Centre Allocates Rs 10,870.5 Crore To Uttar Pradesh Under Jal Jeevan Mission

Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, during his last meeting with UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, had assured to provide all assistance to the state under the Jal Jeevan Mission.

The Centre has allocated a whopping Rs 10,870 crore to Uttar Pradesh under the Jal Jeevan Mission for 2021-22, the highest allocation so far to any state, the Ministry of Jal Shakti said on Saturday. The amount is more than four times what was allocated to the poll-bound state last year. UP will go to polls in 2022. Uttar Pradesh has assured to achieve the goal of providing water to every rural household by 2024, the ministry said. "The Union government has increased the Central allocation for the implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission to Uttar Pradesh to Rs. 10,870.50 crore. In 2019-20, the Centre allocated Rs 1,206 crore, which was increased to Rs 2,571 crore in 2020-21. Thus, this year, the central allocation for implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission in Uttar Pradesh has increased four-fold," the ministry said.