India, Aug. 14 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
As the nation prepares to celebrate the 80th Independence Day, Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), the flagship rural drinking water programme of the Government of India, is set to complete seven years of transformative progress in improving the lives of rural households across the country. Launched by Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on 15 August 2019, Jal Jeevan Mission aims to provide every rural household with safe and adequate drinking water through a Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) on a regular and long-term basis.
At the time of the launch of the Mission, only 3.23 crore rural households, representing about 16.72% of rural households in the country, had tap w...