**Executive Summary**
This document is a response to Unstarred Question No. 822 in Lok Sabha concerning the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM). It provides information on the progress of tap water connections to rural households, expenditures incurred, and plans for future implementation. The response includes data as of December 1, 2025, and outlines the roles of state and UT governments in the project. The JJM has been extended to 2028.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) Overview:**
* The Government of India is implementing JJM to provide safe and adequate tap water to every rural household in partnership with States/UTs.
* Since the start of JJM in August 2019, 12.51 crore additional rural households have been provided with tap water connections, reaching 15.75 crore (81.36%) out of 19.36 crore rural households as of 01.12.2025.
* **Expenditure Details:**
* Details of central and state share utilization under JJM are available on the JJM Dashboard. Link: https://ejalshakti.gov.in/jjmreport/JJMIndia.aspx
* **Tap Connections in Specific Districts (Rajasthan):**
* District-wise tap water connections in Banswara and Dungarpur districts of Rajasthan are provided:
* Banswara: increased from 14,712 (3.79%) on 15.08.2019 to 1,40,854 (36.31%) on 01.12.2025
* Dungarpur: increased from 11,040 (3.59%) on 15.08.2019 to 97,706 (31.81%) on 01.12.2025
* **Future Implementation and Sustainability:**
* To achieve 100 percent coverage, the Finance Minister announced extension of JJM until 2028 with enhanced outlay.
* **Roles and Responsibilities:**
* Planning, approval, implementation, operation, and maintenance (O&M) of drinking water supply schemes, including those under the JJM, lies with State/UT Governments.
* The Government of India supports states by providing technical and financial assistance.
* States/UTs are advised to implement a comprehensive O&M Policy, empowering GPs/VWSCs to levy user charges and engaging women SHGs for collection, ensuring sufficient financing of O&M.
**Impact Analysis**
**State/UT Governments**
* **Impact:** Responsible for the planning, approval, implementation, operation, and maintenance (O&M) of JJM projects.
* **Action Required:** Implement a comprehensive O&M policy, including provisions for user charges and community involvement.
**Rural Households**
* **Impact:** Aim to receive safe and adequate tap water supply.
* **Action Required:** Participate in local water management schemes and potentially pay user charges for O&M.
**GPs/VWSCs (Gram Panchayats/Village Water and Sanitation Committees)**
* **Impact:** Empowered to levy user charges for water supply schemes.
* **Action Required:** Implement mechanisms for user charge collection and manage funds for O&M.
**Women SHGs (Self-Help Groups)**
* **Impact:** May be engaged in the collection of user charges.
* **Action Required:** Assist with user charge collection and support O&M activities.
Key Entities Referenced
Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM): A government initiative to provide safe and adequate tap water supply to every rural household in India.
Ministry of Jal Shakti: The Indian ministry responsible for water resources, river development, and Ganga rejuvenation, overseeing the Jal Jeevan Mission.
Banswara-Dungarpur: Lok Sabha Constituency where the percentage of households provided tap water connections under JJM is requested.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI
DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 822
ANSWERED ON 04/12/2025
HOUSEHOLDS WITH TAP WATER CONNECTIONS UNDER JJM
†822. SHRI RAJKUMAR ROAT:
Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:
(a) the total number of households targeted to be provided tap water connections under the Jal
Jeevan Mission (JJM) along with the number of households fully provided tap water
connections so far in the country;
(b) the details of expenditure incurred so far under JJM, year, category and State-wise;
(c) the percentage of households provided tap water connections under JJM in Banswara–
Dungarpur Lok Sabha Constituency;
(d) the details and the number of households that would remain deprived of water even after
completion of all sanctioned projects under JJM, block and category-wise;
(e) the timeline fixed for providing tap water connections to the households that remain
uncovered under JJM; and
(f) the amount likely to be charged per household under JJM along with the details of the
expected monthly bill for each household?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI
(SHRI V. SOMANNA)
(a) Since August 2019, Government of India is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) – Har
Ghar Jal, in partnership with States/ UTs, to make provision of safe and adequate tap water
supply to every rural household of the country. At the start of JJM in August 2019, only
3.23 crore (16.7%) rural households were reported to have tap water connections. So far, as
reported by States/ UTs, as on 01.12.2025, around 12.51 crore additional rural households
have been provided with tap water connections under JJM. Thus, as on 01.12.2025, out of
19.36 crore rural households in the country, more than 15.75 crore (81.36%) rural
households are reported to have tap water connections.
(b) The details of reported utilization of central and state share under JJM, state-wise, year-
wise and category-wise, are available in public domain on JJM Dashboard which can be
accessed using the weblink given below:
https://ejalshakti.gov.in/jjmreport/JJMIndia.aspx
Page 1 of 2(c) The parliamentary constituency-wise details of tap connections provided under JJM are not
maintained at the Government of India level. However, the district-wise number of tap water
connections provided to rural households under JJM in Banswara and Dungarpur districts
of Rajasthan, is as under:
Tap water connection as on Tap water connection
No. of rural 15.08.2019 as on 01.12.2025
District
households
No. % No. %
Banswara 3,87,971 14,712 3.79 1,40,854 36.31
Dungarpur 3,07,166 11,040 3.59 97,706 31.81
(d) and (e) To achieve 100 percent 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 budget speech 2025 announced extension of JJM until 2028 with enhanced outlay.
(f) ‘Drinking Water’ is a state subject, and hence, the responsibility of planning, approval,
implementation, operation and maintenance (O&M) of drinking water supply schemes,
including those under the JJM, lies with State/UT Governments. The Government of India
supports the states by providing technical and financial assistance. All States/UTs have been
advised to put a comprehensive Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Policy in place with
provisions for handing over of schemes to GPs/VWSCs, empowering them to levy user
charges, engaging women SHGs for the collection of user charges, and undertaking O&M,
and ensuring sufficient financing of O&M.
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