Providing clean water to all
- Tap water in almost all regions, provided by the Jal Jeevan Mission.
- Launched by the Prime Minister in 2019, the Jal Jeevan Mission has already provided tap water to 73% of rural households.
Jal Jeevan Mission
- Launched in 2019, it envisages supply of 55 litres of water per person per day to every rural household through Functional Household Tap Connections (FHTC) by 2024.
- JJM looks to create a jan andolan for water, thereby making it everyone’s priority.
- It comes under Jal Shakti Ministry.
Objective:
- The mission ensures functionality of existing water supply systems and water connections, water quality monitoring and testing as well as sustainable agriculture.
- It also ensures conjunctive use of conserved water; drinking water source augmentation, drinking water supply system, grey water treatment and its reuse.
- JJM focuses on integrated demand and supply-side management of water at the local level.
- Creation of local infrastructure for source sustainability measures as mandatory elements, like:
- Rainwater harvesting
- Groundwater recharge
- Management of household wastewater for reuse, is undertaken in convergence with other government programmes/schemes.
- The Mission is based on a community approach to water and includes
- Extensive Information, education and communication as a key component of the mission.
- Paani Samitis plan, implement, manage, operate and maintain village water supply systems.
- The committees prepare a one-time village action plan, merging all available village resources. The plan is approved in a Gram Sabha before implementation.
Prelims Takeaway
- Jal Jeevan Mission