**Executive Summary**
The report summarises the inspection of schemes under the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM). Central Nodal Officers (CNOs) appointed by the Government of India conducted ground inspections of JJM schemes across identified districts in 2025. The JJM, initially approved in August 2019, aims for 100% coverage of rural piped water supply schemes, and its deadline has been extended to 2028.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Inspections and Assessment:**
* CNOs inspected 163 schemes in 155 districts in 2025.
* Inspection parameters included functionality of schemes, institutional mechanisms, quality of works, technical design, grievance redressal, effectiveness of Third-Party Inspection Agencies (TPIAs), and issues relating to cost and time overruns.
* **Responsibilities and Implementation:**
* Planning, approval, implementation, operation, and maintenance (O&M) of drinking water supply schemes, including those under JJM, are the responsibility of State/UT Governments.
* The Government of India provides technical and financial assistance to the states.
* Project-wise details of individual projects/schemes for rural water supply projects are not maintained at the Government of India level.
* **Financial and Operational Guidelines:**
* The Union Cabinet approved the implementation of JJM with a central outlay of Rs. 2,08,652 crores in August 2019 and the almost entire fund has been utilized.
* The JJM is extended until 2028 with enhanced total outlay.
* State/UT governments finalize technical and financial criteria for tenders related to the procurement of goods and services.
* States are advised to include clauses in EPC contracts that require materials to adhere to relevant Indian Standards.
* **Implementation and Monitoring:**
* Steps taken include joint discussions, finalisation of saturation plans, annual action plans, regular reviews, workshops/conferences, field visits, and guidelines for implementation.
* Online monitoring is facilitated through the JJM-Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) and JJM-Dashboard, with transparent financial management through the Public Financial Management System (PFMS).
**Impact Analysis**
**State/UT Governments**
* **Impact:** Responsible for planning, approval, implementation, operation, and maintenance of drinking water supply schemes under JJM. They also finalize technical and financial criteria for tenders.
* **Action Required:** Implement JJM schemes, adhere to operational guidelines, include relevant clauses in EPC contracts, and participate in planning and review processes.
**Contracting Agencies**
* **Impact:** Directly involved in the procurement of materials for construction.
* **Action Required:** Ensure that materials procured for use in construction adhere to relevant Indian Standards as per the tender documents.
**Rural Households**
* **Impact:** Aim is to provide safe drinking water to rural households through the JJM scheme.
* **Action Required:** Ensure citizen centric water service delivery and long-term sustainability through quality of infrastructure and O&M of rural piped water supply schemes.
**Gram Panchayats & VWSCs**
* **Impact:** These are bodies responsible for implementing at local levels.
* **Action Required:** Provide safe drinking water in rural households, centers, ashramshalas and schools and facilitate the planning and implementation of the Jal Jeevan Mission.
Key Entities Referenced
Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM): Flagship program aimed at providing safe and adequate drinking water through individual household tap connections to all rural households by 2024.
Ministry of Jal Shakti: The central ministry overseeing the Jal Jeevan Mission and responsible for water resources, river development, and Ganga rejuvenation.
Ministry of Jal Shakti
INSPECTION OF SCHEMES UNDER JAL JEEVAN
MISSION
Posted On: 05 FEB 2026 4:37PM by PIB Delhi
Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Government of India appointed Central Nodal Officers
(CNOs) in 2025 for the ground inspection of Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) schemes across identified districts.
The CNOs inspected 163 schemes in 155 districts across the country. The parameters assessed during the
inspections, inter-alia, included functionality of schemes, institutional mechanisms, quality of works,
technical design, grievance redressal mechanisms, effectiveness of Third-Party Inspection Agencies
(TPIAs), and issues relating to cost overruns and time overruns.
Drinking Water being a state subject, the responsibility of planning, approval, implementation, operation,
and maintenance (O&M) of drinking water supply schemes, including those under JJM, lies with State/UT
Governments. The Government of India supports the states by providing technical and financial
assistance. Numerous projects are implemented concurrently at various levels across the states for
achieving the envisaged objectives. As such, project-wise details of individual projects/ schemes for rural
water supply projects are not maintained at the Government of India level.
In August 2019, Union Cabinet had approved the implementation of JJM with central outlay of Rs.
2,08,652 crores. Against the allocated fund, almost entire fund has been utilized. To achieve 100 per cent
coverage through continued implementation of mission with focus on quality of infrastructure and O&M
of rural piped water supply schemes for long term sustainability and citizen centric water service
delivery, Hon'ble Finance Minister during her budget speech 2025-26 had announced extension of JJM
until 2028 with enhanced total outlay.
Water being a state subject, the responsibility for finalizing the technical and financial criteria for tenders
related to the procurement of goods and services lies with the respective State/UT governments. Further,
as per operational guidelines for implementation of JJM, Government of India has advised the States that
“while finalising the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contracts, relevant clause in the
tender documents is to be included mentioning that materials to be procured for use in construction by
the contracting agency should adhere to the relevant Indian Standards”.
Further, a number of steps have been taken to plan and implement JJM in the whole country with speed,
inter alia, including joint discussions and finalization of saturation plans and annual action plans (AAP)
of States/ UTs, regular review of implementation, workshops/ conferences/ webinars for capacity
building, training, knowledge sharing, field visits by multi-disciplinary team to provide technical support,
etc. A detailed Operational Guideline for the implementation of JJM; Margdarshika for Gram Panchayats
& VWSCs to provide safe drinking water in rural households and Guidelines on a special campaign to
provide piped water supply in Anganwadi centres, ashramshalas and schools have been shared with
States/ UTs to facilitate planning and implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission. For online monitoring, JJM–Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) and JJM–Dashboard has been put in place. Provision
has also been made for transparent online financial management through Public Financial Management
System (PFMS).
The information was provided by THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI SHRI V. SOMANNA
in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
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