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The Union Cabinet connected Tuesday (March 10, 2026) approved the hold of Jal Jeevan Mission up to December 2028 with an enhanced outlay of ₹8.7 lakh crore, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said.
The task was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi successful 2019 to supply harmless and capable drinking h2o done pat connections to each households successful agrarian India.
"The Cabinet approved the Ministry of Jal Shakti's connection to restructure and reorient the implementation of the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) from infrastructure instauration to work delivery, supported by drinking h2o governance and organization ecosystem for sustainable agrarian piped potable h2o supply," the Minister said astatine a property conference.
For restructuring JJM, focusing connected structural reforms, the Cabinet has approved an enhancement of the full outlay to ₹8.69 lakh crore, with a full cardinal assistance of ₹3.59 lakh crore arsenic against from ₹2.08 lakh crore approved successful 2019-20.
A azygous nationalist integer model called "Sujalam Bharat" shall beryllium instituted, nether which each colony shall beryllium assigned a unsocial Sujal Gaon oregon Service Area ID, digitally mapping the implicit drinking h2o proviso strategy from root to tap.
