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TopicNal Se Jal

Topic: Nal Se Jal

How this farm labourer turned into a water activist and made her village a ‘Har Ghar Jal Gaon’

Anita Chaudhary says whenever she got free from her work in other people’s field, she visited door-to-door to spread awareness about the water supply scheme.

How water-stressed districts could make Modi govt’s ambitious Nal Se Jal scheme miss 2024 deadline

Since it was launched in 2019, 7.93 cr rural households have been provided water connections. But identifying reliable water sources in 150 districts has made scheme implementation difficult.   

Why Russia’s Ukraine invasion has put Nal Se Jal’s 2024 deadline in jeopardy

Nal Se Jal, a scheme to provide potable drinking water to rural households across India, has 95 per cent of its pending work concentrated in 13 states, with UP topping the list.

No dearth of central funds for Nal Se Jal, confident of 100% coverage by 2024: Vini Mahajan

As flagship scheme for tap water connection in every home picks up pace, states’ utilisation of funds up too, expecting over Rs 45,000 crore in budget, says drinking water secretary.

Punjab’s Vini Mahajan is new drinking water secretary, 8 other secy-level appointments cleared

In September this year, Mahajan was replaced as Punjab chief secretary after Charanjit Singh Channi took over as CM.

32% backward districts, 30% encephalitis-hit districts now have tap water under Nal Se Jal

Since the launch of 'Nal Se Jal' in 2019, households with tap water connections increased four times in aspirational districts to 32% from 8%.

We ensured Mamata fled Bhabanipur, will now defeat her candidate too: Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

In an interview, the Union water resources minister talks about BJP’s pitched battle in Bhabanipur. He also promises piped water to Bengal ahead of the national deadline.

India’s race for universal water supply shouldn’t come at cost of water quality

Supplying treated piped water to all homes is an energy-intensive process, and India cannot rely on fossil fuels for Nal Se Jal.

Clean water in all 19 crore rural homes by 2024 is Modi’s next big election play

Access to water is becoming a more urgent political issue. Groundwater levels in India declined by 61% between 2007 and 2017.

All homes in Telangana villages now have tap water, but it’s not a Nal Se Jal story alone

Before Har Ghar Nal Se Jal was launched in 2019 to equip every rural household with drinking water connection, Telangana had KCR's Mission Bhagiratha. 

On Camera

US, China bully India in global market. Delhi must get its own instruments of leverage

India has an advantage which even long-standing powers do not have—the world's highest concentration of Global Capability Centres.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Govt inks deal with HAL for 97 new Tejas Mk1A; previous order’s deliveries likely to begin next yr

There were no plans to have Mk1A version. However, compromise was reached between HAL & IAF in 2015 since original plan for getting Mk2 would've been time-consuming affair.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.