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Cover Story Sankalp Yatra of New India

WATER FROM EVERY TAP

A DREAM REALISED

45 During the Amritkaal of independence, water
security has been given special emphasis for
the last 8 years so that water security does not
become a challenge in front of India's progress.
Be it Catch the Rain, Atal Bhujal Yojana,
construction of 75 Amrit Sarovars in every
district of the country, interlinking of rivers, or
Jal Jeevan Mission, the goal of all these is water
security for the people of the country.
—Narendra Modi, Prime Minister.

During his second term, Prime Minister Narendra
n
Modi formed a new Jalshakti Ministry, which
consolidated all water-related issues.
When we pledged to provide water in every home
n
by 2024 on August 15, 2019, only three and a
half crore rural households had clean drinking
water from the tap during the seven decades of
3.60 Target of tap water n With PM Modi's decision and achievement of the
independence.

lakh crore rupees are to 19.14 crore target, the monitoring formula resulted in 6.90
households will
being spent on the be completed by crore new connections and 10.1 crore tap water
ongoing campaign for 2024. connections in just three years. Every home in
the plan. Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Daman Dweep
has also been water-certified.
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SKILL DEVELOPMENT:… OVER 5.70 CRORES TRAINED

After the formation of the n Agreement with 8 countries including Japan, Australia, Russia, and
Ministry of Skill Development and Finland for cooperation in the field of vocational education and skill
Entrepreneurship in the year 2014, development.
the Skill Development Mission was n The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 envisages curriculum
launched on July 15, 2015 with the integration of essential subjects and skills in all schools and higher
objective of making India the Skill education institutions in a phased manner to provide necessary
Capital of the World. More than vocational skills for a variety of occupations along with awareness about
20 Ministries and Departments the benefits of vocational education. Ministry of Skill Development and
are implementing more than 40 Entrepreneurship has prepared a vision for Amrit Kaal i.e. India @ 2047.
schemes across India as part of
the Mission. 5.70 crore people, The mantra to stay relevant in the rapidly changing
including more than one crore business environment and market conditions is to
youth, have been trained till March skill, re-skill, and upskill.
31, 2021. - Narendra Modi, Prime Minister

46 New India Samachar September 16-30, 2022