Archive · 28 Aug 2026
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.
The Centre has asked states to use VB-G RAM G funds for drinking-water source sustainability under Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0.
The proposal calls for convergence between VB-G RAM G and Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0.
Ashok K.K. Meena and Rohit Kansal stressed integrated planning in a joint letter to state officials.
JJM 2.0 water-source work, SBM(G) 2.0 greywater management, and sanitation and waste-management measures are to be integrated into VGPPs.
The plans are to be guided by water budgeting, local resource assessments, and water-security plans.
- Who
- The Centre, state governments, and Central Secretaries Ashok K.K. Meena and Rohit Kansal are involved.
- What
- States have been asked to converge VB-G RAM G funds with Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0 and related sanitation planning.
- When
- The joint letter's date is not stated.
- Where
- The direction applies to states and their Viksit Gram Panchayat Plans; no specific location is given.
- Why
- To support drinking-water source sustainability, greywater management, sanitation, waste management, and broader water security through integrated planning.
- 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.