Parliament Question: Universal safe drinking water access to all by 2030

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1908 ANSWERED ON 09.03.2026 UNIVERSAL SAFE DRINKING WATER ACCESS TO ALL BY 2030 1908. SHRI I.S. INBADURAI: Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state: (a) whether Government has set a national roadmap to ensure safe and adequate drinking water access to every household in the country by 2030, if so, the details thereof; (b) whether the targets under the Jal Jeevan Mission are aligned with the “Water to All by 2030” objective, if so, State-wise progress achieved so far; (c) whether several rural and urban habitations still face irregular water supply despite being declared covered, if so, the verification mechanism adopted by Government; and (d) whether water quality issues such as Fluoride, Arsenic, salinity and contamination continue to affect drinking water sources, if so, district-wise details and corrective measures taken? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI (SHRI V. SOMANNA) (a) to (d) Government of India is committed to make provision for safe & potable tap water supply in adequate quantity, of prescribed quality and on a regular & long-term basis to all rural households in the country, in line with the Sustainable Development Goal 6.1 – “By 2030, achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all”. Towards this end, the Government of India is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) in partnership with states, since August 2019. Drinking Water is a state subject, and hence, the responsibility of planning, approval, implementation, operation, and maintenance of drinking water supply schemes, including those under the Jal Jeevan Mission, lies with State/UT Governments. The Government of India supports the States by providing technical and financial assistance. Significant progress has been made in the country since the launch of Jal Jeevan Mission, towards enhancing access to tap water to rural households. At the start the Mission, only 3.23 Crore (16.7%) rural households were reported to have tap water connections. So far, as reported by States/ UTs as on 03.03.2026, under JJM more than 12.58 Crore additional rural households have been provided with tap water connections. Thus, as on 03.03.2026, out of around 19.36 Crore rural households in the country, around 15.82 Crore (81.71%) households are reported to have tap water supply in their homes. Further, the State/ UT-wise, District-wise and Village-wise status of tap water connection provided under the Mission in rural areas is in public domain and available on JJM dashboard at: https://ejalshakti.gov.in/jjmreport/JJMIndia.aspx Page 1 of 5To achieve the objectives of JJM, Hon’ble Finance Minister in her budget speech 2025-26 has announced extension of JJM until 2028. Moreover, under JJM, while planning water supply schemes to provide tap water supply to households, priority is given to habitations affected by chemical contaminants. States/ UTs have been advised to plan and implement piped water supply schemes based on alternative safe water sources for the villages with water quality issues. States/ UTs have also been advised to install community water purification plants (CWPPs) especially in Arsenic and Fluoride affected habitations to provide potable water to every household to meet their drinking and cooking requirements (to the tune of 8-10 litres per capita per day) till the commissioning of piped water supply schemes compliant to JJM standards. As reported by States on JJM-IMIS, as on date, all habitations in rural area of the country are provided safe drinking water free from Arsenic and Fluoride contamination at least with short term measures. The district wise details of Quality Affected Habitations (as on 03.03.2026) as reported on JJM IMIS by the States/ UTs is placed as Annexure. Further, Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, has informed that Government of India provides financial and technical support to the States through various schemes/ Missions such as Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) and AMRUT 2.0. The Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) was launched by the Central Government on June 25, 2015, for 500 cities (485 cities including 15 merged cities) across all States/UTs in the country. The major thrust areas of the Mission were water supply, sewerage & septage management, storm water drainage, green spaces & parks, non-motorized urban transport. Under AMRUT, 1,403 water supply projects worth ₹43,378.59 crore have been grounded. AMRUT 2.0 scheme was launched in the year 2021 in all Urban Local Bodies (ULBs)/ cities, enabling the cities to become 'self-reliant' and 'water secure'. Providing universal coverage of sewerage & septage management in 500 AMRUT cities is one of the major focus areas of AMRUT 2.0. Under AMRUT 2.0 so far, 3,531 water supply projects worth ₹1,19,670.51 crore have been approved. ***** Page 2 of 5ANNEXURE Annexure referred to in Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1908 answered on 09.03.2026 District wise details of Quality Affected Habitations (as on 04.03.26) State District list No of Quality Affected Habitations (as on 03.03.2026) Assam Bajali 28 Barpeta 9 Biswanath 317 Bongaigaon 25 Charaideo 111 Chirang 37 Darrang 425 Dhemaji 222 Dhubri 11 Dibrugarh 16 Goalpara 1 Golaghat 222 Hojai 3 Jorhat 44 Kamrup 37 Karbi Anglong 24 Kokrajhar 42 Lakhimpur 12 Marigaon 1 Nagaon 97 Nalbari 1 Sivasagar 25 Sonitpur 148 Tamulpur 10 Tinsukia 234 Udalguri 76 Bihar Saharsa 51 Kerala Alappuzha 12 Idukki 3 Kannur 21 Kasaragod 2 Kozhikode 15 Malappuram 8 Palakkad 2 Thiruvananthapuram 1 Thrissur 2 Wayanad 8 Odisha Balangir 8 Gajapati 47 Ganjam 5 Jagatsinghapur 39 Page 3 of 5Jharsuguda 1 Kalahandi 3 Kandhamal 95 Khordha 1 Koraput 271 Malkangiri 200 Mayurbhanj 2 Nabarangpur 15 Nayagarh 11 Puri 38 Rayagada 38 Sonepur 1 Sundargarh 2 Punjab Amritsar 122 Barnala 4 Fatehgarh Sahib 17 Fazilka 14 Ferozepur 18 Gurdaspur 100 Hoshiarpur 4 Jalandhar 1 Ludhiana 2 Malerkotla 1 Moga 3 Patiala 105 Rupnagar 2 Sangrur 6 Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar 1 Tarn Taran 27 Rajasthan Alwar 26 Balotra 1015 Banswara 3 Baran 2 Barmer 5472 Beawar 3 Bharatpur 45 Bhilwara 6 Bikaner 84 Bundi 49 Chittorgarh 69 Dausa 27 Deeg 268 Dungarpur 11 Gangapurcity 12 Hanumangarh 1 Jaipur (Gramin) 2 Page 4 of 5Jaisalmer 41 Jhunjhunu 6 Jodhpur (Gramin) 4 Karauli 4 Kota 23 Kotputli-Behror 2 Neem Ka Thana 2 Pali 5 Phalodi 438 Pratapgarh 94 Rajsamand 10 Sawai Madhopur 2 Sikar 7 Udaipur 39 Tripura Dhalai 25 Gomati 10 Khowai 10 Sepahijala 3 South Tripura 37 Unakoti 22 West Tripura 10 West Bengal Birbhum 8 Malda 37 Murshidabad 16 North 24 Parganas 4 Purulia 27 Grand Total 11,488 Page 5 of 5