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Cover Story

Years
of Vikas Yatra

Jal Jeevan Mission

million additional rural households
`2 Lakh 126.1 have been provided with tap water
connections as of May 13, 2026.

At the launch of the mission in 2019, only 32.3 million
life insurance in the event of (16.7%) rural households possessed a tap water
connection.
death due to any cause under
the Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti 15.85 crore households—out of the country’s
Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) has over 19.36 crore rural households—are
27.33 Crore enrollments. receiving tap water connections in their
homes as of May 13, 2026.

n The Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana n On March 10, 2026, the Union Cabinet approved the
(PMSBY) offers insurance coverage of ₹200,000 extension of the duration of the Jal Jeevan Mission
for death or permanent total disability caused by (JJM) until December 2028.
an accident, and ₹100,000 for permanent partial
disability. It has recorded 57.92 Crore enrollments.
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Over million

enrollments have been
recorded under the Atal
Pension Yojana (APY),
aimed at providing a
monthly pension
to eligible
subscribers.

n Under the *Stand-Up India* scheme, 275,000 loans I never tire of hard work;
amounting to ₹62790 Crore have been sanctioned rather, the smile that my efforts
to entrepreneurs from Scheduled Castes (SC), bring to the faces of the poor
Scheduled Tribes (ST), and women, enabling
them to establish Greenfield projects across the fills me with a profound sense
manufacturing, trading, services, and agriculture- of satisfaction.
allied sectors.

n A robust financial inclusion platform, known as the Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
‘Jan Dhan-Aadhaar-Mobile’ (JAM) trinity, has been
established, linking Jan Dhan accounts with mobile
numbers and Aadhaar identities.
n PM SVANidhi Scheme – From its inception up to
April 15, 2026, loans were disbursed to 74.90 Crore
street vendors under this scheme.

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