Post Cabinet Approval and Compliance with Structural Reforms, Funds Released to Five States for FY 2025–26

• Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) 2.0 is the restructured avatar of the flagship rural piped water programme, shifting from infrastructure creation to a service-delivery model under the Ministry of Jal Shakti.
• Union Cabinet approved JJM 2.0 on 10 March 2026; first tranche of FY 2025–26 funds was released to five States — UP, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh after they signed a reform-linked MoU.
• UPSC relevance: prototype of conditional cooperative federalism (funds tied to structural reforms), digital governance ("Sujalam Bharat"), and SDG-6 implementation.