Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0: Sustainable rural tap water coverage

Key facts

• Reform-linked memoranda of understanding (MoUs) under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) 2.0 were signed on 29 April with Uttarakhand, Karnataka, and Tripura.
• The JJM 2.0 is extended until December 2028 to achieve complete rural tap water coverage, shifting focus from infrastructure creation to sustainable service delivery.
• Karnataka has established 88.06 lakh functional household tap connections out of 101.31 lakh rural households, achieving 87 per cent progress.
• Uttarakhand has achieved 98 per cent coverage with 14.20 lakh connections out of 14.48 lakh rural households and conserved over 6,500 water sources and 3.5 million cubic metres of rainwater harvesting through its Spring and River Rejuvenation Authority.
• Tripura's tap water coverage rose from 3 per cent in 2019 to 86 per cent, providing piped water to 4,319 schools and 8,585 Anganwadi centres.