21. Jal Jeevan Mission
- Author:
- Sanjana Malhotra, Vastav Irava, and Avani Kapur
- Publication Date:
- 02-2021
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Centre for Policy Research, India
- Abstract:
- Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) is Government of India’s (GoI’s) rural drinking water programme to provide functional tap connections to every household for drinking, cooking, and other domestic needs on a sustainable basis by 2024. It subsumes the previous National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP). Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, this brief uses government data to report on: GoI allocations, releases, and expenditures; Component-wise trends; Progress on coverage
- Topic:
- Government, Water, Rural, and COVID-19
- Political Geography:
- South Asia and India