CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Government of India has restructured and subsumed the ongoing National Rural Drinking Water Programme(NRDWP) into Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) to provide Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) to every rural household i.e., Har Ghar Nal Se Jal (HGNSJ) by 2024.

Detailed explanation-2: -Har Ghar Jal (translation: Water To Every Household) is a scheme initiated by the Government of India in 2019 with the aim to provide tap water to every rural household by 2024. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the scheme in 2019 union budget.

Detailed explanation-3: -Goa becomes first Har Ghar Jal Certified state; PM Modi says, 10 crore rural households provided piped water connection under Jal Jeevan Mission. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said, 10 crore rural households of the country have been connected to piped clean water facility.

Detailed explanation-4: -Goa has become the first state in India to provide 100 percent tap water connections in the rural areas covering 2.30 lakh households. The Jal Jeevan Mission of the Central Government aims to provide piped water to all the rural households by 2024.

Detailed explanation-5: -PM Narendra Modi lauded Gujarat as the state was declared as 100 per cent ‘Har Ghar Jal’. New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday lauded Gujarat as the state was declared as 100 per cent ‘Har Ghar Jal’.