Jal Jeevan Mission (Har Ghar Jal): tap water for every rural home

Jal Jeevan Mission, often called Har Ghar Jal, is the Government of India’s programme to bring a working drinking-water tap into every rural home. It is run by the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation in the Ministry of Jal Shakti, through the National Jal Jeevan Mission, and carried out on the ground by State water departments, districts, Gram Panchayats and village water committees.

The mission was announced on 15 August 2019. In March 2026 the Union Cabinet extended it to December 2028 and relaunched it as Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0, with a bigger budget and a new focus: not just laying pipes, but making sure water actually reaches every home, every day, at the right quality.

Every action, from checking your village’s water quality to filing a complaint, happens on an official government portal, and each one is named in the Government portals table.

What Jal Jeevan Mission is, in one minute

The mission’s vision is simple: every rural household should have drinking water supply in adequate quantity, of prescribed quality, on a regular and long-term basis, at affordable service charges.

In practice that means a Functional Household Tap Connection, or FHTC. A tap only counts as “functional” when it passes three tests at once:

• Quantity: at least 55 litres per person per day (55 lpcd).
• Quality: water that meets the Bureau of Indian Standards drinking-water standard, BIS:10500.
• Regularity: supply on a regular basis, over the long term, not just on the day the tap was fitted.

The mission also aims to give taps to schools, anganwadi centres, Gram Panchayat buildings, health and wellness centres and community buildings, and it gives priority to villages with contaminated water, drought-prone and desert areas, and Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana villages. You can read the full list of aims on What is Jal Jeevan Mission? and the plain-English meaning of FHTC on FHTC full form.

A key idea runs through the whole mission: the village owns its water system. The Gram Panchayat, or a committee it sets up called the Village Water and Sanitation Committee (VWSC) or Pani Samiti, plans the village scheme, contributes a share of the cost, and then runs and maintains it. That is why there is no national online form for an individual tap. The village route is set out on How to get a tap connection.

Where things stand now

The Jal Jeevan Mission dashboard is updated by States and Union Territories. These national totals add up the 34 States/UTs on the dashboard as read on 12 November 2026.

Source: JJM Dashboard, read 12 November 2026.

Put simply, about four in five rural homes now have a tap, up from about one in six in 2019. Eleven States and UTs report every rural home connected. Several large States still have a long way to go. Kerala, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Rajasthan were all below 60% on 12 November 2026.

To see your own State’s figures, use the lookup on State-wise coverage. It accepts old names and common misspellings, such as Orissa or Pondicherry, and it shows the full 34-row table too.

What changed in 2026: JJM 2.0 and the December 2028 deadline

The mission was first approved for 2019–20 to 2023–24, with an estimated cost of ₹3.60 lakh crore and a central share of ₹2.08 lakh crore. Almost all of that central share has been used.

In the Union Budget 2025–26, presented on 1 February 2025, the Finance Minister announced that the mission would be extended until 2028. On 10 March 2026 the Union Cabinet approved the details:

• The mission now runs up to December 2028.
• The total outlay rises to ₹8.69 lakh crore, with central assistance of ₹3.59 lakh crore, up from ₹2.08 lakh crore. That is an additional central share of ₹1.51 lakh crore.
• The target is a tap for all 19.36 crore rural households and Har Ghar Jal certification of every Gram Panchayat by December 2028.
• A national digital framework called Sujalam Bharat will give every village a unique Sujal Gaon ID and map its water system from source to tap.
• Finished schemes are formally handed over to the Gram Panchayat and VWSC through Jal Arpan.
• A Gram Panchayat can declare itself Har Ghar Jal only after the State confirms that arrangements to run and maintain the village system are in place.
• Villages will hold an annual community event called Jal Utsav to check and maintain their system.

The full story, including the difference between the yearly budget and the total outlay, is on Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0: extension to 2028.

What a “functional” tap connection means for you

A pipe and a tap outside the house are only the start. A third-party Functionality Assessment in 2024 found that 98.1% of homes in surveyed villages had tap connections, but only 76% of those connections were functional when quantity, quality and regularity were all checked together. Eighty per cent of households were getting at least 55 litres per person per day, and 84% were receiving water on schedule.

That gap between “has a tap” and “has working water” is exactly what JJM 2.0 is meant to close. If your tap is fitted but water does not come regularly, or it is dirty or smells, that is a real service problem and it can be reported. See FHTC for what counts as functional, and Complaints for where to raise it.

How a household actually gets a tap

There is no national “apply online” form for a Jal Jeevan Mission tap. Connections are planned village by village:

1. The Gram Panchayat and its Pani Samiti prepare a Village Action Plan that lists every home.
2. The Gram Sabha approves the plan and the community agrees to contribute a share of the cost.
3. The State water department or its agency builds the scheme, and taps are fitted to each listed home.
4. Once the scheme is tested and handed over, the Pani Samiti runs it and collects a monthly water charge for upkeep.

If your home was missed, raise it with the Pani Samiti or at the next Gram Sabha. Be wary of anyone who asks for a fee to “register” you online or offers a “registration list”. The steps are set out on How to get a tap connection, and the committee’s role is explained on Pani Samiti (VWSC).

Water quality: who tests your water

Water is tested at three levels:

• In the village, by five trained local people, preferably women, using simple Field Test Kits. About 24.80 lakh women had been trained by March 2026.
• In laboratories, which States run at state, district, block and treatment-plant level. There were 2,870 such labs on 4 February 2026, and 1,707 of them were accredited or recognised.
• Online, where results go into the Water Quality Management Information System, WQMIS.

You can see your village’s published results in the Citizen Corner of the JJM Dashboard. States have been asked to open their labs to the public for testing at a nominal rate. The details are on Water quality testing.

Complaints and help

Water supply is a State subject, so most problems are fixed locally. Start with your Pani Samiti or Gram Panchayat, then go to the block or district office of your State’s rural water or Public Health Engineering department. Complaints sent to the Centre through CPGRAMS or the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation website are passed on to the State water department. The full route is on Jal Jeevan Mission complaint.

Government portals at a glance

Related programmes, such as Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) for village sanitation, are compared on Related schemes. Quick answers to common questions are on the FAQ.

Dashboard figures change daily; for the latest numbers, use the official dashboard.

FAQ

What is Jal Jeevan Mission?

It is the Government of India’s mission, launched on 15 August 2019, to give every rural home a functional household tap connection supplying at least 55 litres per person per day of water that meets BIS:10500, on a regular basis.

Has Jal Jeevan Mission been extended?

Yes. The Cabinet approved an extension up to December 2028 on 10 March 2026, with a total outlay of ₹8.69 lakh crore and central assistance of ₹3.59 lakh crore.

How many rural homes have tap water now?

On 12 November 2026 the JJM Dashboard showed 15,99,23,816 of 19,35,36,289 rural homes (82.63%) with tap water.

How do I apply for a Har Ghar Jal tap?

There is no national online form. Taps are planned village by village through the Gram Panchayat and its Pani Samiti. Ask them to include your home in the Village Action Plan.

Where can I check my village’s water quality?

Use the Citizen Corner on the JJM Dashboard, which shows published village-level water quality results.