Jal Jeevan Mission

What is Jal Jeevan Mission?

Jal Jeevan Mission, is envisioned to provide safe and adequate drinking water through individual household tap connections by 2024 to all households in rural India.

Benefit

Functional household tap connection(FHTC) to households, Schools, Anganwadi centres, GP buildings, Health centres, wellness centres and community buildings. (Priority in quality affected areas, villages in drought prone and desert areas) The scheme shall provide FHTC in every household with three delivery points (taps), viz. kitchen, washing & bathing area and toilet, to keep water clean and prevent misuse. Out of the three, only one tap per household will be funded under JJM. Other Benefits: Monitoring functionality of tap connections. Promotion and ensure voluntary ownership among local community by way of contribution in cash, kind and/ or labour and voluntary labour (shramdaan) Assistance in ensuring sustainability of water supply system, i.e. water source, water supply infrastructure, and funds for regular O&M Empowering and development of human resource in the sector such that the demands of construction, plumbing, electrical, water quality management, water treatment, catchment protection, O&M, etc. are taken care of in short and long term Awareness on various aspects and significance of safe drinking water and involvement of stakeholders in manner that make water everyone's busine

Level

Central

Ministry / Dept.

Ministry Of Jal Shakti

Benefit type

cash

Key eligibility

This scheme is applicable to all households in rural India.

Last verified

Recently

Benefits

Functional household tap connection(FHTC) to households, Schools, Anganwadi centres, GP buildings, Health centres, wellness centres and community buildings. (Priority in quality affected areas, villages in drought prone and desert areas) The scheme shall provide FHTC in every household with three delivery points (taps), viz. kitchen, washing & bathing area and toilet, to keep water clean and prevent misuse. Out of the three, only one tap per household will be funded under JJM. Other Benefits: Monitoring functionality of tap connections. Promotion and ensure voluntary ownership among local community by way of contribution in cash, kind and/ or labour and voluntary labour (shramdaan) Assistance in ensuring sustainability of water supply system, i.e. water source, water supply infrastructure, and funds for regular O&M Empowering and development of human resource in the sector such that the demands of construction, plumbing, electrical, water quality management, water treatment, catchment protection, O&M, etc. are taken care of in short and long term Awareness on various aspects and significance of safe drinking water and involvement of stakeholders in manner that make water everyone's busine

Eligibility

Documents Required

How to Apply

1. Step 1: Offline application — step 1

   The applicant need not apply for the scheme.

2. Step 2: Offline application — step 3

   State Governments/ UT Administration will implement the mission based on the finalized SAP with timelines to cover all the villages of the respective State/ UT. Each village will be assessed on existing water supply infrastructure by DWSM in consultation with Gram Panchayat and/ or its sub-committee and ISA. Based on the same, FHTCs will be provided to every rural household by creating in-village water supply infrastructure including source development under any one of the following suggested categories, viz.

3. Step 3: Offline application — step 4

   Retrofitting of ongoing schemes taken up under erstwhile NRDWP for the last mile connectivity; Retrofitting of completed rural water supply schemes to make it JJM compliant; Single Village Scheme (SVS) in villages having adequate groundwater/ spring water/ local or surface water source of prescribed quality; Single Village Scheme (SVS) in villages having adequate groundwater that needs treatment; Multi Village Scheme (MVS) with water grids/ regional water supply scheme; and Mini solar power-based piped water supply in isolated/ tribal hamlets.

Sources & References

• Official scheme website ↗
• Source record ↗
• Information is summarised from official government sources. Verify all details on the official website before applying.