(a) the current status of Jal Jeevan mission across the country as on date;
(b) the details of the number of household connections provided till date in the country and in the State of Karnataka specifically;
(c) the measures taken to cover every household in the country and the time-frame set for the same; and
(d) the name of State currently leading in the number of new tap water connections?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI
(SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)
(a), (b) & (d) Since August 2019, Government of India in partnership with States, is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) – Har Ghar Jal to make provision of tap water supply to every rural household by 2024. At the time of announcement of Jal Jeevan Mission, 3.24 Crore (17%) households were reported to have tap water connections. Since then, tap water connections have been provided to additional 5.96 Crore (30.83%) rural households. Thus, as of 14.03.2022, out of 19.32 Crore rural households in the country, provision of tap water supply has been made to 9.19 Crore (47.58%) households. The State/ UT-wise details of rural households (including ranking) with provision of tap water supply, including that of Karnataka, is in public domain on JJM Dashboard and can be accessed at:
https://ejalshakti.gov.in/jjmreport/JJMIndia.aspx
(c) A number of steps have been taken to plan and implement Jal Jeevan Mission in the whole country with speed and scale, inter alia joint discussion and finalization of saturation plan and annual action plan (AAP) of States/ UTs, regular review of implementation, workshops/ conferences/ webinars for capacity building, training, 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 a special 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 have been put in place. Provision has also been made for transparent online financial management through Public Financial Management System (PFMS).
Year-wise timelines finalized by States/ UTs for making provision of tap water supply to every rural household are as under:
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Goa Telangana
Bihar
Puducherry
A & N Islands
Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu Gujarat
Himachal Pradesh
Haryana
Uttarakhand
Ladakh
Manipur
Meghalaya
Punjab
Sikkim
Jammu & Kashmir Arunachal Pradesh
Chhattisgarh
Karnataka
Kerala
Madhya Pradesh
Mizoram
Nagaland
Tamil Nadu
Tripura Assam
Andhra Pradesh
Jharkhand
Maharashtra
Odisha
Rajasthan
Uttar Pradesh
West Bengal
In Goa, Telangana, Haryana, Puducherry, A & N Islands, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, provision of tap water supply to all rural households, has been made.
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