Jal Jeevan Mission
Scheme Overview
Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) is a flagship central government scheme launched on August 15, 2019 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the goal of providing safe and adequate tap water supply to every rural household in India through individual functional household tap connections (FHTCs) by 2024. It operates under the Jal Shakti Ministry.
- Full name: Jal Jeevan Mission (also known as Har Ghar Jal).
- Launch: August 15, 2019 (Independence Day announcement by PM).
- Target: 19.3 crore rural households to receive tap water connections by 2024 (17% — 3.23 crore — had connections at launch).
- Service level: 55 litres per capita per day (lpcd) of safe drinking water.
- Budget: ₹3.60 lakh crore total outlay (Centre: ₹2.08 lakh crore; states: remainder).
- Progress (as of October 2024): 15.19 crore (78.58%) of rural households covered with tap connections.
- Funding pattern: Broadly 50:50 Centre-State (Himalayan and NE states: 90:10 Centre-State).
- Implementation: State governments through their PHE/Rural Water Supply Departments; district-level Water and Sanitation Committees (Paani Samiti) for village-level management.
- The scheme's large scale (₹3.60 lakh crore) and decentralised implementation create procurement vulnerabilities for corruption.
● Tracked since February 17, 2026 · last seen June 09, 2026 · updates as the daily brief publishes
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