Rs. 1 Tap Water Connection Scheme

Uttarakhand state government is planning to start a new Rupees 1 Tap Water Connection Scheme under Jal Jeevan Mission. In this scheme, the state govt. will provide water connection in all households across the state at a nominal Rs. 1 per house.

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The announcement to start “Ek Rupaiye Mai Paani Ka Connection” Scheme has been made by the chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat.

CM announced Rs. 1 Tap Water Connection Scheme in Uttarakhand on 6 July 2020. CM inaugurated the Mukhyamantri Swarojgar Yojana in dairy development at Dudhli in Dehradun district on the same day.

Honourable CM Rawat has launched a milch animal purchase programme under the Integrated Cooperative Development Project and the Ganga Cow Mahila Dairy Yojana.

Uttarakhand becomes 1st state in the country where a scheme such as Mukhyamantri Swarojgar Yojana has been launched.

So under the Jal Jeevan Mission scheme, water connection will be given to each household in the state for only Re 1. With the launch of Mukhyamantri Swarojgar Yojana in dairy development, the govt. aims to increase the production of milk in the state.

Under the CM Self Employment scheme, milch animals will be brought from outside the state.