Jal Jeevan Mission
In progress (Extended)Launched August 2019 · Infrastructure
A functional household tap connection, with 55 litres per person per day, for every rural household.
What was promised
- A tap in every rural home by 2024, with an outlay of ₹3.60 lakh crore.
The 2024 deadline was extended to 2028 (Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0, approved March 2026). The coverage gain, 12.5 crore homes, stands on its own.
Progress update history
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March 2026
Rural tap coverage reached 81.71% by 3 March 2026, about 15.82 crore of 19.36 crore rural households, up from 81.42% in mid-December 2025. Eleven States and UTs are already at 100%, so the remaining work is concentrated in a handful of laggard states. The 2028 deadline still leaves roughly 3.5 crore households to connect.
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December 2025
Rural tap coverage: 17% (3.23 crore households) in August 2019 to 81.42% (15.76 crore of 19.36 crore households) by 15 December 2025. Eleven States/UTs are at 100%.
Sources: PIB, Jal Jeevan Mission: rural tap coverage · PIB, Jal Jeevan Mission: tap coverage 81.71% (2 April 2026)