The number of habitations with contaminants in drinking water sources beyond permissible limit, is coming down, stated Prahlad Singh Patel, Minister of State for Jal Shakti in the Parliament. He also informed that with the Government of India is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission
To enable every rural household in the country to have assured potable water through tap water connection by 2024, Government of India in partnership with states is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) – Har Ghar Jal since Aug., 2019. Water being a
Underlining the importance of people’s participation in water conservation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said attempts by governments’ alone cannot be successful. Addressing the first All India Annual State Ministers’ Conference on Water, Modi said, “When the public is associated with a campaign,
The government has claimed that 55% out of the total of 19.36 crore rural households now have supply of tap water. According to the information shared by Prahlad Singh Patel, Minister of Jal Shakti in the upper house, the number of tap
Under Jal Jeevan Mission, India has reached the milestone of providing tap water to 50 percent of rural households, according to an official statement by PIB. Goa, Telangana, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Dadar & Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Pondicherry and
Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ashwini Kumar Choubey, in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha on Wednesday, informed that the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has made two Indian Standards pertaining to drinking
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2022-23 in Parliament today. She said that India’s growth is estimated to be at 9.2 percent, which is the highest among all large economies. Here are top announcements from her Budget proposals: Credit Guarantee
Drinking water supply schemes of Rs 164.03 crore were approved under Jal Jeevan Mission in Uttarakhand in the State-level scheme sanctioning committee (SLSSC) meeting held on 23 December 2021. All eight water supply schemes sanctioned are multi-village schemes. The scheme will provide
According to His Excellency Freddy Svane, every individual living on our planet is responsible for the pollution and climate change that have reached critical levels. He is optimistic, though, as India has pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2070, as announced
The Union Territory of Ladakh launched a month-long campaign- ‘Pani Maah’ (Water Month) to increase the pace of implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission in the UT and to inform and engage village communities on the importance of clean water. ‘Pani Maah’ will
