JAL JEEVAN MISSION PIPELINES TO BE MAPPED ON PM GATISHAKTI PORTAL

Published on: October 8, 2025

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Union Government to map all drinking water assets, including pipelines under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), on PM Gati Shakti portal.
Integration through a GIS-based platform aims at better planning, monitoring, and management of rural water supply.

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About the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM)

Launched in 2019 with the goal to provide tap water connections to every rural household by 2024.
Target: 17.87 crore rural households, 14.6 crore lacked tap connections initially.
Financial allocation: Rs 3.60 lakh crore (Central: 2.08 lakh crore, States: 1.52 lakh crore).
Service standard: 55 litres per capita per day (lpcd), BIS quality standard (IS:10500).
Achievements so far: 6.41 lakh water supply schemes, covering 12.74 crore households; expenditure: Rs 3.91 lakh crore.
Mission extended till 2028 with enhanced funding as per 2025 budget.

About PM Gati Shakti

Launched in 2021, aims for holistic infrastructure planning across 16 ministries.
Integrates Roads, Railways, Shipping, Power, Petroleum & Gas, Telecom, Aviation.
Provides digital platform for real-time GIS-based planning, monitoring, and decision-making.

Integration of JJM with PM Gati Shakti

DDWS signed MoA with BISAG-N for GIS integration.
- BISAG-N: autonomous body under Ministry of Electronics & IT, develops PM Gati Shakti platform.
Features to be incorporated:
- Database design, map creation, data migration, software development, system integration.
- Advanced GIS tools: ground control surveying, digital photogrammetry, vector data capture, thematic mapping.
Benefits:
- Optimized resource allocation, improved service delivery, accelerated rural infrastructure development.
- Seamless convergence of water & sanitation with other sectoral assets under PM GatiShakti National Master Plan.
Pilot mapping already underway; full geo-tagging planned for all JJM assets.

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