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26 Oct 2024 CW Team

A former school teacher, Sudeshna Banerjee, Managing Director, PS Digitech-HR, transitioned to leading this Kolkata-based project management and engineering services company which she had co-founded in 2007. The firm specialises in large-scale industrial projects and tech-driven project management. Despite challenges like data accuracy and infrastructure gaps, it leverages advanced technologies and local talent training. In conversation with R SRINIVASAN, she says her firm aims for global expansion, emphasising innovation, client-centric growth and CSR. Excerpts:

Please share your journey to establishing the firm which has worked across sectors like cement, power, railways and solar.
To be honest, I never imagined becoming an entrepreneur. Coming from a family of educators – my father a university professor and my mother a school teacher – I was immersed in an academic atmosphere from a young age. Teaching was a natural choice. I completed my MSc in Zoology, followed by a BEd, aiming to follow my parents' path. But destiny had other plans...

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Infrastructure Urban

13 Mar 2026

Implementation Status of Jal Jeevan Mission

Since August 2019 the Government has implemented Jal Jeevan Mission to provide assured potable water through household tap connections in rural India. At the start of the mission only 32.3 million (mn) rural households, representing 16.7 per cent, were reported to have tap water connections. States and union territories have reported that 125.8 mn additional rural households have since been provided with tap connections. As a result, of about 193.6 mn rural households roughly 158.2 mn, or 81.71 per cent, are reported to have tap water supply at home.\n\nThe State, district and village level st..

Jal Jeevan Mission Reaches Eighty One Per Cent Rural Coverage

The Government reported substantial progress under the Jal Jeevan Mission, launched in August 2019 to provide tap water to every rural household. At launch only 32.3 million (mn) rural households had tap connections and states and Union territories reported provision of 125.8 mn additional households by March 2026. Consequently, out of about 193.6 mn rural households around 158.2 mn, or 81.71 per cent, are reported to have tap water at home. The Finance Minister announced extension of the mission until 2028 in the 2025-26 budget speech. The Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen, launched in October 20..

Empowering Local Governance for Sustainable Rural Water Supply

The Ministry of Jal Shakti has aligned the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) with the 73rd Amendment to strengthen village level planning and community ownership of water supply. Gram Panchayats, village water and sanitation committees and Pani Samitis are to plan, implement, manage and maintain piped water systems, with gram sabha processes formalising handover and oversight. Implementation support agencies including non government organisations, community based organisations and self help groups have been empanelled to train local committees and promote women participation. Under JJM, the department ..