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Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj and IT/BT Priyank Kharge connected Saturday urged Union Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Patil to merchandise the pending stock of Central funds nether the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) to Karnataka to guarantee timely completion of works and alteration entree to harmless drinking h2o for agrarian households.
In a missive to Mr. Patil, helium said the State has been proactively supporting the strategy done budgetary allocations and timely releases, including an allocation of ₹11,050 crore successful the existent fiscal year.
“It is pertinent to enactment that retired of the full expenditure of ₹35,698.58 crore, the State’s stock is ₹24,598.45 crore portion the Central stock is lone ₹11,786.63 crore, which reflects the immense shortfall of the matching Central authorities share,” helium said.
He noted that the strategy requires sustained enactment from the Union authorities for effectual implementation, including timely merchandise of Central grants. “Currently, bills amounting to astir ₹1,700 crore are pending for outgo and bills amounting to ₹2,600 crore are successful the pipeline,” helium stated.
He said that Karnataka has been successfully implementing the mission, demonstrating important carnal and fiscal advancement during 2023-24, 2024-25, and 2025-26. Till date, helium said, connections to much than 86% of agrarian households person been provided, and different multi-village and single-village schemes are astatine antithetic stages of progress, urging for aboriginal merchandise of pending funds.
