The Government of India has restructured and subsumed the ongoing National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) into Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) to provide Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) to every rural household i.e., Har Ghar Jal by 2024. Jal Jeevan Mission aims to provide Functional House Connection to every rural household with a minimum water supply service standard of 55 LPCD. The broad objectives of the Mission are: To provide FHTC to every rural household; To prioritize provision of FHTCs in quality affected areas, villages in drought-prone and desert areas, Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) villages, etc.; To provide functional tap connection to Schools, Anganwadi centers, GP buildings, Health centers, wellness centers and community buildings; To monitor functionality of tap connections; To promote and ensure voluntary ownership among local community by way of contribution in cash, kind and/ or labour and voluntary labour (shramdaan); To assist in ensuring the sustainability of water supply system, i.e. water source, water supply infrastructure, and funds for regular O&M; To empower and develop 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; and To bring awareness on various aspects and significance of safe drinking water and involvement of stakeholders in manner that make water everyone's business.
