DRINKING WATER FOR ALL

June 12, 2019

Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat announced that the Government of India has set a target of providing clean drinking water to all by 2024.

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Target: Government of India has set a target of providing clean drinking water to all by 2024.
Present Scenario: Currently, only 18% of rural households get piped water, and State performances range widely from 99% in Sikkim to less than 5% in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Odisha.
Strategy: Given that water is a State subject, it will take the exercise of “cooperative federalism” to provide piped drinking water to all households by the end of its second term.

Source : The Hindu

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