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The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti, held the 12th District Collectors' Peyjal Samvad by video conference to speed up Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0 implementation.
Six districts — Shahdol, Samba, Hooghly, Dhamtari, Fatehgarh Sahib and North and Middle Andaman — presented best practices on source sustainability, behaviour change, grievance redressal and convergence.
Districts were told to hand completed schemes to Gram Panchayats through the Jal Arpan programme after the prescribed trial run, and to use the Decision Support System for rainwater harvesting and groundwater recharge planning.
Geo-tagging of rural water supply sources, post-monsoon source testing and mass Jal Arpan ceremonies are all to begin from 2 October 2026.
Mission Directors were asked to coordinate with State Skill Development Departments ahead of the Skilling and Nal Jal Mitra Programme discussion on 21 September 2026.
Tap water to every rural household at 55 lpcd, launched 15 August 2019 under the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
Key: JJM 2.0 extends it to December 2028 with an outlay of about Rs 8.69 lakh crore and a larger Gram Panchayat role in operation and maintenance.
Centrally Sponsored Scheme of the same department, sustaining ODF status and moving villages to ODF Plus through solid and liquid waste management.
Key: SBM(G) launched 2 October 2014; Phase-II began in 2020 and reported over 83% of villages at ODF Plus in 2025.
Assessment ranking States, UTs and districts on rural drinking water service delivery.
Key: Toolkit and dashboard launched 21 October 2022; judged on availability, quantity, quality and continuity of supply.
Central online platform for testing and reporting rural drinking water quality.
Key: Raises automated alerts on contaminated samples; sources are tested yearly for chemical and physical parameters and twice yearly for bacteriological ones.
Nodal department for rural drinking water and sanitation; runs JJM, SBM (Grameen) and Jal Jeevan Survekshan.
Central mission unit steering JJM implementation across States and UTs.
Gram Panchayat sub-committee of 10-15 members that plans, runs and maintains in-village water supply systems and does field water testing.
District review body chaired by the Collector; the Samvad asked for monthly meetings on progress, service delivery, water quality and source sustainability.
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General Awareness > Government Schemes
A household tap delivering the prescribed 55 lpcd of potable water regularly; the unit in which JJM coverage is measured.
The formal handover of a completed water supply scheme to the Gram Panchayat after its trial run, to establish community ownership of operation and maintenance.
Village Water and Sanitation Committee formed as a Gram Panchayat sub-committee with at least 50% women members.