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GoI approves Rs 445 crores for Chhattisgarh under Jal Jeevan Mission
On May 29, 2020, the Union Government approved Rs 445 crores under Jal Jeevan Mission for Chhattisgarh for the year 2020-21. Highlights The Funds will be used to help Chhattisgarh achieve its mission of providing tap water connection to all the households in the state by 2023-24. There are 45 households in the state. OF ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2020
Topics: Chhattisgarh • Drinking water • drinking water safety • Government Schemes • Ground Water • Jal Jeevan mission • MGNREGA • Water pollution
Jal Jeevan Mission: J&K, Haryana to provide Tap Connections to all by 2022
The Jal Jeevan Mission aims to provide drinking water to every household. It aims to provide tap connections to every rural household. With the COVID-19 crisis at its peak, the central government is to implement the mission based on priority basis. Highlights The Central Government has advised the state governments to take up the mission ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2020
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Drinking water • drinking water safety • Gram Panchayats • Jal Jeevan mission • Jammu and Kashmir • Migrant workers • NABL • Women Empowerment
March 23: World Meteorological Day
Every year on March 23, World Meteorological Day is celebrated. It was established in 1950. The Day is being observed by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and also by the United Nations. March 23 has been chosen as the World Meteorological Organization was established on that day in 1950. Highlights Every year the WMO fixes ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020
Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Topics: Diarrhoea • drinking water safety • sanitation • United Nations • Water scarcity • World Meteorological Day • World Meteorological Organisation
NSO report: Rural India yet to become Open Defecation Free
The NSO under Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation conducted survey on drinking water, hygiene, sanitation and housing condition between the period July 2018 and December 2018. According to the survey one fourth of the households had no access to toilets. The main objective of this survey was to gather information about sanitation along with ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2019
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Drinking water • drinking water safety • Garbage dumps • Garbage-Free Cities • National Statistical Office (NSO) • Open Defecation Free • rural sanitation • Rural Sanitation Survey • Survey on sanitation • Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan
BIS: Water Quality Report for state Capitals and New Delhi released
The Water Quality Report was released by the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs Shri Ram Vilas Paswan. The report is in line with the Jal Jeevan Mission that was launched to provide clean and safe drinking water to all by 2024. Water Quality Report In order to make sure if clean and safe drinking water ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2019
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: BIS • Bureau of Indian Standards • Drinking water • drinking water safety • Jal Jeevan mission