Har Ghar Jal
Source: Indian Express
GS II: Policies and Developmental Studies

What is discussed under Har Ghar Jal?

1. Jal Jeevan Mission?
2. Har Ghar Jal?

Why in News?

• Prime Minister congratulated the Goa government for becoming the first state to be Har Ghar Jal certified.
• All two lakh 63 thousand rural households of Goa and over 85 thousand of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu have access to safe drinking water through tap connection.
• Recently, Goa and Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu (D&NH and D&D) became the first ‘Har Ghar Jal’ certified State and UT in the country, respectively.

Jal Jeevan Mission?

Key facts

• The mission was launched on August 15, 2019.
• It was implemented by the Ministry of Jal Shakti.

  

• By 2024, it is the goal of the Jal Jeevan Mission to give every home in rural India access to clean and sufficient drinking water via individual household tap connections. 
• It anticipate the supply of 55 litres of water per person per day to every rural household through Functional Household Tap Connections (FHTC).
• The programme will also incorporate source sustainability measures as requirements, such as:
  • Water saving
  • Rainwater collection
  • Recharge and reuse through grey water management
• The Jal Jeevan Mission will be based on a community approach to water.
• It will include extensive Information, education and communication as a key component of the mission.

About the Mission

• The goal of the mission is to support, empower, and enable:
  • States and UTs in developing a participatory rural water supply strategy that will provide long-term potable drinking water security to every rural household and public institution.
  • States/UTs for building water supply infrastructure such that by 2024, every rural family will have a functional tap connection (FHTC) and water will deliver on a regular basis in sufficient quantities and at the required quality.
  • States and UTs should prepare a drinking water security plan.
  • GPs and rural communities are responsible for developing, implementing, running, owning, and maintaining their own village water supply systems.
  • States and UTs should promote the utility strategy in order to create strong institutions that focus on service delivery and the financial viability of the sector.
  • Building stakeholder capacity and educating the public about the value of water in enhancing quality of life.

Implementation

• The village water supply systems are planning, putting into place, managing, running, and maintaining by Paani Samiti.
• These have between 10 and 15 participants, at least 50% of whom are women, as well as participants from self-help groups, certified social and health workers, anganwadi instructors, etc.
• The committees combine all of the village’s resources to create a one-time action plan.
• Before putting the proposal into action, a Gram Sabha must approve it.

Har Ghar Jal?

• It is a scheme initiated by the Government of India in 2019 with the aim to provide tap water to every rural household by 2024.
• Since its initiation, the scheme has significantly improved household clean tap water availability in India.
• Since the launch of mission, more than 5.38 Crore rural households have been provided tap water connection.

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