81.56% Rural Households Have Tap Water

The Jal Shakti Minister, C R Paatil, told the Lok Sabha that more than 81.56% of rural households in India now have tap water.

This is a big improvement since the Jal Jeevan Mission started in 2019.

At that time, only 16.72% of rural households had tap water.

Now, more than 15.79 crore households have tap water.

Eight states and three Union Territories have achieved 100% coverage, meaning every household in these places has tap water.

The mission aims to provide tap water to every rural home in India.

The minister also mentioned that 89.62% of schools and 85.60% of anganwadi centres have tap water connections.

In Rajasthan, 58.11% of rural households now have tap water, which is a big increase from the 10.90% at the start of the mission.