Shakti Pumps, NCC & KEC International soar up to 16% as govt clears Rs 8.7 lakh crore Jal Jeevan Mission extensionShares of Shakti Pumps, NCC, and KEC International rallied as much as 16% after the Union Cabinet approved the Jal Jeevan Mission's extensi...
11 Mar, 2026, 09.51 AM IST
Cabinet clears Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0 & other projects worth Rs 8.8 lakh croreIn a landmark decision, the Union Cabinet has greenlit a series of transformative infrastructure and public utility initiatives, totaling a...
10 Mar, 2026, 04.47 PM IST
Unspent funds of up to ₹75,000 crore may help Centre meet FY26 fiscal deficit targetThe Indian government is poised to save ₹70,000-₹75,000 crore this fiscal year as several key ministries and welfare schemes underutilize t...
22 Jan, 2026, 11.56 PM IST
Centre plans to extend Atal Jal scheme to 5 more states, including Bihar, PunjabThe Centre aims to expand the Atal Bhujal Yojana, targeting groundwater sustainability, from seven to twelve states, incorporating Andhra P...
10 Feb, 2025, 08.53 PM IST
Jal Jeevan Mission: Less than 25 pc households covered in UP, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, ChhattisgarhThe government's flagship Jal Jeevan Mission aims to provide safe and adequate drinking water through individual household tap connections ...
29 May, 2022, 12.04 PM IST
50 per cent of rural households have access to tap water connections: Jal Shakti MinistryPunjab, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh and Bihar have coverage of more than 90 per cent of the households and are progressing fast towards attai...
28 May, 2022, 07.27 PM IST
Policymakers didn't know pain due to water scarcity, had swimming pools: PMSpeaking soon after launching the Jal Jeevan Mission App and the Rashtriya Jal Jeevan Kosh, the Prime Minister said the scheme was a big mo...
02 Oct, 2021, 11.21 PM IST
Vision of Jal Jeevan Mission not only to provide water but also to ensure decentralisation: PMSpeaking after interacting with gram panchayats and village water and sanitation committees (VWSC) on the Jal Jeevan Mission, Modi said the...
02 Oct, 2021, 05.02 PM IST
PM Modi to interact with gram panchayats, pani samitis on Jal Jeevan Mission on SaturdayOn August 15, 2019, Prime Minister Modi announced the Jal Jeevan Mission to provide clean tap water to every household and at the time of l...
01 Oct, 2021, 03.13 PM IST
'1 L villages, over 50K gram panchayats get tap water connections under Jal Jeevan Mission'Launched on August 15, 2019 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the JJM aims to provide tap water connections to all rural households. The Cen...
14 Jul, 2021, 08.56 PM IST
Over 4 crore rural households provided with tap water supply under Jal Jeevan MissionNow, 7.24 crore households (38 per cent), that is, more than one-third of the rural households are getting potable water through taps, the ...
29 Mar, 2021, 09.53 PM IST
PM Modi to launch 'Catch the Rain' campaign on World Water DayPrime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the ' Catch the Rain' campaign on World Water Day on Monday aimed to take water conservation at th...
21 Mar, 2021, 04.18 PM IST
Panchayats, local bodies to decide water chargesThe Centre has decided that it will not prescribe a price structure for water usage under its flagship scheme to state governments.
09 Oct, 2019, 10.23 AM IST
NDA government will support quota till there is inequality: Uma Bharti"Only Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar can be role model of Dalits and no one else. Because he chose to fight, he assessed challenges and fought them,...
19 Apr, 2016, 10.57 PM IST
Government mulling scheme for Dalit-majority villages facing water crisisThe government is mulling a scheme to help out Dalit-majority villages facing water crisis due to lack of availability or improper conserva...
17 Apr, 2016, 02.29 PM IST
Centre formulates plan for 'Jal Kranti' campaignThe Centre has prepared a comprehensive plan for a campaign for ensuring maximum utilisation of water in view of decreasing availability of...
07 Jun, 2015, 04.55 PM IST
Centre to launch 'Jal Gram' scheme next year: Uma BharatiUnion Water Resources Minister Uma Bharati today said that the Centre will launch the Jal Gram (Water Village) Scheme in 2015.
22 Nov, 2014, 11.20 PM IST