RAS question
Jal Jeevan Mission aims to provide:
Correct answer: (C) Functional tap water connection to every rural household.
Jal Jeevan Mission aims to provide a functional household tap water connection to every rural household in India.
Explanation
Jal Jeevan Mission is about rural drinking-water access, not a general infrastructure promise. The official Jal Jeevan Mission site describes the programme as providing safe and adequate drinking water through individual household tap connections to all households in rural India. That matches option C: a Functional Household Tap Connection, or FHTC, for every rural household. The existing mission note adds the exam-relevant details: it was launched on August 15, 2019, originally targeted universal rural FHTCs by 2024, has since been extended up to December 2028, follows a service norm of 55 litres per person per day, and is implemented by the Ministry of Jal Shakti.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Electricity to all villages belongs to the electricity-access policy space and is identified here with the Saubhagya scheme, while Jal Jeevan Mission is about rural household tap water connections.
- (B) Housing for all is the aim associated here with PM Awas Yojana, not with a drinking-water mission centred on household tap connections.
- (D) Clean cooking fuel to households is associated here with PM Ujjwala Yojana, whereas Jal Jeevan Mission concerns safe drinking water through rural household taps.
Concept
This tests the welfare-scheme objective mapping part of Indian Economy and government programmes. It recurs in RAS because similar flagship schemes differ by sector, beneficiary and delivery unit, and the exam often checks those distinctions directly.