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The Union Minister for Jal Shakti told the Rajya Sabha that rural tap water coverage under the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) — Har Ghar Jal has risen from 16.71% (3.23 crore households) at launch in August 2019 to 82.09% (15.89 crore of 19.36 crore rural households) as on 18.07.2026.
In March 2026, the Union Cabinet approved extending JJM to December 2028 as 'JJM 2.0', with the total outlay enhanced from ₹3.60 lakh crore to ₹8.69 lakh crore (central share up from ₹2.08 lakh crore to ₹3.59 lakh crore) and a Comprehensive Implementation and Reform Plan (CIRP) for each State/UT.
A new 'Jal Arpan' community-led initiative, with a standardised Handbook on Community-Managed Piped Water Systems mandating a 15-day trial run, aims to ensure sustainable handover of completed schemes to Gram Panchayats/VWSCs/Pani Samitis.
Drinking water remains a State subject — implementation, O&M and user-charge collection rest with States/UTs, with the Centre providing technical and financial support; every connection must meet the BIS:10500 quality standard at 55 litres per capita per day.
Provide Functional Household Tap Connections (FHTC) to every rural household, at 55 lpcd of BIS:10500-standard water
Key: Launched 15.08.2019; now extended to December 2028 as JJM 2.0, with an enhanced outlay of ₹8.69 lakh crore and a CIRP-based restructured implementation
Promote Jan Bhagidari (people's participation) for sustainable, community-managed operation of completed water schemes
Key: A standardised handbook mandates a 15-day trial run by GPs/VWSCs/Pani Samitis before formal handover of a completed scheme
Sustain rural open-defecation-free status and manage rural solid/liquid waste
Key: Sister flagship programme of the same Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti — JJM covers water supply while SBM-G covers rural sanitation, the two forming the Department's twin mandate
Places water supply under State jurisdiction; this is the constitutional basis the release cites for why planning, approval, implementation and O&M of JJM schemes rest with States/UTs, with the Centre providing only technical and financial support
Prescribes the water-quality parameters every JJM tap connection must meet; first published 1984, most recently revised in 2012
| Aspect | JJM (2019) | JJM 2.0 (from March 2026) |
|---|---|---|
| Total outlay | ₹3.60 lakh crore | ₹8.69 lakh crore |
| Central share | ₹2.08 lakh crore | ₹3.59 lakh crore |
| Mission period | From 15 August 2019 | Extended up to December 2028 |
| Planning framework | State Action Plans | Comprehensive Implementation and Reform Plan (CIRP), per State/UT |
Sister flagship scheme of the same Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti — SBM-G covers rural sanitation while JJM covers rural water supply
JJM's O&M handover to GPs/VWSCs/Pani Samitis under 'Jal Arpan' operationalises the grassroots-governance principle behind the 73rd Amendment's PRI framework
GS Paper 2 > Governance > Welfare Schemes; GS Paper 3 > Social Justice > Rural Development
Recurring — JJM coverage figures are updated in Parliament almost every session as the mission approaches its extended 2028 deadline.
A JJM tap connection providing potable water at 55 litres per capita per day, of BIS:10500-prescribed quality, on a regular basis.
Comprehensive Implementation and Reform Plan — the State/UT-level planning framework introduced under JJM 2.0.