Jal Jeevan Mission

Key Points

1. Over 15.72 crore rural households now have access to safe tap water as of October 2025.
2. Since the launch of the Jal Jeevan Mission in 2019, 12.48 crore additional households have been connected to tap water.
3. The central government has approved a ₹2.08 Lakh Crore outlay for the Jal Jeevan Mission.
4. WHO estimates that providing safe drinking water could avert 4 lakh diarrheal deaths.
5. 2,843 water testing laboratories across India tested 38.78 lakh samples in 2025–26.
6. Eleven States and Union Territories have achieved 100% tap water connectivity for all rural households.
7. 24.80 lakh women have been trained to test water quality using Field Testing Kits (FTKs) in 5.07 lakh villages.