Centre allocates Rs 10,180 cr fund to Rajasthan in 2021-22 under Jal Jeevan Mission
Union Minister of Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, approved allocation of Rs 10,180 crore under Jal Jeevan Mission in 2021-22 to Rajasthan
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Jaipur, December 20: Union Minister of Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, approved allocation of Rs 10,180 crore under Jal Jeevan Mission in 2021-22 to Rajasthan, a 4-fold increase from Rs 2,522 Crore allocated in 2020-21. Ministry of Jal Shakti said, “To assist the State of Rajasthan, to achieve 'Har Ghar Jal', Union Minister of Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat approved Central allocation of Rs 10,180 Crore for Jal Jeevan Mission in 2021-22, a four-fold increase from Rs 2,522 Crore allocated in 2020-21.”
Of 1.01 crore rural households in the State, 11.74 lakh households had tap water supply as of August 15, 2019, when Jal Jeevan Mission was launched. It said, “Since the launch of the mission, 9.65 lakh households (9.5 per cent) have been provided tap water connections in the State of Rajasthan.”
In 2021-22, the State plans to provide tap water connections to 30 lakh rural households. Rajasthan is the most water-deficient State in India, with a short and scanty spell of monsoons. In 2021-22, the Central fund of Rs 10,180 Crore has been allocated to State of Rajasthan to implement the mission in the State.
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It added, “In 2021-22, Rs 1,712 Crore has been allocated to Rajasthan as 15th Finance Commission tied grant for water and sanitation to rural local bodies/PRIs. There is assured funding of Rs 9,032 Crore for the next five years i.e. up to 2025-26.” The government of India is providing all-out support to States to make provision of tap water supply to every rural household of India by 2024.
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