Centre allocates grant to Karnataka under Jal Jeevan Mission

• Centre has allocated over Rs 5,000 crore grant to Karnataka under Jal Jeevan Mission in the year 2021-22.

• Union Jal Shakti Minister assured full assistance to the State for making provision of tap water supply in every rural home in Karnataka by 2023.

Key update:

• Union government has increased the central grant to Karnataka under the Jal Jeevan Mission in the year 2021-22
• The grant was Rs.1,189.40 Crore in 2020-21 which has been increased to Rs.5,008.79 Crore in the current year.

Jal Jeevan Mission

• The Mission was launched on August 15, 2019
• It is a central government initiative under the Ministry of Jal Shakti,
• It aims to ensure access of piped water for every household in India.
• The mission’s goal is to provide to all households in rural India safe and adequate water through individual household tap connections by 2024.
• The programme will also implement source sustainability measures as mandatory elements, such as

1. recharge and reuse through grey water management,
2. water conservation,
3. rain water harvesting.

• At the start of the Mission in 2019, out of a total of 19.20 Crore rural households in the country, only 3.23 Crore (17%) had tap water supply.
• During the last 22 months, 4.42 Crore households have been provided with piped connections.
• This has increased the coverage by 23.36% and presently 7.66 Crore (40.5%) rural households across the country have tap water supply.

JJM in Karnataka:

• In Karnataka, out of 91.19 lakh households, 29.96lakh households (32.86%) have been provided with tap water connections.
• State has planned to provide tap water connections to:

1. 25.17 lakh households in 2021-22,
2. 17.93 lakh tap water connections in 2022-23 and
3. remaining 19.93 lakh tap water connections in 2023-24

• Achieving these targets will achieve tap water supply for every rural household.