As of February 2025, the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) has provided tap water connections to 79.74% of rural households in India (15.44 crore households), up from just 17% coverage when launched in August 2019. Eleven states/UTs have achieved 100% coverage, including Goa, Haryana, Gujarat, and Punjab among others. The mission has made significant progress in infrastructure development, with 189 districts reporting completion of water supply to all households, schools, and Anganwadi centers.
Over 9.3 million schools and 9.6 million Anganwadi centres now have tap water supply. A robust quality assurance system includes 2,162 laboratories that have tested 66.32 lakh water samples, with 24.80 lakh women trained to conduct water testing.
The program’s impact is substantial: WHO projects it could prevent 400,000 deaths from
diarrheal diseases, while Nobel laureate Prof. Michael Kremer’s research suggests it could reduce under-five mortality by 30%. The IIM Bangalore estimates the project will generate significant employment, including 59.9 lakh person-years of direct and 2.2 crore person-years of indirect employment during implementation. The mission emphasizes sustainability through water conservation, greywater management, and rainwater harvesting. It particularly focuses on empowering women, who traditionally bear the burden of water collection, with WHO estimating the program will save over 5.5 crore hours daily that were previously spent collecting water.
