Jal Jeevan Mission Subject :Government Schemes Context: The Jal Shakti Ministry on Wednesday tweeted that the government had provided 11 crore rural households with a tap water connection Mission Jal Jeevan Mission is to assist, empower and facilitate: States/ UTs in planning of participatory rural water supply strategy for ensuring potable drinking water security on long-term basis to every rural household and public institution, viz. GP building, School, Anganwadi centre, Health […]
Jal Jeevan Mission Topic: Governance Context: According to the latest data by the Ministry of Jal Shakti, less than half of the rural households in India have access to Piped Water Supply (PWS). Concept: Jal Jeevan Mission (2019) JJM was the revamped 2009 scheme of the National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) Goal: […]
Jal Jeevan Mission Subject – Governance Context – ‘5 cr. houses given water connections’ Concept – The Prime Minister launched the Jal Jeevan Mission app for improving awareness among stakeholders and for greater transparency and accountability of schemes under the mission. He also launched the Rashtriya Jal JeevanKosh, where any individual, institution or […]
Jal Jeevan Mission Subject – Governance Context – In the two years since the ambitious Jal Jeevan Mission was launched by the Modi government, Bihar has performed the best in providing rural tap water connections. The state has gone from being among the bottom five in terms of rural tap water supply (with […]
Subject: Schemes Context Under the Centre’s flagship, Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) more than a lakh rural households are being provided with fresh water taps each day since the beginning of the unlock period starting on 1 June. Concept: Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) envisages supply of 55 litres of water per person per day to every rural household through […]