Page 6 - Latest Updates on Jal Jeevan Mission
Astral Poly jumps 5% on fixing record date for 1:3 bonus share issue
The company has fixed March 19 as the record date for the 1:3 bonus share issue
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Budget 2021: FM Sitharaman allocates Rs 50K crore for Jal Jeevan Mission
A whopping Rs 50,000 crore has been earmarked for the Jal Jeevan Mission in Budget 2021-22, even as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Monday announced the scheme's urban segment that aims to provide tap water connections to 2.86 crore households.
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Govt to launch Jal Jeevan Mission for tap water connections in urban areas
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday announced that the Jal Jeevan Mission (urban) will be launched
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FM Sitharaman announces Rs 2.87 trn outlay for Jal Jeevan mission in Budget
The government on Monday announced the Jal Jeevan mission with an outlay of Rs 2.87 trillion for 4,378 urban local bodies
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Allocation for Jal Jeevan Mission may be doubled in upcoming Budget
Ministry hopeful of uptick in activity; may take Rs 12k-crore loan from Nabard
Top headlines: Govt plans to lift cap on flights, firms call for tax relief
The government has initiated discussions with airlines to allow them to operate in full capacity and Allocation for the Jal Jeevan Mission is expected to rise two-fold in the upcoming Budget
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26 million families given piped drinking water under Jal Jeevan: PM Modi
Govt has so far provided over 58 mn tap-water connections, covering 30% of rural households. So far, Goa is the only state with 100% tap water coverage
Measure and monitor: New task for Jal Jeevan Mission's 100% tap water goal
The govt is concerned that for a country with 600,000 villages and 1.7 million habitations, the cost of tracking the supply and use of water could become very high
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PM reaches out to village heads over implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission
PM Modi has written to all sarpanches and gram pradhans for more effective implementation of the Jal Jeevan Mission, saying its goal can be fully realised with the help of village community leaders
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Govt launches contest to develop smart water supply monitoring system
Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) aims at providing tap water connection to every rural household by 2024
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Centre starts work on Jal Jeevan Mission to provide water to J-K household
The Centre has started work on the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) which aims to provide water supply to every household in Jammu and Kashmir by December 2021
20 mn households across country provided tap water connections under JJM
Over 2 crore households across the country have been provided tap water connection so far under the Jal Shakti ministry's Jal Jeevan Mission, an official statement said on Tuesday
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Bait and switch: The maths of promises and delivery will have to add up
On the three major subjects on which the country would like to hear from the prime minister - defence expenditure, healthcare spend, and economic difficulties - there is only silence, writes T N Ninan
10 million households provided tap connections in current year: Minister
Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Thursday said ten million households have been provided with tap connections in the current year.
100,000 tap water connections provided daily, 4.5 mn since April: Govt
For 2020-21, Rs 23,500 crore was allocated for the implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission
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2.5 mn got piped-water connections during Covid: Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
In a Q&A, Jal Shakti Minister says he is confident the pandemic will not delay the targets under the Har Ghar Jal initiative or lead to any fund crunch
Jal Jeevan Mission to add 11.5 million household tap connections by FY21
The scheme is also expected to generate through construction as well operation and maintenance activity undertaken for piped water supply
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Budget 2020: Govt approves Rs 11,500 cr for Jal Jeevan Mission for FY21
"Our government has approved Rs 3.60 trillion for this mission. During the year 2020-21, the scheme would be provided budget of Rs 11,500 crore," Sitharaman said.
Channelling into a new stream
Boosting investment to creating employment: Officials managing the Jal Jeevan Mission are setting goals beyond universal water supply
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Govt plans new policy to recover water tariffs from all kinds of consumers
The Centre will make available extra budgetary resources for the Mission, which will be allocated along with gross budgetary support to the states