aim of the Mission is to provide Functional Household
Tap Connection to every rural household
l Ensuring functionality of water supply systems is the focus
l Priority is given to saturating villages in waterscarce and
water-quality affected areas, aspirational districts, SC/
ST majority villages/ habitations, villages coming under
Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojna, Particularly Vulnerable Tribal
Groups, etc
l Special focus is given to the districts affected with
Japanese Encephalitis/ Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (JE/
AES) which is one of the reasons behind infant mortality in
the affected districts
l As on date, 3.01 Crore households are there in 61 JE /
AES endemic districts of five states -- Assam, Bihar, Tamil
Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Out of this, 27.32
Lakh (9%) households have FHTCs and remaining 2.74
Crore households (91%) are to be provided with FHTCs
under JJM

In 2019-20, Rs 10,000 Crore was allocated for the
Mission and during 2020-21, a provision of Rs 23,500
Crore was made for it. In the past one year, about 2.20
Crore rural households were provided tap connections.

100-DAY CAMPAIGN TO ENSURE PIPED WATER IN
SCHOOLS AND ANGANWADI CENTRES
To take care of the future of the nation by ensuring
safe water to children is the priority of the Government
as they are most vulnerable to water-borne diseases.
Therefore, provisions have been made under Jal Jeevan
Mission for ensuring safe water through tap water

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