Jal Jeevan Mission

Har Ghar Jal
Agency overview
Formed2019
Parent departmentJal Jeevan Mission
Parent agencyMinistry of Jal Shakti
Websitehttps://jaljeevanmission.gov.in/

Har Ghar Jal (transl. Water To Every Household) is a scheme initiated by the Ministry of Jal Shakti of Government of India under the Jal Jeevan Mission in 2019 with the aim to provide 55 litres of tap water to every rural household per capita per day regularly on a long term basis by 2024. It is a restructuring of National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) by Modi government in August 2019.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his Independence Day speech on August 15, 2019, addressed the goal of providing potable water connections to rural households across India by 2024 under a budget of 3.60 lakh crores. In this the central government share is 2.08 lakh crore. The scheme envisages cost sharing in the ratio of 100:0 between Central Government-Union Territories, 90:10% between Central Government-North Eastern States/Himalayan State Governments and 50:50% between Central Government and other State Governments.

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