Jal Jeevan Mission gets extension up to 2028

The Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) was launched in 2019 to enable all rural households to have functional household tap connection (FHTC) by 2024 (Har Ghar Nal Se Jal).
- The goal of JJM is to provide FHTC to every household with service level at the rate of 55 litres per capita per day (lpcd).
This Mission is under the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti.

The Mission also aims to provide functional tap connections to Schools, Anganwadi centres, Gram Panchayat buildings, Health centres, wellness centres and community buildings.
The Mission gives emphasis to source sustainability measures such as recharge and reuse through greywater management, water conservation and rainwater harvesting.
Every water supply asset created under Jal Jeevan Mission is geo-tagged.
It is implemented through a community-based approach and seeks to build a jan andolan (people’s movement) for water, making it a shared national priority.

The fund sharing pattern is 90:10 for Himalayan and North-Eastern States; 50:50 for other States and 100% for Union Territories.

From the baseline of 3.23 crore (17%) rural households with tap water connections in 2019, so far, more than 12.56 crore additional rural households have been provided with tap water connections under JJM.
At present, out of 19.36 crore rural households identified by the States/UTs in the country, around 15.80 crore (81.61%) households are reported to have tap water connections.

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that achieving the Mission’s goals will save women 5.5 crore hours daily previously spent collecting water and prevent nearly 400,000 deaths from diarrheal diseases.
Nobel laureate Prof. Michael Kremer suggests safe water coverage could reduce underfive child mortality by almost 30%.

The Union Cabinet has approved the extension of Jal Jeevan Mission to 2028 and
transform the programme from a primarily infrastructure-driven initiative to a citizencentric utility model ensuring sustainable piped potable water supply in rural areas
JJM 2.0 would facilitate the certification of all Gram Panchayats as ‘Har Ghar Jal’, by provisioning tap water connection to all the rural households across the country by 2028.
As part of structural reforms, the government will introduce a national digital framework called “Sujalam Bharat”, which will assign each village a unique Sujal Gaon or Service Area ID.
- The system will digitally map the entire drinking water supply chain—from source to household tap—to improve monitoring, transparency and accountability.
To encourage community ownership of water systems, the mission will introduce “Jal Utsav”, an annual community-led event focused on reviewing and maintaining local water supply infrastructure while promoting collective responsibility for water sustainability.

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