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WATER AND SANITATION

Swachh Bharat Mission-Grameen (SBM-G)

10.39 Under SBM-G, rural sanitation coverage has made an incredible leap in the target
achievement from 39 per cent in 2014 to 100 per cent in 2019 with more than 10 crore toilets
built since 2014. UNICEF study on ‘Access to Toilets and Safety, Convenience and Self-respect
of Women in Rural India’ (February, 2020), states that 91 per cent of the women reported that
they have been able to save upto an hour and do not have to travel up to a kilometre for defecation
after the construction of toilets. With a view to sustain the gains made under the programme in
the last five years and to ensure that no one is left behind and to achieve the overall cleanliness
in villages, Phase-II of SBM(G) from 2020-21 to 2024-25 is being implemented with a total outlay
of ` 1,40,881 crores focusing on Open Defecation Free (ODF) sustainability and Solid & Liquid
Waste Management (SLWM) through convergence between different verticals of financing and
various schemes of Central and State Governments such as 15 Finance Commission grants to
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local bodies, MGNREGS, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds etc. Further, PMGKRA
was also launched in June, 2020 under ANB package for creating employment opportunities and
sanitary infrastructure creation in order to have better, safe hygiene and sanitary practices during

COVID-19. Under the PMGKRA, 29,695 Community Sanitary Complexes (CSCs) have been
constructed so far.

Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM)

10.40 Government has accorded highest priority to improve the quality of life and enhance ease
of living of people especially those living in rural areas by announcing the Jal Jeevan Mission
(Box 8). At the time of roll out of the scheme in August 2019, about 3.23 crore (17 per cent)
households out of total 18.93 crore rural households had tap water supply. Remaining 15.70
crore (83 per cent) rural households were to be provided with functional tap water connections
(FTWC) by 2024.

Box 8: Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM)

• Goal of JJM is to enable every rural household get assured supply of potable piped water at
a service level of 55 litres per capita per day (lpcd) regularly on long-term basis by ensuring
functionality of the tap water connections
• To provide FTWC to every rural household by 2024 with a total outlay of ` 3.60 lakh crore in
partnership with States.
• JJM is a decentralized, demand-driven and community-managed programme with the Gram
Panchayat and/ or its sub-committee, i.e. Village Water and Sanitation Committee (VWSC)/ Paani
Samiti/ User Group, etc. playing a key role in planning, implementation, management, operation
and maintenance of water supply systems.

• JJM envisions empowering water supply department and local communities to function as water
utilities for long-term water security in the country.