Jal Jeevan Mission FAQ

Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) is the Government of India’s programme to provide a Functional Household Tap Connection to every rural home, supplying at least 55 litres per person per day of water that meets the BIS:10500 standard, on a regular and long-term basis. It is run by the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation in the Ministry of Jal Shakti. More on What is Jal Jeevan Mission?

It was announced on 15 August 2019. At that time about 3.23 crore rural homes, around 17%, had a tap.

“Water to every home”. It is the mission’s tagline, and it is also the status of a village, block, district or State where every household has tap water.

It is a centrally sponsored scheme. The Centre and States share the cost, and because water is a State subject, States plan, build, run and maintain the schemes with Gram Panchayats.

No. It covers rural households. Urban water supply is handled by municipal bodies with support from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, including through AMRUT. See Related schemes.

A tap in every rural home; priority to quality-affected, drought-prone, desert and Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana villages; taps in schools, anganwadis and public buildings; monitoring that taps keep working; community ownership; sustainable sources and maintenance funds; local skills; and public awareness.

Yes. The Budget 2025–26 speech on 1 February 2025 announced an extension until 2028, and the Union Cabinet approved the extension up to December 2028 on 10 March 2026. See Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0.

₹8.69 lakh crore, with central assistance of ₹3.59 lakh crore. The central share approved in 2019–20 was ₹2.08 lakh crore, so the extra central share is ₹1.51 lakh crore.

The budget estimate for 2026–27 is ₹67,670 crore. For 2025–26 it was ₹67,000 crore. These are one year’s central allocations, not the total outlay.

The restructured mission up to December 2028. It shifts the focus from building infrastructure to delivering a reliable water service, puts Gram Panchayats at the centre, and adds Sujalam Bharat digital mapping, Jal Arpan handover and the annual Jal Utsav.

A national digital framework under JJM 2.0 that gives every village or service area a unique Sujal Gaon ID and maps its water system from source to tap.

For tap coverage works: 100:0 in UTs without a legislature, 90:10 in North Eastern and Himalayan States and UTs with a legislature, and 50:50 in other States. For support and water quality activities the split is 100:0, 90:10 and 60:40.

Functional Household Tap Connection. See FHTC.

55 litres per capita per day: at least 55 litres for each person in the home every day. For a family of five that is 275 litres a day.

There is no national online application. Ask your Gram Panchayat or Pani Samiti to include your home in the Village Action Plan, and raise it at the Gram Sabha if needed. See How to get a tap connection.

There is no application or registration fee. The village contributes 5% or 10% of the capital cost of in-village works, and households pay a monthly water charge once the scheme is running.

When the department records a connection, it verifies the name and Aadhaar number of the head of household as part of its own process in the village. Never give an OTP or bank details to anyone for a water connection.

Write to the Pani Samiti and Gram Panchayat, raise it at the Gram Sabha, contact the block or district water department, and if needed file a grievance on CPGRAMS.

No. A tap is functional only if it meets the quantity, quality and regularity tests together. In the 2024 Functionality Assessment, 98.1% of homes in surveyed villages had taps, but 76% of connections were fully functional.

The Village Water and Sanitation Committee (VWSC) of the Gram Panchayat. It plans the village scheme, collects the community’s share, supervises works, and runs and maintains the system after handover. See Pani Samiti (VWSC).

10 to 15: up to 25% elected Panchayat members, 50% women, and the rest from weaker sections such as SC/ST in proportion to their population. Its tenure is ordinarily 2–3 years.

5% of the capital cost of in-village works in hilly and forested areas, North Eastern and Himalayan States, and villages with more than 50% SC/ST population; 10% in other villages. It can be paid in cash, kind or labour. If a State waives it, the State pays.

A trained local technician, preferably a young person or ex-serviceman, whom the VWSC can engage to run the system, do minor repairs and report faults.

The formal handover of a finished scheme to the Gram Panchayat and VWSC, after a trial run of at least 15 days and verification.

Five trained people per village, preferably women, screen water with Field Test Kits; government laboratories confirm and analyse samples; and results go into the WQMIS portal. See Water quality testing.

The Water Quality Management Information System, the government system for recording sample collection, testing and surveillance. Visit WQMIS.

2,870 laboratories as on 4 February 2026, of which 1,707 were accredited or recognised.

About 24.80 lakh women as of 12 March 2026.

Yes. States have been advised to open their labs to the public at a nominal rate. The Citizen Corner helps you find the nearest lab and its rates, and shows your village’s published results.

Under IS 10500, the acceptable limit for arsenic is 0.01 mg/l with no relaxation, and for fluoride 1.0 mg/l, with up to 1.5 mg/l allowed only where there is no alternative source.

The State water department has certified that every home, school and anganwadi in the village has tap water, and the Gram Sabha has passed a resolution confirming it. See Har Ghar Jal certification.

On 12 November 2026 the dashboard showed 2,17,994 villages certified and 3,00,264 reported as Har Ghar Jal, out of 5,86,165.

Seven States/UTs on 12 November 2026: Goa, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, Haryana, Puducherry, Punjab and Arunachal Pradesh. Telangana, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh and Mizoram were reported but not yet certified.

On 12 November 2026, 15,99,23,816 of 19,35,36,289 rural homes (82.63%) had tap water, according to the JJM Dashboard. See State-wise coverage.

On the same date Kerala (55.25%), Jharkhand (56.07%), West Bengal (56.98%) and Rajasthan (59.31%) had the lowest coverage. West Bengal had the most homes still to connect, about 75.5 lakh.

No. Certification is a village-level record held by the Gram Panchayat. Households do not need a certificate.

The dashboard changes daily as States enter connections, totals are revised when village directories are reconciled, and releases round figures. Always quote the date with the number.

Yes. The JJM Dashboard lets you drill down from State to district, block, Panchayat and village, and the Citizen Corner shows village-level information including water quality results.

“Reported” means the State water department has confirmed tap water in all homes, schools and anganwadis of a village. “Certified” means the Gram Sabha has also passed a resolution accepting that claim.

States and Union Territories enter the data on the mission’s management information system, and the dashboard displays it. The National Jal Jeevan Mission monitors it and runs independent checks such as functionality assessments.

Start with the Pani Samiti, then your block or district water or Public Health Engineering office, then CPGRAMS. See Complaints.

There is no single national toll-free number for supply complaints; States run their own. The National Jal Jeevan Mission office can be reached at 011-24362705 or [email protected].

Complaints received through CPGRAMS, the Department’s website and other channels are forwarded to the State water supply department for redressal.

The logins on the dashboard and WQMIS are for department staff, labs and registered testers. Citizens can view data without logging in.

Check any recruitment notice only on official State or Central government websites. Do not pay a fee to an agent or a non-government website for a “JJM job”.

No government process asks you to pay online to “register” for a tap, download a certificate or speed up a connection. Never share an OTP or bank PIN, and use only government (.gov.in) portals.