Lok Sabha Question No. 2403 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-13
Subject: Funds under Jal Jeevan Mission
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Shri Sanatan Pandey

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2403 ANSWERED ON 13.03.2025

## FUNDS UNDER JAL JEEVAN MISSION

## †2403. SHRI SANATAN PANDEY:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a)   the  total  budget  allocation  under  the  Jal  Jeevan  Mission  along  with  the  amount  of  funds spent/unspent and the work completed/pending so far; and
- (b)  the details of the companies awarded contracts under the Jal Jeevan Mission?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI (SHRI V. SOMANNA)

(a) To make provision of tap water supply to every rural household across the country, Government of India in partnership with States, is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) - Har Ghar Jal since August, 2019.

At the start the Mission, only 3.23 Crore (16.7%) rural households were reported to have tap water connections. So far, as reported by States/ UTs as on 06.03.2025, under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) Har  Ghar  Jal  around  12.28  Crore  additional  rural  households  have  been  provided  with  tap  water connections. Thus, as on 06.03.2025, out of 19.36 Crore rural households in the country, more than 15.51 Crore (80.07%) households are reported to have tap water supply in their homes and works for the remaining 3.85 Crore households are at various stages of completion as per saturation plan of the respective State/ UT.

The initial estimated outlay of the Mission was Rs. 3.60 lakh Crore, out of which Central share was Rs. 2.08 lakh Crore. Almost entire Central share approved by the Cabinet has been utilized. Details are as under:

(Amount Rs. in Crores)

| Year        | Budgetary allocation (Central)   | Fund utilized (Central)   | Expenditure (Central +State) as per PFMS   |
|-------------|----------------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| 2019-20     | 10,000                           | 10,000                    | 10,074                                     |
| 2020-21     | 11,000                           | 11,000                    | 20,450                                     |
| 2021-22     | 45,011                           | 40,126                    | 43,552                                     |
| 2022-23     | 55,000                           | 54,840                    | 92,340                                     |
| 2023-24     | 70,000                           | 69,992                    | 155,979                                    |
| 2024-25#    | 22,694                           | 21,980                    | 72,892                                     |
| Grand Total | 2,13,705*                        | 2,07,938                  | 3,95,287                                   |

#: As on 10.03.2025

Further, Hon'ble Finance Minister during her budget speech 2025- 26 has announced extension of Jal Jeevan Mission until 2028 with an enhanced total outlay.

- (b)  Drinking  Water  being  a  State  subject,  States  have  been  empowered  to  plan,  design,  approve, implement  and  operate  and  maintain  drinking  water  supply  schemes.  Government  of  India supplements the efforts of the States by providing technical and financial assistance. As such details of individual projects/ schemes which inter alia include number and names of companies involved in the implementation of rural water supply projects are not maintained at the Government of India level.

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Source: IMIS/ PFMS