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Frequently asked questions (FAQs) on Jal Jeevan Mission
Posted on 31 Mar, 2020 03:12 PM![Women benefit the most, when potable water reaches straight to their homes (Image: Shree Padre via IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2384944460_82d7f1902a_c.jpg?itok=Hw45UH48)
Clean drinking water: Still a pipe dream for Maharashtra?
Posted on 30 Mar, 2020 04:34 PMLatur in Maharashtra has been facing acute drinking water scarcity over the last month and has been in news again, and that too, inspite of having piped water connections and a good monsoon this year!
![Har nal me jal, a pipe dream? (Image Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/nal_se_jal.jpg?itok=2SGH_lDA)
Community-led piped water supply initiative in Bihar
Posted on 28 Mar, 2020 12:34 PMWater is a precious natural resource that ensures human well-being. However, across the globe there is a severe water crisis, which is heightened by issues of inaccessibility and contamination.
![The community at the ward level of the panchayat is supposed to have complete ownership of the system created. (Image: GG Vogman, Flickr Commons, CC BY-NC 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/tap2_0.jpg?itok=3j0y1m_U)
Democratization of data through use of GIS technology
Posted on 26 Mar, 2020 11:55 AMDevelopments in geographical information systems (GIS) in India, both in policy and law, have thus far empowered to a greater extent government and business at national and regional level. The real challenge in this sector is to extend this technology to local communities for self-governance and to enable them to participate on an equal footing in regional and national development.
![A view of a village in Almora district of Uttarakhand (Image: Raja Harjai, Flickr Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/almora-village.jpg?itok=3-hqvYFO)
A national action plan to ensure sustainable and responsible business on the anvil
Posted on 23 Mar, 2020 12:19 PMCentre to finalise National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights
![An industrial area in Chhattisgarh (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/23242374375_229a4cd22e_c.jpg?itok=YAsKvrqZ)
Clean water, a crucial weapon to combat COVID -19
Posted on 21 Mar, 2020 04:32 PMThis month has been seeing a different kind of a scare world over, that of the deadly corona virus pandemic that has been spreading rapidly, infecting people and leading to a rising number of deaths in numerous countries.
![Is our tap water really safe? (Image Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/cmi_0.jpg?itok=1JwzzJ8n)
Tap water to all
Posted on 20 Mar, 2020 01:47 PMEfforts are underway by both state and central governments to improve access to safe and adequate drinking water to people, and nationally, as on 31 December 2018, 79% of rural habitations had been covered at 40 litres per capita per day (lpcd) but only 47% at 55 lpcd.
![Child drinks water from a tap (Image: Imal Hashemi/Taimani Films/World Bank, Flickr Commons, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/tap-water_0.jpg?itok=M9PCsVOw)
Jal Jeevan Mission: Will piped water to every household no longer be a pipe dream?
Posted on 14 Mar, 2020 04:26 PMMillions of Indian women can take up to six trips a day to gather and transport water, which takes up a major part of their day. During scorching summers when many sources dry up, their drudgery gets even worse.
![A school boy from Tilonia in semi-arid region of Rajasthan drinks from a tap from a rainwater harvesting tank that provides clean drinking water. (Image: Barefoot photographers of Tilonia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/tap-water.jpg?itok=fRxWZL1R)
Under Har Ghar Nal Se Jal, states to open water testing labs
Posted on 12 Mar, 2020 02:39 PMDDWS orders states to open up water testing laboratories to the public
![Residents of a village testing their water (Source: Arghyam)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/5745669328_6f35b3414e_c.jpg?itok=YC3PPfQd)
Groundwater in 30 districts in Delhi-NCR contaminated, reveals 2019 data
Posted on 12 Mar, 2020 02:31 PM30 districts in Delhi-NCR had contaminated groundwater in 2019: Water Minister
![A resident in Delhi with her extracted groundwater (Source: IWP FLickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/residents_0.jpg?itok=eXsy8gee)