Parliament Question: Review of Jal Jeevan Mission Schemes

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 752 ANSWERED ON 24/07/2025 REVIEW OF JAL JEEVAN MISSION SCHEMES 752. SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI: Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state: (a) whether it is true that the Government has initiated a country-wide inspection of Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) schemes following concerns about cost overruns and execution quality; (b) if so, the details thereof indicating the inspection drive including the total number of schemes and districts being covered and the parameters being assessed during the review; (c) whether the Government has data on the number of JJM schemes where the actual costs incurred have significantly exceeded initial estimates and if so, the details thereof, State/UT- wise; (d) the original projected outlay under the JJM since its inception, the cumulative cost of schemes approved so far and the extent of cost escalation proposed and cleared by the Expenditure Finance Committee; and (e) the measures being taken by the Government to improve cost-efficiency, transparency in tendering and timely completion of water supply schemes under the said mission? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI (SHRI V. SOMANNA) (a) and (b) Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Government of India has appointed Central Nodal Officers (CNOs) for the ground inspection of Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) schemes across identified districts. The visits of CNOs are underway and a list of districts visited by the CNOs so far is annexed. (c) to (e) Drinking Water being a state subject, the responsibility of planning, approval, implementation, operation, and maintenance 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 from 2019-20 to 2023-24 with Central outlay of Rs. 2,08,652 crore. 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 Operation & Maintenance of rural piped water supply schemes for long term sustainability and citizen centric water service delivery, Page 1 of 5Hon'ble Finance Minister during her budget speech 2025-26 has announced extension of JJM until 2028 with enhanced total outlay. Accordingly, a proposal for continuation of JJM until 2028 with enhanced total outlay is under consideration of the Government. 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 Jal Jeevan Mission, 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). ***** Page 2 of 5Annexure Annex referred in the reply to part (a) and (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 752 answered on 24.07.2025 S.no. State/ UT District 1 Prakasam 2 Annamayya 3 Kakinada Andhra Pradesh 4 YSR kadapa 5 Palnadu 6 West Godavari 7 Arunachal Pradesh Papum Pare 8 Kamrup Assam 9 Udalguri 10 Chhattisgarh Mohla-Manpur- Ambagarh Chouki 11 Goa North Goa 12 Ahmedabad 13 Surendranagar 14 Amreli 15 Banas Kantha Guja rat 16 Dahod 17 Dangs 18 Surat 19 Valsad 20 Haryana Nuh 21 Himachal Pradesh Mandi 22 Jammu & Kashmir Anantnag 23 Koderma 24 Palamu 25 Jharkhand Pakur 26 Ranchi 27 Sahebganj 28 Chikkamagalu ru 29 Chitradurga 30 Yadgir 31 Bagalkote 32 Raichur 33 Dakshina Kannada 34 Dharwad 35 Karnataka Haveri 36 Mandya 37 Ramanagara 38 Hassan 39 Tumakuru 40 Vijayanagar 41 Vijayapura 42 Udupi 43 Kollam 44 Kannur Ker ala 45 Malappuram 46 Kottayam Page 3 of 5S.no. State/ UT District 47 Kozhikode 48 Ker ala Thrissur 49 Alappuzha 50 Ladakh Kargil 51 Chhindwara 52 Sheopur 53 Shivpuri 54 Alirajpur 55 Dhar 56 Ashoknagar 57 Vidisha 58 Barwani 59 Chhatarpur 60 Dindori 61 Jabalpur 62 Mandla Madhya Pradesh 63 Khargone (West Nimar) 64 Mandsaur 65 Neemuch 66 Raisen 67 Sehore 68 Ratlam 69 Rewa 70 Satna 71 Shajapur 72 Sidhi 73 Ujjain 74 Panna 75 Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar 76 Maharashtra Latur 77 Nanded 78 Manipur Imphal East 79 South West Garo Hills Meghalaya 80 West Garo Hills 81 Mizoram Aizawl 82 Nagaland Dimapur 83 Jharsuguda 84 Rayagada 85 Gajapati 86 Bargarh 87 Sambalpur 88 Odisha Cuttack 89 Jagatsinghapur 90 Deogarh 91 Jajapur 92 Ganjam 93 Kandhamal 94 Puducherry Karaikal Page 4 of 5S.no. State/ UT District 95 Patiala Punjab 96 Fazilka 97 Baran 98 Gangapurcity 99 Hanumangarh 100 Jhunjhunu 101 Bhilwara 102 Rajsamand 103 Bundi 104 Dausa 105 Rajasthan Dholpur 106 Dungarpur 107 Pratapgarh 108 Udaipur 109 Sikar 110 Jodhpur (Gramin) 111 Kekri 112 Sanchore 113 Chittorgarh 114 Namchi Sikk im 115 Paykong 116 Sivaganga 117 Madurai 118 Nagapattinam 119 Tamil Nadu Thiruvarur 120 Ramanathapuram 121 Tirunelveli 122 Virudhunagar 123 Tripura Gomati 124 Unnao 125 Agra 126 Mathura 127 Ballia 128 Uttar Pradesh Banda 129 Firozabad 130 Prayagraj 131 Sonbhadra 132 Chitrakoot 133 Uttarakhand Pithoragarh 134 Darjeeling 135 Bankura 136 Purulia 137 West B engal Howrah 138 Malda 139 South 24 Parganas 140 Nadia ***** Page 5 of 5