JAL JEEVAN MISSION EXTENDED UNTIL 2028

MISSION TO ACHIEVE 100% COVERAGE OVER NEXT THREE YEARS

While presenting the Union Budget 2025-26 in the Parliament today, Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman said that the total budget outlay for Jal Jeevan Mission has been enhanced to Rs 67,000 Crore. She said that the Mission stands extended until 2028.

Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman stated that 15 crore households representing 80 per cent of India’s rural population have benefitted by the Jal Jeevan Mission since 2019. She added that access to potable tap water connections is provided under this Mission and in the next three years the target is to achieve 100 per cent coverage.

Jal Jeevan Mission’s focus will be on the quality of infrastructure and O&M of rural piped water supply schemes through “Jan Bhagidhari”. Separate MoUs will be signed with states/UTs, to ensure sustainability and citizen-centric water service delivery, informed Smt. Sitharaman.

Jal Jeevan Mission extension advances universal rural tap-water coverage and prioritises infrastructure quality and O&M. Allocation and temporal extension of the Jal Jeevan Mission establish renewed central funding and an operational horizon through 2028, with a programme-level target to attain universal household tap-water coverage in rural areas within the next three years. Implementation priorities focus on improving quality of water supply infrastructure and sustaining service delivery through Operation and Maintenance arrangements anchored in community participation ('Jan Bhagidhari'), and on separate memoranda of understanding with states and union territories to secure sustainability and citizen-centric rural piped water services.