Question: Which State government has launched Har Ghar Pani, Har Ghar Safai scheme on 1st February 2021?
a) Punjab
b) UP
c) Harayana
d) UK
Answer: a)
Context
- Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on 1st February 2021, virtually launched the ‘Har Ghar Pani, Har Ghar Safai’ mission.
Facts
- Mission aims to provide 100 per cent potable piped water supply in all rural households by March 2020.
- Scheme is being funded by the World Bank, Jal Jeewan Mission of GoI, NABARD, and State Budget.
- Government also launched Mega Surface Water Supply Scheme which will benefit more than 1.6 lakh residents from 155 villages in Amritsar, Tarn Taran, and Gurdaspur districts by helping replace groundwater with surface water supply for drinking, besides resolving the problem of arsenic affected habitations.
Jal Jevan Mission
- The Jal Jeevan Mission was launched on August 15, 2019.
- The scheme was launched with the objective of providing the safe and adequate drinking water.
- The scheme seeks to provide tap water to the individual houses by 2024 in rural India. It is based on a community approach to water.
By Kameshwar Shukla