Page 5 - Latest Updates on Jal Jeevan Mission
Centre releases Rs 604 cr to Jammu & Kashmir under Jal Jeevan Mission
The Central government has released Rs 604 crore to Jammu and Kashmir under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), informed the Ministry of Jal Shakti on Tuesday.
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Under Jal Jeevan Mission, 50 mn houses got water connection: PM Modi
Since the launch of the Jal Jeevan Mission in 2019, five crore households have got water connection and now tap water is reaching every household in about 1.25 lakh villages, Modi said
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Meet Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, a minister who keeps both oars in the water
"Did you test the water in your taps before you decided to get an RO?" Shekhawat asks. He says testing water quality is his primary mission
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Jal Jeevan Mission: Shekhawat to chair conference of NE ministers on Sep 16
Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on will chair a one-day conference to discuss the planning, implementation and progress of the Jal Jeevan Mission in the eight north-eastern states.
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Govt to ensure tap water connection for every household by 2024: Shekhawat
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government is working to ensure that every household in the country has a piped water connection by 2024.
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From IoT-based sensors to flow meters, how tech is powering water mission
The Jal Jeevan Mission has adopted technology based on the Internet of Things to provide safe tap water to every rural household by 2024
Jal Jeevan Mission starts to monitor and measure tap water supply
The Jal Jeevan Mission promises a 55-litre per capita per day for each rural household and BIS10500 quality of water
A slow trickle for 111 mn parched homes in villages waiting for tap water
Despite this achievement, the target seems Sisyphean. These 80 million-odd households make up 41 per cent of rural families
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111 million families in India's villages still await potable tap water
A third of villages don't have piped supply infra, another third does, but tap provision work to households hasn't yet begun. Govt has promised to spend Rs 50,000 cr to expedite the scheme
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Jal Jeevan Mission: Flowing in the right direction
Rural India has 18.93 crore households of whom only 17 per cent had some version of a tap water connection
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Centre releases Rs 2,400 cr grant-in-aid to UP under Jal Jeevan Mission
The Jal Shakti ministry has released Rs 2,400 crore grant-in-aid to Uttar Pradesh against an allocation of Rs 10,870 crore for the financial year 2021-22 under the Jal Jeevan Mission, it said
100,275 villages, 71 districts get tap connections under Jal Jeevan Mission
71 districts, 824 blocks, 50,309 gram panchayats and 1,00,275 villages have tap connections in each house after almost two years of launching 'Har Ghar Jal' mission, said Jal Jeevan Mission Director
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Centre gives Rs 2,479 cr grant to J'khand under Jal Jeevan Mission
This marks a four-fold increase from last year
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Centre opens cash tap for Uttar Pradesh: Rs 10K crore under Jal Jeevan
Biggest allocation to any state, despite two successive years of unused purse
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Centre allocates Rs 5,117 crore to Madhya Pradesh under Jal Jeevan Mission
The Centre has allocated Rs 5,117 crore to Madhya Pradesh under the Jal Jeevan Mission, a four-fold rise than last year, and released its first tranche of Rs 1,184 crore
Govt releases Rs 5,968 crore to 15 states under Jal Jeevan Mission
The Government has released Rs 5,968 crore to 15 states for the implementation of the Jal Jeevan Mission in the financial year 2021-22
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Haryana, Odisha submit annual action plan under Jal Jeevan Mission
Every rural household in Haryana will get tap water connection by November 1, 2022 while Odisha will achieve the same by 2024, according to the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) annual action plan
Beyond the sarkari diktat
Book review of Method in the Madness: Insights from My Career as an Insider Outsider Insider
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Over 40 mn rural homes get tap water connections under 'Jal Jeevan Mission'
Goa has become the first state to provide 100% tap water supply followed by Telangana and Andaman and Nicobar Islands
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Over 37.7 mn rural homes given water connections under Jal Mission: Govt
The Jal Jeevan Mission, a flagship programme of the Narendra Modi government, aims to provide tap water connections to all rural households by 2024
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