5 days ago

Centre Urges States to Converge VB-G RAM G, JJM Funds

The Centre wants states to plan different village water and sanitation projects together.

States may use VB-G RAM G funds to help protect drinking-water sources.

This work is connected with Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0.

Greywater management and sanitation projects under SBM(G) 2.0 should also be included.

Two senior government secretaries explained this in a joint letter.

They said the work should be added to Viksit Gram Panchayat Plans.

The plans should study how much water is available and how much people need.

The goal is to make water supplies safer and more sustainable for villages.

Key facts

Central officials: Ashok K.K. Meena, Secretary of the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, and Rohit Kansal, Secretary of the Department of Rural Development.
Funding convergence: States were asked to tap VB-G RAM G funds for drinking-water source sustainability under Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0.
Planning framework: The relevant interventions are to be integrated into Viksit Gram Panchayat Plans.
Included water work: Drinking-water source sustainability works under Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0.
Included sanitation work: Greywater management, sanitation, and Solid & Liquid Waste Management works under SBM(G) 2.0.
Planning tools: Water budgeting, local resource assessment, and water-security plans.
Stated importance: Water security was identified as one of four thematic focus areas under the VB-G RAM G Act.

indianexpress.com · 5 days ago