Jal Jeevan Mission
strengthening bodies for imprAIILSG has been empanelled as Key Resource Center (KRC) under Jal Jeevan Mission to support capacity building, reorientation of different stakeholders, dissemination of knowledge and information, development of high-quality print and audio-visual content, documentation of best practices, etc. for Level-1 (Senior management), Level-2 (Middle Management) and Level-3 (Community management)
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nder the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India embarked on a historic journey in 2019 with the setting up of the Jal Shakti Mantralaya -by integrating two of the largest government departments dealing with water: The Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, and the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation. This bold step for institutional integration brought together two key departments to strengthen efforts for a holistic approach to the water sector. The Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) was launched by the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on 15th August 2019, from the ramparts of the Red Fort. The mission, currently under implementation, in partnership with the states, aims to enable every household in villages to have a Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) in the next five years with adequate quantity (at least 55 lpcd) of prescribed quality on a regular and longterm basis. The JJM also seeks to promote the holistic management of local water resources. It is for the first time that a water supply programme addresses the need to sustain water sources with conservation and reuse measures made mandatory in the scheme designs. The unique part of this mission is to focus on the community participation and community approach. The Ministry of Jal Shakti is giving equal importance to the implementation part as well as on the information, education and communication (IEC) as a key component for social and community outreach of the mission’s objectives. In order to enable the learning and information component of the mission, Jal Shakti Ministry along with various prestigious and profound institutes and organisations is conducting series of training and capacity building program for different level of officials to ensure the timely implementation and sustainability of
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the mission. These institutes or organisations are namely notified as Key Resources Centres (KRCs) and are responsible for knowledge sharing and to enhance the skills set of engineers, officers and different committees involved in this schemes. The major component of these trainings program is centrally funded. However, the states and union territories are entitled to utilise 5 per cent of the project’s budget for the same. Apart from the KRCs, the Implementation Support Agency (ISA) also plays a prominent and critical role in the planning and community support for success and ensure the sustainability of the mission. Though major infrastructure development cost for establishing fully functional household tap connection is coming out of government’s pocket, the mission has a provision of 5 per cent payment by the households for the installation of the tap connection and responsibility towards the operations and maintenance of the connection after installation by the community. This seems to be a bottleneck in long term vision of the mission and at this stage the ISAs steps in as mediators to aware and educate community to implement the Jal Jeevan Mission.
Role of AIILSG In this current financial year 2022-23, as one of the KRCs, the institute has been awarded training programs for all the states and union territories for Level 1 and 2 officials and 22 states for Level 3 officials under the mission. AIILSG is also functioning as ISA in the Mulshi Block in Pune district of Maharashtra and supporting 60 villages in the implementation of the Jal Jeevan Mission initiatives. »» Development and implementation of capacitybuilding programs for creating a team of “responsible and responsive leadership skills.” »» Facilitate participants for better engagement
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