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  • 09 March, 2021

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Jal Jeevan Mission Extended Till 31st March, 2021

Jal Jeevan Mission Extended Till 31st March 2021

  • The Ministry of Jal Shakti is overseeing the implementation of the mission at the national level.
  • Har Ghar Nal Se Jal by 2024.
  • JJM aims at providing potable water at the service level of 55 litres per capita per day (lpcd) to every rural household through Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) by 2024.
  • The fund sharing between the Centre and states is 90:10 for Himalayan and North-Eastern States, 50:50 for other states, and 100% for Union Territories.
  • Jal Jeevan Mission adopts a bottom-to-top approach, where the users and Paani Samitis (Water Committees) in the villages envision the whole project from its implementation to maintenance and operation.
  • The mission has also ensured that at least 50% of the members of the water committee would be women.

Work to be taken up under JJM:

  • In-village water supply (PWS) infrastructure for tap water connection to every household
  • Reliable drinking water source development/ augmentation of existing sources
  • Transfer of water (multi-village scheme; where quantity & quality issues are there in the local water sources)
  • Technological intervention for treatment to make water potable (where water quality is an issue, but quantity is sufficient)
  • Retrofitting of completed and ongoing piped water supply schemes to provide FHTC and raise the service level
  • Grey water management
  • Capacity building of various stakeholders and support activities to facilitate the implementation

73rd Amendment of the Constitution of India

Gram Panchayats will play a crucial role in planning, designing, executing, operations and maintenance of the in-village infrastructure under the Jal Jeevan Mission – Every village is to prepare a village action plan (VAP) which will essentially have three components namely;

  • Water source & its maintenance
  • Water supply and
  • Grey water management.

Source: PIB


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