Cabinet Extends Jal Jeevan Mission To December 2028

13 Mar 2026 CW Team

A uniform national digital framework called Sujalam Bharat will assign each village a unique Sujal Gaon or Service Area ID to map drinking water systems from source to tap. Gram Panchayats and village water and sanitation committees will participate in commissioning and formal handover of schemes through Jal Arpan and Gram Panchayats will certify Har Ghar Jal only after in?village operation and maintenance mechanisms are confirmed by the State Government.

From a baseline of 32.3 million (mn) rural households with tap connections in 2019, the mission has added 125.6 million (mn) households, increasing the total to about 193.6 million (mn) identified households of which 158.0 million (mn), or 81.61 per cent, are reported to have connections to date. The programme emphasises community ownership through annual Jal Utsav events and aims to certify all Gram Panchayats as Har Ghar Jal by December 2028 through separate memoranda of understanding with States and Union Territories.

Independent assessments attribute reductions in women's burden and health gains to the mission, including estimates that it has freed 90 million (mn) women from fetching water and saved 55 million (mn) hours daily while preventing significant diarrhoeal deaths and producing substantial Disability Adjusted Life Year gains. The reoriented mission envisages strategic convergence across government departments to ensure sustainable operation and source sustenance and to deliver citizen?centric, around?the?clock rural drinking water services.

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The Union Cabinet has approved an extension and restructuring of the Jal Jeevan Mission up to December 2028, shifting the emphasis from infrastructure creation to service delivery supported by a strengthened governance and institutional ecosystem. It approved an enhanced total outlay of Rs eight point six nine trillion (tn) with total central assistance of Rs three point five nine trillion (tn), up from Rs two point zero eight trillion (tn) approved in 2019?20 and comprising an additional central share of Rs one point five one trillion (tn). A uniform national digital framework called Sujalam Bharat will assign each village a unique Sujal Gaon or Service Area ID to map drinking water systems from source to tap. Gram Panchayats and village water and sanitation committees will participate in commissioning and formal handover of schemes through Jal Arpan and Gram Panchayats will certify Har Ghar Jal only after in?village operation and maintenance mechanisms are confirmed by the State Government. From a baseline of 32.3 million (mn) rural households with tap connections in 2019, the mission has added 125.6 million (mn) households, increasing the total to about 193.6 million (mn) identified households of which 158.0 million (mn), or 81.61 per cent, are reported to have connections to date. The programme emphasises community ownership through annual Jal Utsav events and aims to certify all Gram Panchayats as Har Ghar Jal by December 2028 through separate memoranda of understanding with States and Union Territories. Independent assessments attribute reductions in women's burden and health gains to the mission, including estimates that it has freed 90 million (mn) women from fetching water and saved 55 million (mn) hours daily while preventing significant diarrhoeal deaths and producing substantial Disability Adjusted Life Year gains. The reoriented mission envisages strategic convergence across government departments to ensure sustainable operation and source sustenance and to deliver citizen?centric, around?the?clock rural drinking water services.

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