PARLIAMENT QUESTION: POTABLE WATER CONNECTIONS TO SC HOUSEHOLDS UNDER NRDWP

India, March 24 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:

Since August 2019, the Government of India, in partnership with States, is implementing the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), after subsuming erstwhile National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP), for making provision of potable water supply through functional tap water connection i.e. at a service level of 55 litre per capita per day (lpcd), of prescribed quality (BIS:10500), on regular and long-term basis to every rural household of the country inter alia including Scheduled Caste (SC).

JJM follows a universal approach for coverage of rural households. Further, while allocating the fund under JJM, 10% weightage is assigned for rural SC/ ST population, so as to pri...