India, Feb. 4 -- Under the Union government's ambitious plan, the Jal Jeevan Mission, 80 per cent of the country's rural population has been provided with tap water for drinking since 2019.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while presenting the eighth budget in Parliament on February 1, 2025, stated that the mission has been extended until 2028. A total provision of Rs 67,000 crore has been allocated for the Jal Jeevan Mission under the Union Budget for 2025-26. This provision is 195 per cent higher than the revised budget allocation of Rs 29,916.8 crore for the financial year 2024-25.

However, it is four per cent less than the original budget provision of Rs 70,162.90 crore for the previous financial year. The budget data reveals th...