130 million tap water connections provided to rural households under JJM

As of September 5, 2023, 130 million tap water connections have been provided to rural households under the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM). The rural tap connection coverage has increased from 32.3 million households in August 2019 to 130 million in September 2023. Further, six states and three union territories have also reported a 100 per cent coverage of rural tap water connection, namely Goa, Telangana, Haryana, Gujarat, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Puducherry, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.