Government of India approved Rs.1,280 crore for implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission in Madhya Pradesh for 2020-21. The amount of Rs.244.95 crore and this year’s Central allocation and matching State share, Rs.3,093 crore will be available with the State 2020.
Madhya Pradesh has planned to have 100% Functional Household Tap Water Connection (FHTC) by 2023-24.
Out of 1.21 crore, rural households in the Madhya Pradesh State, 13.52 lakh households are already provided with tap connections.
The State also plans to provide tap connections to 26.27 lakh households in rural areas in 2020-21. While planning for universal coverage of households, priority is given to water-scarce areas, quality-affected areas, SC/ ST dominated habitations/ villages, aspirational districts, and Sansad Adarsh Gramin Yojana villages, particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups.
Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) is implemented by the Ministry of Jal Shakti in partnership with States. JJM aims to provide adequate drinking water of prescribed quality on a regular and long-term basis to every rural household of the country by 2024. JJM focusses on service delivery, not on infrastructure creation.
The Mission was launched by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2019 Independence Day speech. The main objective is to bring improvement in the lives of rural people and to reduce the drudgery of rural women especially girls, this Mission expects to bring reforms in the drinking water sector. A budget of whopping Rs.3.60 lakh crore has been allocated for this transformational programme.