Jal Jeevan Mission

Concerns over Indore’s water system were also highlighted in a 2019 Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on water management in Indore and Bhopal.

Both teachers and students reported improvements in hygiene, availability of drinking water during school hours and better attendance. As the young girls are no longer burdened with the job of fetching water, families are now more inclined to send them to school.

The Modi administration is raising its annual contribution to Jal Jeevan Mission which has received Rs 1.82 lakh crore in investment till now.

The official press release further stated that ED initiated an investigation based on an FIR registered by the ACB, Rajasthan, against Padamchand Jain (Shree Shyam Tubewell Company), Mahesh Mittal ( Shree Ganpati Tubewell Company) and others, including PHED officials.

ED's fresh move in the case comes almost two-and-a-half months after it raided 25 locations in Rajasthan including the premises of a senior IAS officer, some engineers, contractors and former state government officials suspected to have links in the case.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is probing the irregularities in the Jal Jeevan Mission in Rajasthan after an FIR was filed by Anti-Corruption Bureau

ED raided 25 locations in Jaipur and Dausa in Rajasthan in connection with a money laundering case in the alleged Jal Jeevan Mission scam

Gujarat declared a 'Har Ghar Jal' state which means that all households in the state now have access to running tap water

Today, 1.36 lakh villages have access to safe drinking water via taps, and 9 crore homes utilize this service.