Lok Sabha Question No. 2631 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-17
Subject: Status of Jal Jeevan Mission
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: S. Muniswamy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

## DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2631 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.03.2022

## STATUS OF JAL JEEVAN MISSION

## 2631. SHRI S. MUNISWAMY:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) the current status of Jal Jeevan mission across the country as on date;

(b) the details of the number of household connections provided till date in the country and in the State of Karnataka specifically;

(c) the measures taken to cover every household in the country and the time-frame set for the same; and

(d) the name of State currently leading in the number of new tap water connections?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI (SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

(a),  (b)  &  (d)  Since  August  2019,  Government  of  India  in  partnership  with  States,  is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) - Har Ghar Jal to make provision of tap water supply to  every  rural  household  by  2024.  At  the  time  of  announcement  of  Jal  Jeevan  Mission,  3.24 Crore (17%) households  were  reported to  have  tap  water  connections.  Since  then,  tap  water connections have been provided to additional 5.96 Crore (30.83%) rural households. Thus, as of 14.03.2022, out of 19.32 Crore rural households in the country, provision of tap water supply has  been  made  to  9.19  Crore  (47.58%)  households.  The  State/  UT-wise  details  of  rural households (including ranking) with provision of tap water supply, including that of Karnataka, is in public domain on JJM Dashboard and can be accessed at:

## https://ejalshakti.gov.in/jjmreport/JJMIndia.aspx

(c) A number of steps have been taken to plan and implement Jal Jeevan Mission in the whole country with speed and scale, inter alia joint discussion and finalization of saturation plan and annual  action  plan  (AAP)  of  States/  UTs,  regular  review  of  implementation,  workshops/ conferences/ webinars for capacity building, training, knowledge sharing, field visits by multidisciplinary  team  to  provide  technical  support,  etc.  A  detailed  Operational  Guideline  for  the implementation of JJM; Margdarshika for Gram Panchayats & VWSCs to provide safe drinking water in rural households and Guidelines on a special campaign to provide piped water supply in anganwadi centres, ashramshalas and schools have been shared with States/ UTs to facilitate planning  and  implementation  of  Jal  Jeevan  Mission.  For  online  monitoring,  JJM-Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) and JJM-Dashboard have been put in place. Provision has  also  been  made  for  transparent  online  financial  management  through  Public  Financial Management System (PFMS).

Year-wise timelines finalized by States/ UTs for making provision of tap water supply to every rural household are as under:

| 2020   | 2021                                                                     | 2022                                                                                               | 2023                                                                                               | 2024                                                                                  |
|--------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Goa    | Telangana Bihar Puducherry A&NIslands Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | Gujarat Himachal Pradesh Haryana Uttarakhand Ladakh Manipur Meghalaya Punjab Sikkim Jammu &Kashmir | Arunachal Pradesh Chhattisgarh Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Mizoram Nagaland Tamil Nadu Tripura | Assam Andhra Pradesh Jharkhand Maharashtra Odisha Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh West Bengal |

In Goa, Telangana, Haryana, Puducherry, A & N Islands, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, provision of tap water supply to all rural households, has been made.

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