Lok Sabha Question No. 1867 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-11
Subject: Impact of Jal Jeevan Mission
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab, Shri Mahesh Kashyap, Shri Chandra Prakash Choudhary, Shri Dineshbhai Makwana, Dr. Nishikant Dubey, Shri Bibhu Prasad Tarai, Shri Rajkumar Chahar, Shri Chavda Vinod Lakhamshi, Shri Praveen Patel, Shri Jashubhai Bhilubhai Rathva, Shri Satish Kumar Gautam, Shri Ganesh Singh, Shri Alok Sharma, Shri Mahendra Singh Solanky, Dr. Hemant Vishnu Savara, Smt. Smita Uday Wagh, Shri Dilip Saikia, Shri Tejasvi Surya, Dr. K Sudhakar, Smt. Himadri Singh, Dr. Rajesh Mishra, Shri Vijay Kumar Dubey, Dr. Hemang Joshi, Shri Vijay Baghel, Shri Manish Jaiswal, Shri Suresh Kumar Kashyap, Shri Avimanyu Sethi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

## DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1867

ANSWERED ON 11.12.2025

## IMPACT OF JAL JEEVAN MISSION

†1867. SHRI CHAVDA VINOD LAKHAMSHI:

SHRI PRAVEEN PATEL:

SHRI JASHUBHAI BHILUBHAI RATHVA:

SHRI SATISH KUMAR GAUTAM:

SHRI GANESH SINGH:

SHRI ALOK SHARMA:

SHRI MAHENDRA SINGH SOLANKY:

DR. HEMANT VISHNU SAVARA:

SMT. SMITA UDAY WAGH:

SHRI DILIP SAIKIA:

SHRI TEJASVI SURYA:

DR. K SUDHAKAR:

SMT. HIMADRI SINGH:

DR. RAJESH MISHRA:

SHRI VIJAY KUMAR DUBEY:

DR. HEMANG JOSHI:

SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL:

SHRI MANISH JAISWAL:

SHRI SURESH KUMAR KASHYAP:

SHRI AVIMANYU SETHI:

SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB:

SHRI MAHESH KASHYAP:

SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH CHOUDHARY:

SHRI DINESHBHAI MAKWANA:

DR. NISHIKANT DUBEY:

SHRI BIBHU PRASAD TARAI:

SHRI RAJKUMAR CHAHAR:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  implementation  of  Jal  Jeevan  Mission  (JJM)  has  resulted  in  providing  piped drinking water to the rural households in the country and if so, the details and outcomes thereof, State-wise, particularly in Jalgaon Lok Sabha Constituency of Maharashtra;
- (b) the progress made till 2024 towards achieving the target of providing piped water to all along with the present status of coverage across the country, State-wise, particularly in Palghar district

and Jalgaon Lok Sabha Constituency of Maharashtra, Chikkaballapur Lok Sabha Constituency of Karnataka and Shahdol and Sidhi Lok Sabha Constituencies of Madhya Pradesh;

(c)  the  measures  taken  by  the  Government  for  operation  and  maintenance  of  infrastructure, community participation and ensuring financial feasibility to maintain stability and consistency of the water supply schemes implemented under JJM in the country including Jharkhand, particularly in Hazaribagh and Ramgarh districts;

(d)  the  initiatives  taken  by  the  Government  to  improve  the  quality  of  potable  water  including treating effluent water sources and providing water testing laboratories and field testing facilities in rural areas of the country including Dewas-Shajapur, Madhya Pradesh, districts under Shimla Lok Sabha Constituency, Himachal Pradesh and Cuttack, Odisha;

(e)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  of  challenges  such  as  delay  in  project  implementation, execution, administrative bottlenecks and technical constraints under JJM and if so, the steps taken to address the same; and

(f)  the  details  of  the  works  sanctioned  and  completed till  date under JJM  in  Palghar district  of Maharashtra along with the funds sanctioned and allocated till date and the time by which the works under JJM are likely to be completed in Sidhi Lok Sabha Constituency?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

## (SHRI V. SOMANNA)

(a) & (b) Significant progress has been made in the country since the launch of Jal Jeevan Mission, towards enhancing access to tap water to rural households. At the start of Jal Jeevan Mission in August  2019,  only  3.23  Crore  (16.71%)  rural  households  were  reported  to  have  tap  water connections. So far, as reported by States/UTs, more than 12.52 crore additional rural households have been provided with tap water connections under JJM. Thus, as on 08.12.2025, out of 19.36 crore rural households in the country, more than 15.75 crore (81.40%) households are reported to have tap water supply in their homes. The state-wise and district-wise details of tap connections is in public domain and may be accessed at below link:

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

The state-wise details of tap water connection provided under JJM till 2024 along with current status as on 08.12.2025 is at Annexure-I . The district-wise details of tap water connection provided under JJM for Jalgaon, Palghar, Chikkaballapur, Shahdol and Sidhi Lok Sabha Constituency is at Annexure-II.

(c) For the regular Operations and Maintenance (O&M) of water supply schemes, all States/UTs have been advised to put in place comprehensive O&M Policy with a provision for handing over of schemes to GPs/ VWSCs, empowering them to levy user charges, engaging women SHGs for the collection of user charges. It has also been advised to utilize tied grant for water and sanitation under 15th Finance Commission for the purpose of O&M of the water supple schemes. In case of

shortfall, the States/ UTs shall make adequate budgetary provisions to ensure that all the assets created under JJM are maintained properly.

(d)  The following mechanism are in place under JJM to ensure quality of piped water supplied to households, including regular testing for contaminants:

i)  Under  Jal  Jeevan  Mission,  as  per  existing  guidelines,  Bureau  of  Indian  Standards' BIS:10500 standards are adopted as benchmarks for quality of water being supplied through the piped water supply schemes.

ii) To enable States/ UTs to test water samples for water quality, and for sample collection, reporting,  monitoring  and  surveillance  of  drinking  water  sources,  an  online  JJM-Water Quality Management Information System (WQMIS) portal has been developed. The Statewise details of water quality test reported through WQMIS are available in public domain and can be accessed at:

## https://ejalshakti.gov.in/WQMIS/Main/report

iii)  As  per  the  Operational  Guidelines,  States/  UTs  can  utilize  up  to  2%  of  their  annual allocation  of  funds  under  JJM  for  Water  Quality  Monitoring  &  Surveillance  (WQM&S) activities,  which inter-alia includes setting up and strengthening of water quality testing laboratories, procurement of equipment, instruments, chemicals, glassware, consumables, hiring  of  skilled  manpower,  surveillance  by  community  using  field  test  kits  (FTKs), awareness generation, educational programmes on water quality, accreditation/recognition of laboratories, etc.

iv) In order to empower the communities to monitor the water quality, States/ UTs have also been advised to identify and train 5 persons, preferably women, in every village to conduct water quality testing using Field Testing Kits (FTKs)/ bacteriological vials at village level and report the same on the WQMIS portal.

(e) To expedite the planning and implementation, as well as monitoring and handhold States/ UTs, Government of India has taken number of steps to plan and implement JJM in the whole country which inter alia includes discussion and finalization of annual action plan (AAP) in consultation with  States/  UTs,  regular  review  of  planning  and  implementation,  workshops/  conferences/ webinars for capacity building and knowledge sharing, field visits by multi-disciplinary team to provide technical support, etc.

(f) Drinking water is a State subject. The power to plan, design, approve and implement drinking water supply schemes/projects lies with State Government. Government of India supplements the efforts of the States by providing technical and financial assistance. The district-wise details of fund sanctioned, details of individual projects/ schemes for rural water supply are not maintained at the Government of India level.

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Annexure-I

Annexure as referred to in the reply of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1867 for reply on 11.12.2025 (Number in lakhs)

| S. No.   | State/UT          | Total rural HHs   | Rural HHs with tap water connection as on 15.8.2019   | Rural HHs with tap water connection as on 15.8.2019   | Rural HHs with tap water supply as on 01.04.2024   | Rural HHs with tap water supply as on 01.04.2024   | Rural HHs with tap water supply as on 08.12.2025   | Rural HHs with tap water supply as on 08.12.2025   |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.   | State/UT          | Total rural HHs   | No.                                                   | in%                                                   | No.                                                | in%                                                | No.                                                | in%                                                |
| 1        | A&N Islands       | 0.62              | 0.29                                                  | 46.02                                                 | 0.62                                               | 100.00                                             | 0.62                                               | 100.00                                             |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh    | 95.53             | 30.74                                                 | 32.18                                                 | 70.04                                              | 73.32                                              | 71.13                                              | 74.45                                              |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh | 2.29              | 0.23                                                  | 9.97                                                  | 2.29                                               | 100.00                                             | 2.29                                               | 100.00                                             |
| 4        | Assam             | 72.24             | 1.11                                                  | 1.54                                                  | 54.90                                              | 75.99                                              | 58.99                                              | 81.65                                              |
| 5        | Bihar             | 167.55            | 3.16                                                  | 1.89                                                  | 160.35                                             | 95.70                                              | 160.36                                             | 95.71                                              |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh      | 49.98             | 3.20                                                  | 6.40                                                  | 38.97                                              | 77.97                                              | 40.82                                              | 81.67                                              |
| 7        | DNH&DD            | 0.85              | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.85                                               | 100.00                                             | 0.85                                               | 100.00                                             |
| 8        | Goa               | 2.64              | 1.99                                                  | 75.44                                                 | 2.63                                               | 99.65                                              | 2.64                                               | 100.00                                             |
| 9        | Gujarat           | 91.18             | 65.16                                                 | 71.46                                                 | 91.18                                              | 100.00                                             | 91.18                                              | 100.00                                             |
| 10       | Haryana           | 30.41             | 17.66                                                 | 58.08                                                 | 30.41                                              | 100.00                                             | 30.41                                              | 100.00                                             |
| 11       | Himachal Pradesh  | 17.09             | 7.63                                                  | 44.64                                                 | 17.09                                              | 100.00                                             | 17.09                                              | 100.00                                             |
| 12       | Jammu &Kashmir    | 19.26             | 5.75                                                  | 29.89                                                 | 14.44                                              | 74.96                                              | 15.64                                              | 81.22                                              |
| 13       | Jharkhand         | 62.53             | 3.45                                                  | 5.52                                                  | 32.29                                              | 51.63                                              | 34.45                                              | 55.09                                              |
| 14       | Karnataka         | 101.31            | 24.51                                                 | 24.20                                                 | 76.66                                              | 75.67                                              | 87.54                                              | 86.41                                              |
| 15       | Kerala            | 70.77             | 16.64                                                 | 23.51                                                 | 37.14                                              | 52.48                                              | 38.76                                              | 54.77                                              |
| 16       | Ladakh            | 0.41              | 0.01                                                  | 3.48                                                  | 0.38                                               | 92.84                                              | 0.40                                               | 97.60                                              |
| 17       | Lakshadweep       | 0.13              | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.11                                               | 81.05                                              | 0.12                                               | 91.45                                              |
| 18       | Madhya Pradesh    | 111.48            | 13.53                                                 | 12.14                                                 | 68.69                                              | 61.62                                              | 81.02                                              | 72.67                                              |
| 19       | Maharashtra       | 146.78            | 48.44                                                 | 33.00                                                 | 125.01                                             | 85.17                                              | 132.40                                             | 90.20                                              |
| 20       | Manipur           | 4.52              | 0.26                                                  | 5.74                                                  | 3.53                                               | 78.18                                              | 3.59                                               | 79.60                                              |
| 21       | Meghalaya         | 6.51              | 0.05                                                  | 0.70                                                  | 4.99                                               | 76.60                                              | 5.42                                               | 83.26                                              |
| 22       | Mizoram           | 1.33              | 0.09                                                  | 6.91                                                  | 1.33                                               | 100.00                                             | 1.33                                               | 100.00                                             |
| 23       | Nagaland          | 3.64              | 0.14                                                  | 3.82                                                  | 3.18                                               | 87.31                                              | 3.42                                               | 93.94                                              |
| 24       | Odisha            | 88.65             | 3.11                                                  | 3.51                                                  | 64.71                                              | 72.99                                              | 68.38                                              | 77.14                                              |
| 25       | Puducherry        | 1.15              | 0.94                                                  | 81.33                                                 | 1.15                                               | 100.00                                             | 1.15                                               | 100.00                                             |
| 26       | Punjab            | 34.27             | 16.79                                                 | 48.98                                                 | 34.18                                              | 99.74                                              | 34.27                                              | 100.00                                             |
| 27       | Rajasthan         | 107.74            | 11.74                                                 | 10.90                                                 | 51.02                                              | 47.35                                              | 62.06                                              | 57.60                                              |
| 28       | Sikkim            | 1.33              | 0.70                                                  | 52.97                                                 | 1.18                                               | 88.80                                              | 1.22                                               | 92.09                                              |
| 29       | Tamil Nadu        | 125.26            | 21.76                                                 | 17.37                                                 | 102.54                                             | 81.86                                              | 111.96                                             | 89.38                                              |
| 30       | Telangana         | 53.98             | 15.68                                                 | 29.05                                                 | 53.98                                              | 100.00                                             | 53.98                                              | 100.00                                             |
| 31       | Tripura           | 7.51              | 0.25                                                  | 3.26                                                  | 5.91                                               | 78.67                                              | 6.47                                               | 86.23                                              |
| 32       | Uttar Pradesh     | 267.21            | 5.16                                                  | 1.93                                                  | 215.18                                             | 80.53                                              | 242.75                                             | 90.85                                              |
| 33       | Uttarakhand       | 14.49             | 1.30                                                  | 9.00                                                  | 13.65                                              | 94.21                                              | 14.16                                              | 97.78                                              |
|          | West Bengal       | 175.52            | 2.15                                                  | 1.22                                                  | 81.66                                              | 46.52                                              | 99.09                                              | 56.45                                              |
| 34       |                   | 1,936.16          | 323.63                                                | 16.71                                                 | 1462.22                                            | 75.52                                              | 1575.98                                            | 81.40                                              |

Source: JJM - IMIS

HH: Household

Annexure-II

Annexure as referred to in the reply of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1867 for reply on 11.12.2025

(HH in Nos)

| State                           | District                        | Total rural HHs                 | Rural HHs with tap water connection as on 15.8.2019   | Rural HHs with tap water connection as on 15.8.2019   | Rural HHs with tap water supply as on 08.12.2025   | Rural HHs with tap water supply as on 08.12.2025   |
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|                                 |                                 |                                 | No.                                                   | in%                                                   | No.                                                | in%                                                |
| LS Constituency: Jalgaon        | LS Constituency: Jalgaon        | LS Constituency: Jalgaon        | LS Constituency: Jalgaon                              | LS Constituency: Jalgaon                              | LS Constituency: Jalgaon                           | LS Constituency: Jalgaon                           |
| Maharashtra                     | Jalgaon                         | 6,90,913                        | 3,97,945                                              | 57.60                                                 | 6,90,791                                           | 99.98                                              |
| LS Constituency: Palghar        | LS Constituency: Palghar        | LS Constituency: Palghar        | LS Constituency: Palghar                              | LS Constituency: Palghar                              | LS Constituency: Palghar                           | LS Constituency: Palghar                           |
| Maharashtra                     | Palghar                         | 4,52,043                        | 41,349                                                | 9.15                                                  | 3,17,848                                           | 70.31                                              |
| LS Constituency: Chikkaballapur | LS Constituency: Chikkaballapur | LS Constituency: Chikkaballapur | LS Constituency: Chikkaballapur                       | LS Constituency: Chikkaballapur                       | LS Constituency: Chikkaballapur                    | LS Constituency: Chikkaballapur                    |
| Karnataka                       | Chikkaballapur                  | 2,47,536                        | 45,961                                                | 18.57                                                 | 1,99,302                                           | 80.51                                              |
| Karnataka                       | Bengaluru Rural                 | 2,08,818                        | 32,602                                                | 15.61                                                 | 1,76,373                                           | 84.46                                              |
| Karnataka                       | Bengaluru Urban                 | 3,17,618                        | 61,233                                                | 19.28                                                 | 2,12,138                                           | 66.79                                              |
| LS Constituency: Shahdol        | LS Constituency: Shahdol        | LS Constituency: Shahdol        | LS Constituency: Shahdol                              | LS Constituency: Shahdol                              | LS Constituency: Shahdol                           | LS Constituency: Shahdol                           |
| Madhya Pradesh                  | Anuppur                         | 1,25,191                        | 11,362                                                | 9.08                                                  | 1,07,949                                           | 86.23                                              |
| Madhya Pradesh                  | Shahdol                         | 2,02,130                        | 12,990                                                | 6.43                                                  | 1,53,775                                           | 76.08                                              |
| Madhya Pradesh                  | Umaria                          | 1,02,948                        | 7,486                                                 | 7.27                                                  | 83,840                                             | 81.44                                              |
| Madhya Pradesh                  | Katni                           | 2,13,570                        | 25,246                                                | 11.82                                                 | 1,83,054                                           | 85.71                                              |
| LS Constituency: Sidhi          | LS Constituency: Sidhi          | LS Constituency: Sidhi          | LS Constituency: Sidhi                                | LS Constituency: Sidhi                                | LS Constituency: Sidhi                             | LS Constituency: Sidhi                             |
| Madhya Pradesh                  | Sidhi                           | 1,92,464                        | 17,446                                                | 9.06                                                  | 95,312                                             | 49.52                                              |
| Madhya Pradesh                  | Singrauli                       | 1,60,730                        | 2,015                                                 | 1.25                                                  | 61,803                                             | 38.45                                              |
| Madhya Pradesh                  | Shahdol                         | 2,02,130                        | 12,990                                                | 6.43                                                  | 1,53,775                                           | 76.08                                              |

Source: JJM - IMIS

HH: Household