About 

• Launched in 2019, the chief objective of the Mission is to provide Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) to every rural household by 2024 and thereby ensuring potable water supply in adequate quantity i.e. @ 55 lpcd (litres per capita per day) of prescribed quality on a long-term and regular basis.
• 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.

Implementation:

• JJM adopts a ‘bottom up’ approach where community plays a vital role from planning to implementation, management, operation and maintenance. 
  • To achieve this, Village Water & Sanitation Committee (VWSC)/ Pani Samiti are being constituted and strengthened; Village Action Plans are developed through community engagement; Implementation Support Agencies (ISAs) are engaged to support village communities in programme implementation and create awareness among people.
• The programme also implements source sustainability measures as mandatory elements, such as recharge and reuse through greywater management, water conservation and rainwater harvesting. 
• JJM looks to create a Jan Andolan (People’s Movement) for water, thereby making it everyone’s priority.
• Every water supply asset created under Jal Jeevan Mission is geo-tagged. 
• States will carry out inspections by empanelled third party agencies for all infrastructures created under the JJM.

Fund Sharing:

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

Why in News?

• The Jal Jeevan Mission has achieved a historic milestone today, by providing tap water connections to 15 crore rural households across the country. 
• Launched in 2019, the initiative increased rural tap connection coverage from 3 crore to an astounding 15 crore in a short span of five years.