Overview
- Government data shows that 80.93% of India’s 19.36 crore rural households now have a tap water connection.
- Minister of State V. Somanna told Parliament that about 12.43 crore additional rural homes have been connected since the mission began in August 2019.
- The 2022 Functionality Assessment found 86% of household taps working with most meeting prescribed quantity, regularity and quality benchmarks.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Droupadi Murmu used the anniversary to highlight the scheme’s impact on women’s health, dignity and rural livelihoods.
- One hundred central inspection teams have been deployed and some states are using their own funds to close gaps in implementation and water-source challenges.