Lok Sabha Question No. 4641 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-21
Subject: Tap Water Access under JJM
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Shri Karti P Chidambaram

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4641 ANSWERED ON 21.08.2025

## TAP WATER ACCESS UNDER JJM

## 4641.   SHRI KARTI P CHIDAMBARAM:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

the steps being taken at present to achieve the target of providing tap water to each household under the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) in the extended time of three years, till 2028?

## ANSWER

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

Since  August  2019,  Government  of  India  in  partnership  with  States  is  implementing  Jal  Jeevan Mission (JJM) - Har Ghar Jal to make provision of potable water to every rural household of the country through functional tap water connection.

At  the  time  of  announcement  of  Jal  Jeevan  Mission,  3.23  Crore  (17%)  rural  households  were reported to have tap water connections. So far, as reported by States/ UTs as on 18.08.2025, more than 12.45 Crore additional rural households have been provided with tap water connections. Thus, as on 18.08.2025, out of 19.36 Crore rural households, around 15.69 Crore (81.02%) households, are reported to have tap water supply in their homes.

To  achieve  100  per  cent  coverage  through  continued  implementation  of  mission  with  focus  on quality of infrastructure and Operation & Maintenance of rural piped water supply schemes for long term sustainability and citizen centric water service delivery, Hon'ble Finance Minister during her budget speech 2025-26 has announced extension of Jal Jeevan Mission until 2028 with enhanced total outlay. For smooth and expeditious implementation of Mission in 2025-26, an amount of Rs. 67,000 Crore is allocated as BE 2025-26.

A number of steps have been taken to plan and implement JJM in the whole country, with speed, inter  alia ,  including  joint  discussions  and  finalization  of  saturation  plans  and  annual  action  plans (AAP)  of  States / UTs, regular  review  of  implementation, workshops / conferences / webinars for

capacity  building,  training,  knowledge  sharing,  field  visits  by  multi-disciplinary  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  has  been  put  in  place.  Provision  has  also  been made for transparent  online  financial  management  through  Public  Financial  Management  System (PFMS).

Moreover,  aiming  at  Structural  Reforms  for  transforming  the  rural  water  supply  sector  from ' Department  based  approach ' to  ' service  delivery  approach ' inter alia including ' Source Sustenance ' signing of MoUs with States is also envisaged for sustainable and long-term operation & maintenance of rural piped water supply schemes through citizen centric service delivery.

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