RAS question
JJM 2.0 shifts focus from infrastructure creation to what?
Correct answer: (B) Service delivery and drinking water governance.
JJM 2.0 shifts Jal Jeevan Mission from infrastructure creation to service delivery supported by drinking water governance.
Explanation
JJM 2.0 is not framed as a move towards revenue, privatisation, or extraction; it reorients Jal Jeevan Mission from building infrastructure to running drinking water supply as a reliable service. The PIB release says the Union Cabinet approved restructuring and reorienting JJM implementation "from infrastructure creation to a service delivery, supported by drinking water governance and institutional ecosystem" for sustainable rural piped potable water supply. That is why option B is the substantive answer: the focus is on service delivery and the governance systems needed to make rural tap-water supply sustainable, accountable, and citizen-centric rather than merely counting created assets.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Revenue generation is not the stated shift; JJM 2.0 moves to service delivery backed by drinking water governance.
- (C) Privatisation of water supply is not mentioned as the purpose of JJM 2.0; the restructuring is about governance and institutional support for sustainable rural piped potable water supply.
- (D) Groundwater extraction is not the new focus; the release frames JJM 2.0 around citizen-centric utility-based service delivery and drinking water governance.
Concept
This tests governance design in flagship welfare schemes: whether a programme is judged by asset creation or by sustained public-service delivery. RAS often returns to this distinction because Rajasthan administration questions frequently ask how schemes move from implementation targets to accountable local governance.