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Frequently asked questions (FAQs) on Jal Jeevan Mission

All you need to know on Jal Jeevan Mission, a time-bound mission-mode programme that was launched in 2019 to provide water to all by 2024.

Swati Bansal

Posted on 31 Mar, 2020 03:12 PM

On 15 August, 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), a time-bound mission-mode programme, to enable all rural household to have functional household tap connection (FHTC) i.e. Har Ghar Nal Se Jal by 2024.

Women benefit the most, when potable water reaches straight to their homes (Image: Shree Padre via IWP Flickr photos)

Clean drinking water: Still a pipe dream for Maharashtra?

While water supply coverage has improved over the years in Maharashtra, why does safe and continuous water supply still remain a distant dream for the state?

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

Posted on 30 Mar, 2020 04:34 PM

Latur 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)

Virtual water and water footprint

How much water do we consume directly and indirectly?

Ishwer Kale

Posted on 22 Mar, 2020 10:32 PM

Climate change and water scarcity in India

Food wastage also implies wastage of water (Image Source: WOTR)

In deep water

Will the World Bank honor its commitments to the poor in an Indian water project?

Anirudha Nagar

Accountability Counsel

Posted on 22 Mar, 2020 08:05 PM

In the wake of a scandal revealing that the World Bank may have suppressed knowledge of money for the poor being siphoned off by elites, all eyes are on the Bank to see whether its commitments to the poor hold water.

A water scheme violates Adivasi rights, threatens community water access and sacred spaces (Image: Anirudha Nagar, Accountability Counsel)

Clean water, a crucial weapon to combat COVID -19

The recent COVID -19 pandemic highlights the important role that access to clean water can play in dealing with such diseases in the future.

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

Amita Bhaduri

Posted on 21 Mar, 2020 04:32 PM

This 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)

Jal Jeevan Mission: Will piped water to every household no longer be a pipe dream?

There is a need to focus on the “first mile” i.e. communities across rural India to be able to ensure sustainability and scalability for piped water supply.

Bishwadeep Ghose

Manisha Shah

Posted on 14 Mar, 2020 04:26 PM

Millions 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)

Under Har Ghar Nal Se Jal, states to open water testing labs

Policy matters this week

Swati Bansal

Posted on 12 Mar, 2020 02:39 PM

DDWS orders states to open up water testing laboratories to the public

Residents of a village testing their water (Source: Arghyam)

Bringing back the trust: Getting our belief back in public water supply systems

While the government has passed a draft notification to bar use of Reverse Osmosis (RO) purifiers in cities, what does evidence on the ground tell us?

Sunderrajan Krishnan

Posted on 06 Mar, 2020 01:01 PM

The Government of India has passed a draft notification to bar membrane based systems such as Reverse Osmosis (RO) to be used as domestic purifiers in cities where the tap water is safe according to the Burea

Decentralised groundwater governance to deal with the groundwater crisis

Decentralised groundwater governance frameworks that integrate democratic institutional mechanisms are needed to deal with the current groundwater crisis in India.

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

Harshavardhan Dhawan

Posted on 17 Feb, 2020 05:43 PM

The challenges to sustain groundwater dependency in India are many where groundwater over extraction is not only leading to rapid depletion of the resource, but also giving rise to water quality issues in a situation where the response at the level of policy continues to be lukewarm.

The need for decentralised governance to deal with the current groundwater crisis (Image Source: ACWADAM)

Jal Jeevan Mission receives Rs 11,500 crore allocation in Budget 2020-21

Policy matters this week

Swati Bansal

Posted on 06 Feb, 2020 10:07 PM

Government allocates Rs 11,500 crore to Jal Jeevan Mission for 2020-21

In the budget 2020-21, the Finance Ministry has allocated Rs 11,500 crore to the Jal Jeevan Mission for the year for 2020-21.

Women filling water from a tap (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

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May 2, 2024

मध्यप्रदेश: लोगों की पहुंच से दूर क्यों हो रहा जल, कैसे होगा जल संकट हल

देश का हदय प्रदेश कहा जाने वाला मध्यप्रदेश जल संकट से जूझ रहा है। प्रदेश में बुन्देलखंड क्षेत्र की पहचान अब सूखे के रूप में हो रही है। बुन्देलखंड का अहम हिस्सा सागर जिला पहाड़ी इलाके के रूप में विद्यमान है। सागर जिले में पानी का संकट बहुत तेजी से बढ़ रहा है। सागर के आस-पास के ग्रामीण क्षेत्रों की नदियां, कुएं और तालाब सूखते जा रहे हैं। जिससे जिले के कई गाँव में पानी की समस्या गंभीर रूप से मंडरा रही है।

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भाजपा-कांग्रेस दोनों दलों के घोषणा पत्रों में बस इतना सा है पर्यावरण

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