About Jal Jeevan Mission

• 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.
• It focuses on integrated demand and supply-side management of water at the local level.
• The programme also implements source sustainability measures as mandatory elements, such as recharge and reuse through greywater management, water conservation and rainwater harvesting. 
• The Jal Jeevan Mission is based on a community approach to water and will include extensive Information, Education and Communication (IEC) as a key component of the mission. 
• JJM looks to create a Jan Andolan (People’s Movement) for water, thereby making it everyone’s priority. 
• The fund sharing pattern is 90:10 for Himalayan and North-Eastern States; 50:50 for other States and 100% for UTs.

Why in News?

• India has achieved the milestone of 50% rural households having access to tap water connections. Goa, Telangana, A&N Islands, D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu, Puducherry and Haryana have already achieved 100% household connections. Punjab, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh and Bihar have coverage of more than 90% and are progressing fast towards attaining the status of ‘Har Ghar Jal’ (i.e. every rural household in these villages has assured tap water supply in their home).

Related Information

Jal Jeevan Mission (Urban) 

• In the Union Budget 2021-22, the Government has announced that Jal Jeevan Mission (Urban) will be launched to provide universal coverage of water supply to all households through functional taps in all 4,378 statutory towns in accordance with SDG Goal-6 (“clean water and sanitation for all”). 

Key Highlights

• The project will focus on rejuvenation of water bodies to augment sustainable fresh water supply and creating green spaces and sponge cities to reduce floods and enhance amenity value through an Urban Aquifer Management plan.
• JJM(U) will promote circular economy of water through development of a city water balance plan for each city focusing on recycle/reuse of treated sewage, rejuvenation of water bodies and water conservation. 20% of water demand to be met by reused water with development of institutional mechanisms.
• Information, Education and Communication (IEC) campaign is proposed to spread awareness among masses about conservation of water.
• In order to promote Public private partnership, it has been mandated for cities having million plus population to take up PPP projects worth minimum of 10 percent of their total project fund allocation.
• Funding Pattern :
  • For Union Territories, there will be 100% central funding. 
  • For North Eastern and Hill States, central funding for projects will be 90%. 
  • Central funding will be 50% for cities with less than 1 lakh population, one third for cities with 1 lakh to 10 lakh population and 25% for cities with million plus population.
• Mission will be monitored through a technology-based platform on which beneficiary response will be monitored along with progress and output-outcome.

Reference:

https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1828956