Jal Jeevan Mission aims at a functional household tap connection for every rural household
Background
The Press Information Bureau records that the Jal Jeevan Mission was launched by the Prime Minister on August 15, 2019.
At that point only 3.23 crore, or 17%, of rural households had tap water connections.
The mission's broad objectives include providing a Functional Household Tap Connection to every rural household.
It prioritises such connections in quality-affected areas, drought-prone regions, desert areas and Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana villages.
It also covers functional tap connections in schools, Anganwadi centres, gram panchayat buildings, health and wellness centres and community buildings.
Source sustainability measures such as recharge, greywater reuse, water conservation and rainwater harvesting are mandatory elements of the mission.
Under the Har Ghar Jal initiative a village is certified only after a Gram Sabha resolution is passed verifying the water supply.
In plain words
FHTC Functional Household Tap Connection — A household tap that actually delivers water, the unit in which the mission measures coverage.
SAGY Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana — A programme of model villages adopted by Members of Parliament, prioritised by the mission.
Greywater Greywater — Used household water from washing and bathing, which the mission requires to be managed and reused.