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Census of Water Bodies

The following information was provided by the Minister of State, Jal Shakti, and Shri Bishweswar Tudu in a written reply in the Look Sabha. Ministry of Jal Shakti has launched the first Census of Water Bodies in convergence with the Sixth Minor Irrigation Census. Guidelines for repair, renovation and restoration of water bodies (RRR of WBs) component of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY)-Her Chet Koi Pane (HKKP), under which the Ministry of Jal Shakti is providing financial assistance to states for identified schemes, were issued in January, 2022. These…

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Status of Projects under Navami Ganges Programmed

Shri Bishweswar Tudu, Minister of State, Jal Shakti provided the following information in a written reply, in the Look Sabha. The Navami Ganges Programmed (NGP) is dynamic and evolving in nature to address the emerging needs and priorities for rejuvenation of river Ganga and its tributaries. Under the NGP, state level annual action plans are prepared and projects are developed by the States and taken up for implementation after due approval process and efforts are made to complete the projects by their scheduled timelines. Under NGP, state level annual action…

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10 crore rural households get drinking water through taps

As the country celebrates Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, to mark 75 years of India’s Independence, Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) achieves a new milestone by providing 10 crore rural households with safe and clean drinking water through taps. When the JJM was launched by Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, on 15 August 2019, from the ramparts of the Red Fort, only 3.23 Crore households in villages had access to a piped water connection. The country achieved the landmark of 10 crore functional household tap connection on 19 August 2022.…

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