UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Jal Jeevan Mission Clocks Seven Years of Rural Transformation: Rural Drinking Water Tap Coverage Surges from 16.7% to Over 82%

Question 1

The Jal Jeevan Mission, which provides Functional Household Tap Connections to rural households, is operationalised at the Union level by which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti

Answer

The Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of Jal Shakti

Answer

The National Water Mission, which is the sole nodal agency for every drinking water programme of the Union Government

Answer

The Department of Rural Development, Ministry of Rural Development, which executes all rural infrastructure schemes

Question 2

With reference to the reported progress of the Jal Jeevan Mission since its launch, consider the following statements:
1. At the start of the Mission in August 2019, only about 3.23 crore rural households, or roughly 16.7 per cent, were reported to have tap water connections.
2. Mission coverage percentages are computed against a base of about 16.7 crore rural households in the country.
3. As announced at the time of its launch, the Mission set 2028 as the year by which every rural household was to receive a tap connection.
4. By 2026, the number of rural households reported to have tap water supply had crossed 15.7 crore, taking coverage past 81 per cent.
Which of the statements given above is/are NOT correct?

Accepted Answer

2 and 3

Answer

1 and 3

Answer

2 and 4

Answer

1, 2 and 4

UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Jal Jeevan Mission Clocks Seven Years of Rural Transformation: Rural Drinking Water Tap Coverage Surges from 16.7% to Over 82%

Q1. The Jal Jeevan Mission, which provides Functional Household Tap Connections to rural households, is operationalised at the Union level by which one of the following?