Question : Objectives of JJM

(a) whether the main objective of Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) – Har Ghar Jal is to provide potable water to each rural household in the country by the year 2024;

(b) if so, the details thereof along with efforts made in this direction so far;

(c) the details of the budget allocation made for this mission, State–wise;

(d) the status regarding implementation of JJM in Osmanabad and Washim Yavatmal in Maharashtra including the blocks in these areas where JJM is being implemented;

(e) the number of households in Maharashtra where drinking water has reached under this mission, district-wise; and

(f) whether any problem is being faced in the implementation of JJM and if so, the details thereof?

MINISTER OF JAL SHAKTI
(SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

(a) to (f) A Statement of reply is laid on the Table of the House.


Statement referred to in the reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. †*146 due for reply on 29.07.2021
(a) & (b) To make provision for potable tap water supply to every rural home by 2024, Government of India is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) in partnership with States, with an estimated outlay of 3.60 lakh Crore. At the time of launch of Jal Jeevan Mission on 15thAugust, 2019, out of total 18.98 Crore rural households in the country, 3.23 (17%) crore rural households had tap water connections. Since then, 4.56 Crore (24%) rural households have been provided with tap water connections thus, as on date, 7.79 Crore (41%) rural households in the country have provision of tap water supply.
A number of steps have been taken to plan and implement JJM with speed, inter alia, which includes detailed discussion and finalization of annual action plan (AAP) of States/ UTs, regular review of implementation, workshops/ conferences/ webinars for capacity building and 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 100–days 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).
(c) The State/ UTs wise details of budgetary allocation made under the mission in 2021-22, are at Annex–I.
(d) The status of JJM implementation in blocks of Osmanabad, Washim and Yavatmal districts of Maharashtra is at Annex–II.
(e) As on 15thAugust, 2019, at the time of launch of Jal Jeevan Mission, in Maharashtra, out of total 142.36 lakh rural households, 48.44 lakh households (34%) had tap water connections. In the past 22 months, 43.63 lakh households (30.65%) have been provided tap water connections, thus increasing the tap water supply to 92.07 lakh households (64.67%). The district-wise details of households which have been provided with tap water connection is at Annex–III.
(f) Lack of dependable drinking water sources in water-stressed, drought prone and desert areas, presence of geo-genic contaminants in ground water, uneven geographical terrain, scattered rural habitations, etc. and delay in release of the matching State share in some States especially after the Covid-19 pandemic, are few of the problems faced in the implementation of the mission.
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