Har Ghar Jal (transl. Water To Every Household) is a scheme initiated by the Ministry of Jal Shakti of Government of India under Jal Jeevan Mission in 2019 with the aim to provide 55 litres of tap water to every rural household per capita per day regularly on long term basis by 2024.[1][2] It is a restructuring of National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) by Modi government in August 2019.[3]
History
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the scheme in 2019 Union budget.[4] In August 2019 National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) was restructured by Modi government as Jal Jeevan Mission.[3]
Since its inception, the scheme has significantly improved household clean tap water availability in India.[5][6] The government has also published website based dashboard to track the progress details of the mission.[7]