India, March 19 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

As a significant step in rural drinking water framework, a reform-linked Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) 2.0 was signed with the State of Maharashtra today. This marked the State's formal entry into the reform‑linked implementation framework of the Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0 which was approved by the Union Cabinet on March 10, 2026.

The MoU was signed in the presence of Union Minister of Jal Shakti, Shri C. R. Paatil, and Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Devendra Fadnavis, Shri Gulabrao Patil, Minister of Water Supply & Sanitation Department, Maharashtra; Smt. Meghna Bordikar Sakore, State Minister, Maharashtra who all joined the event t...