5 years of Jal Jeevan Mission
August 29 , 2024
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- The Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) was launched on August 15, 2019.
- It is aimed at providing tap water supply to every rural household by 2024.
- At the time of its inception, only 3.23 crore (17%) of rural households had tap water connections.
- The mission aims to bridge this gap by providing nearly 16 crore additional households with tap water by 2024.
- As of August 25, 2024, it has successfully provided tap water connections to 11.85 crore additional rural households.
- It was bringing the total coverage to more than 15.07 crore households, which accounts for 78.11% of all rural households in India.
- States achieving 100% Tap Connectivity: Goa, Telangana and Haryana.
- Union Territories achieving 100% Tap Connectivity: Puducherry, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu.
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