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Government of India
Ministry of Jal Shakti
08 DEC 2022 5:11PM by PIB Delhi
Safe Quality of Drinking Water Under Jal Jeevan Mission

Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), a centrally sponsored scheme, is being implemented in partnership with States, since August, 2019 to make provision of potable tap water supply to every rural household of the countryon regular and long-term basis, by 2024.At the time of announcement of Jal Jeevan Mission, 3.23 Crore rural households were reported to have tap water connections. So far, 7.42 Crore householdshave been provided with tap water connections in last 39 months. Thus, as on 4thDecember,2022, out of 19.35 Crore rural households in the country, around 10.65 Crore (55.01%) households are reported to have tap water supply in their homesand the remaining 8.7 Crore rural households are planned to be covered by 2024.

Goa has become the first ‘Har Ghar Jal’ certified State in the country, where people from all the villages have declared their village as ‘Har Ghar Jal’ through a resolution passed by Gram Sabha, certifying that all households in the villages have access to safe drinking water through taps, ensuring that ‘No One is Left Out’. All 2.63 lakh rural households of Goa have access to potable water through tap connection.

The status of tap connections to rural householdsas reported by States/ UTs on JJM dashboard, is at Annex. The State/ district/ village-wise status as well as progress in making provision of tap water supply torural households, as reported by States/ UTs, is also available on JJM dashboard, which is in public domain at:

https://ejalshakti.gov.in/jjmreport/JJMIndia.aspx

This Information was given by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti, Shri Prahlad Singh Patel in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.

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Annex

‘Har Ghar Jal’ under JJM at present

S.No.

State

Total Rural household as on (01/04/2022)

(In Lakhs)

Total Household connections reported

(till 4.12.2022)

(In Lakhs)

%

1

A & N Islands

0.62

0.62

100

2

Andhra Pradesh

95.69

63.65

66.52

3

Arunachal Pradesh

2.29

1.55

67.34

4

Assam

65.67

27.08

41.24

5

Bihar

166.97

159.84

95.73

6

Chhattisgarh

50.06

17.03

34.01

7

D&NHand D&D

0.85

0.85

100

8

Goa

2.63

2.63

100

9

Gujarat

91.73

91.73

100

10

Haryana

30.41

30.41

100

11

Himachal Pradesh

17.19

16.58

96.48

12

Jammu & Kashmir

18.35

10.63

57.94

13

Jharkhand

61.22

16.05

26.21

14

Karnataka

101.18

59.23

58.54

15

Kerala

70.66

31.71

44.88

16

Ladakh

0.43

0.30

71.24

17

Lakshadweep

0.13

0.00

0

18

Madhya Pradesh

120.07

54.96

45.77

19

Maharashtra

145.86

105.07

72.03

20

Manipur

4.52

3.38

74.77

21

Meghalaya

6.30

2.72

43.14

22

Mizoram

1.34

0.95

70.84

23

Nagaland

3.77

2.06

54.57

24

Odisha

88.57

48.21

54.43

25

Puducherry

1.15

1.15

100

26

Punjab

34.26

34.24

99.93

27

Rajasthan

105.77

30.95

29.26

28

Sikkim

1.32

0.97

73.58

29

Tamil Nadu

125.01

72.26

57.8

30

Telangana

53.87

53.87

100

31

Tripura

7.42

4.10

55.26

32

Uttar Pradesh

264.38

58.28

22.05

33

Uttarakhand

14.94

10.24

68.51

34

West Bengal

181.04

51.54

28.47

 

Total

19,35.68

10,64.85

55.01

Source: JJM-IMIS

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