Jal Shakti Minister to chair Conference of Ministers of States, UTs on Jal Jeevan MIssion today

Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat will be chairing a Conference of States and UTs Ministers on Jal Jeevan Mission today and review the progress made under the Mission. The conference is being organized to discuss planning, implementation and progress made so far as well as the way forward so that the remaining households in villages get tap water connections at the



earliest.

 

The Mission is a flagship programme of the Centre for providing tap water connection in every rural household by 2024. Since announcement of Jal Jeevan Mission on 15th August 2019, significant progress has been made across the country. So far, more than 3.79 crore rural households have been provided with tap water connections.