It was launched in 2019 to provide Functional Household Tap Connections (FHTCs) to all rural households by 2024 with service level at the rate of 55 litres per capita per day.
Key Achievements
- Tap water coverage: Increased from 3.23 Crore to around 15 Crore households.
- 8 states and 3 Union Territories have achieved 100% coverage.
- 88.91% Schools and 85.08% Anganwadi centres nationwide receive tap water.
- 2.28 lakh villages and 190 districts achieved ‘Har Ghar Jal’ status.
About Jal Jeevan Mission
- Background: National Rural Drinking Water Programme was restructured and subsumed in JJM.
- Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Jal Shakti.
- Type: Centrally Sponsored Schemes.
- Women Empowerment: Mission mandates that half of the members of Village Water & Sanitation Committee/ Pani Samiti need to be women.
- Around 24.59 lakh women have been trained for testing water samples using Field Testing Kit (FTK) to ensure quality.