YEAR END REVIEW; DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

• Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation (DDWS) under Ministry of Jal Shakti runs India's two flagship rural water-sanitation schemes: Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) and Swachh Bharat Mission–Grameen (SBM-G) Phase II.
• Vision: "Swachh Sujal Bharat" — every rural household with Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) and every village ODF Plus Model.
• High-yield UPSC area: schemes, targets, constitutional locus (rural sanitation = State subject, but centrally sponsored), SDG-6 linkage.