PM Modi launches Jal Jeevan Mission App and Rashtriya Jal Jeevan Kosh
- Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi virtually launched the Jal Jeevan Mission App and Rashtriya Jal Jeevan Kosh, on October 02, 2021, as a part of the flagship Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), launched in 2019.
- The Jal Jeevan Mission App has been launched to improve awareness among stakeholders and for greater transparency and accountability of schemes under the Mission.
- All details about the mission, including how many households received water, quality of water, among other things, will be available in one place on the mobile application.
- Rashtriya Jal Jeevan Kosh (RJJK) will enable individual, institution, corporation, or philanthropist, either in India or abroad, to contribute/donate to provide tap water connection in every rural household, school, Anganwadi centre, ashram shala, and other public institutions.
- The RJJK has been launched as a registered public charitable trust, set up by department of drinking water and sanitation, under the ministry of Jal Shakti.