Jal Jeevan Mission

Jal Jeevan Mission, is envisioned to provide safe and adequate drinking water through individual household tap connections by 2024 to all households in rural India. The programme will also implement source sustainability measures as mandatory elements, such as recharge and reuse through grey water management, water conservation, rain water harvesting. The Jal Jeevan Mission will be based on a community approach to water and will include extensive Information, Education and communication as a key component of the mission. 

The Mission was launched on August 15, 2019.

Mission

Jal Jeevan Mission is to assist, empower and facilitate:

• States/ UTs in planning of participatory rural water supply strategy for ensuring potable drinking water security on long-term basis to every rural household and public institution, viz. GP building, School, Anganwadi centre, Health centre, wellness centres, etc.
•  States/ UTs for creation of water supply infrastructure so that every rural household has Functional Tap Connection (FHTC) by 2024 and water in adequate quantity of prescribed quality is made available on regular basis.
• States/ UTs to plan for their drinking water security
• GPs/ rural communities to plan, implement, manage, own, operate and maintain their own in-village water supply systems
• States/ UTs to develop robust institutions having focus on service delivery and financial sustainability of the sector by promoting utility approach
• Capacity building of the stakeholders and create awareness in community on significance of water for improvement in quality of life
• In making provision and mobilization of financial assistance to States/ UTs for implementation of the mission.

Objectives

The broad objectives of the Mission are:

• To provide Functional Household Tap Connections (FHTC) to every rural household - Adequate quantity (55 lpcd); Prescribed quality (BIS: 10500) on regular and long-term basis.
• To prioritize provision of FHTCs in quality affected areas, villages in drought prone and desert areas, Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) villages, etc.
• To provide functional tap connection to Schools, Anganwadi centres, GP buildings, Health centres, wellness centres and community buildings
• To monitor functionality of tap connections.
• To promote and ensure voluntary ownership among local community by way of contribution in cash, kind and/ or labour and voluntary labour (shramdaan)
• To assist in ensuring sustainability of water supply system, i.e. water source, water supply infrastructure, and funds for regular O&M
• To empower and develop human resource in the sector such that the demands of construction, plumbing, electrical, water quality management, water treatment, catchment protection, O&M, etc. are taken care of in short and long term
• To bring awareness on various aspects and significance of safe drinking water and involvement of stakeholders in manner that make water everyone's business

Components Under JJM

The following components are supported under JJM

• Development of in-village piped water supply infrastructure to provide tap water connection to every rural household - Tap water connection to 19.25 Crore rural households of the country by 2024
• Bottom up planning - Community engagement in planning, implementation and  Operation & Maintenance
• Women empowerment - Involvement of women in planning, decision-making, implementation, monitoring and O&M
• Focus on future generation - Provision of tap water supply to schools, tribal hostels  and anganwadi (day-care) centers
• Skill development &  employment generation - Local people are skilled for building and maintaining water supply structures
• Greywater management - Reuse and recycle waste water for source sustenance
• Source sustainability - Promote groundwater recharge & water conservation
• Water Quality - Ensure safe drinking water to reduce water-borne ailments

Efforts should be made to source funds from different sources/ programmes and convergence is the key.

To read the complete guidelines, click here. 

Status of Household Tap Connections

To know the status of Household Tap Connections, click here. 

Source : Ministry of Jal Shakti