Question : Operational Guidelines of Jal Jeevan Mission

(a) whether the Government has recently launched the operational guidelines of Jal Jeevan Mission;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the Government proposes to provide Functional Household Tap Connection to every rural household by 2024 and if so, the details thereof and the steps taken in this regard;
(d) the total estimated cost of the project along with the funds sharing pattern adopted, State-wise;
(e) whether the Government has held any consultation with other Ministries regarding implementation aspects of the mission and if so, the details thereof; and
(f) whether the Government also held any consultation with the States and various stakeholders regarding modalities of implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission and if so, the details and the outcome thereof?

MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI
(SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA)
(a) to (f) Government of India has launched Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) in August, 2019 which aims at providing potable water at service level of 55 litre per capita per day (lpcd) to every rural household through Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) by 2024, in partnership with States, with an outlay of Rs. 3.60 lakh Crore out of which Central share is Rs. 2.08 lakh Crore.
A budgetary allocation of Rs.10,000.66 Crore has been made for the financial year 2019-20 and as on 03.02.2020, an amount of Rs. 6,914.45 Crore has been released to the States/ UTs.
The fund sharing pattern between Centre and State for JJM is 90:10 for Himalayan & North Eastern States and UTs with legislature, 100% for UTs without legislature and 50:50 for rest of the States.
After the launch of JJM, a conference of Minister in-charge of rural water supply of various States was held in New Delhi followed by five regional workshops, involving States/ UTs and other stakeholders in water sector, to discuss the modalities of implementation and firming up the operational guidelines for the Mission.
While firming up the proposal of Jal Jeevan Mission for the approval of the Government and finalising the operational guidelines for the implementation of the Mission, concerned Ministries/ Departments including NITI Aayog were consulted.
Inputs received from various stakeholders were examined and those found in consonance with the approval of the Government, have been incorporated in the operational guidelines and the same has been released on 25.12.2019.
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