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Jal Jeevan Mission<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

\nWith \u20b92.08 Lakh Crore central outlay, Delivering Tap Water to Over 15.72 Crore Rural Households<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Posted On: 26 OCT 2025 10:38AM by PIB Delhi<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Key Takeaways<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
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  • Over\u00a015.72 crore rural households\u00a0now have access to safe tap water.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  • At the launch of Mission (2019), only\u00a03.23 crore households\u00a0had access to tap water. Since then,\u00a012.48 crore additional households\u00a0connected, marking one of India\u2019s fastest infrastructure expansions. \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  • The\u00a0Mission\u00a0has potential to generate\u00a03 crore person-years of employment\u00a0during its build-out, with nearly\u00a025lakh\u00a0women trained to use Field Testing Kits.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  • WHO estimates\u00a0that provisioning of safely managed drinking water in the country would result in\u00a0averting 4 lakh diarrheal death.\u00a0It is also estimated that with universal coverage of safely managed drinking water in the country, almost\u00a014 million DALYs (Disability-Adjusted Life Year) are to be averted.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  • WHO\u00a0also asserts that providing tap connection to every rural household would result in significant\u00a0time saved on water collection (5.5 crore hours each day), especially among women (three quarter of this burden).<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  • 2,843 water testing laboratories\u00a0across India tested\u00a038.78 lakh samples\u00a0in 2025\u201326, ensuring stringent water quality monitoring.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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    Introduction<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

    India has achieved a major milestone under the\u00a0Jal Jeevan Mission (Har Ghar Jal), with\u00a0over 81 per cent of rural households\u00a0now having access to clean tap water. As of\u00a022 October 2025, more than\u00a015.72 crore rural homes\u00a0are receiving\u00a0safe drinking water through household taps, marking a significant step towards universal water security in rural India. Under the Mission, the Government approved support to States and Union Territories with a central outlay of\u00a0\u20b92,08,652 crores, which has been largely utilised.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

    The Mission was launched by\u00a0Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 15 August 2019\u00a0with the vision of providing tap water to every rural household. At that time, only\u00a03.23 crore households (16.71 per cent)\u00a0had access to tap water. Since then,\u00a012.48 crore additional households\u00a0have been connected, marking one of the fastest expansions of basic infrastructure in rural India.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

    Jal Jeevan Mission also strives to free\u00a0mothers and sisters\u00a0from the centuries-old drudgery of fetching water for their households. It aims to improve their\u00a0health, education, and socio-economic conditions, bringing\u00a0ease of living\u00a0and adding\u00a0pride and dignity\u00a0to rural families.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

    The Mission gives equal emphasis to\u00a0sustainability and community participation. It includes\u00a0source sustainability measures\u00a0such as\u00a0recharge and reuse through greywater management, water conservation, and rainwater harvesting. It is implemented through a\u00a0community-based approach, with\u00a0Information, Education and Communication (IEC)\u00a0activities as key components to create awareness and ownership. The Mission seeks to build a\u00a0jan andolan (people\u2019s movement)\u00a0for water, making it a shared national priority.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

    Objectives<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

    The broad objectives of the Jal Jeevan Mission include:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

    Progress Under the Jal Jeevan Mission (as of 22 October, 2025)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

    The Jal Jeevan Mission continues to make steady progress towards ensuring safe and adequate drinking water for every rural household in India.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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    • District-Level Progress:\u00a0Tap water has reached all households, schools, and Anganwadi centres in\u00a0192 districts, of which\u00a0116 districts\u00a0have been officially certified through Gram Sabha resolutions after verification.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
    • Block, Panchayat, and Village Coverage:<\/strong><\/span>\n
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      • Blocks:\u00a01,912 have reported full coverage, with 1,019 certified.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
      • Gram Panchayats:\u00a01,25,185 have reported, and 88,875 have achieved certification.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
      • Villages:\u00a02,66,273 have reported, with 1,74,348 certified under the Har Ghar Jal initiative.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • States\/UTs with 100% Coverage:\u00a0Eleven States and Union Territories,\u00a0Goa, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Dadra & Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu, Haryana, Telangana, Puducherry, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Mizoram,\u00a0and\u00a0Arunachal Pradesh, have achieved full tap water connectivity for all rural households.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
      • Institutional Coverage:\u00a0Tap water supply has been ensured in\u00a09,23,297\u00a0schools\u00a0and\u00a09,66,876\u00a0Anganwadi centres\u00a0across the country.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        ‘Reported’\u00a0means water supply department of State\/ UT has confirmed that water is being supplied through taps to all households, schools and Anganwadi Centers in that administrative unit.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

        ‘Certified’\u00a0means that the Gram Sabha has passed the resolution after ascertaining the claim of water supply department that all the households, schools and Anganwadi Centers are getting the tap water supply in village. This is carried out after the water supply department provided the certificate to Gram Panchayat declaring that all households are provided with tap water supply.(<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

        Quality Assurance and Monitoring<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

        Under the Jal Jeevan Mission, a robust system for quality assurance and monitoring has been implemented to ensure safe drinking water in rural areas. During\u00a02025\u201326 (as on 21 October 2025), a total of\u00a02,843 laboratories\u00a0(2,184 institutional and 659 WTP-based) tested\u00a038.78 lakh water samples\u00a0across\u00a04,49,961 villages\u00a0in the country.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

        To promote community-level participation,\u00a024.80 lakh women\u00a0have been trained to test water quality using\u00a0Field Testing Kits (FTKs)\u00a0in\u00a05.07 lakh villages. This community-driven approach ensures early detection of water contamination and strengthens local ownership of rural water quality monitoring.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

        Key Components of the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

        \nTo achieve the objectives of the Jal Jeevan Mission, the following components have been envisaged:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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        • In-Village Piped Water Supply Infrastructure\u00a0\u2013 Development of piped water systems within villages to ensure tap water connections to every rural household.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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        • Sustainable Drinking Water Sources\u00a0\u2013 Development of reliable drinking water sources and\/ or augmentation of existing sources to provide long-term sustainability to water supply system.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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        • Bulk Water Transfer and Distribution\u00a0\u2013 Establishment of bulk water transfer systems, treatment plants, and distribution networks.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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        • Technological Interventions for Water Quality\u00a0\u2013 Implementation of technologies to remove contaminants where water quality is an issue.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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        • Retrofitting of Existing Schemes\u00a0\u2013 Upgrading completed and ongoing schemes to provide Functional Household Tap Connections (FHTCs) at a minimum service level of 55 litres per capita per day (lpcd).<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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        • Grey Water Management\u00a0\u2013 Treatment and reuse of grey water to promote water conservation.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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        • Community Capacity Building\u00a0\u2013 Support activities aimed at building the capacities of communities for sustainable water management.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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