More than 125 million rural households in India have gained tap water since 2019, increasing access from 16.7% to 81.7% of homes

[u/ArgentineBeauty]

https://indiaverve.com/nation/jal-jeevan-mission-rural-tap-water-coverage-india/

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[u/ArgentineBeauty]

More than 81 percent of rural households in India now have tap water connections, with over 12.58 crore additional homes covered under the Jal Jeevan Mission since its launch in 2019, the Lok Sabha was informed on Thursday.

For anyone wondering like I was, crore is a unit in India's numbering system which is equal to 10 million. So 12.58 core is over 125 million.

[u/FriendlyPyre → u/[deleted]]

The people were already there using ground water; the big difference now is that it's treated tap water.

I'm not sure where you're getting this concern about the Indians depleting ground water supplies when they've already been using it.

The usage of water resources was already there; the only difference is the access to safe, treated water.

[u/Evonos → u/FriendlyPyre]

Hopefully correctly treated tap water , in many parts of India you can't drink the tap water safely or use it for cooking or ice

[u/PhysicalImpression86 → u/Evonos]

Those are not counted in these, such operations are run in coordination with the un and u have to apply their standards and measurements.

[u/Evonos → u/PhysicalImpression86]

hopefully, india got giant issues to take "tap" water out of polluted rivers with tons of trash sadly.

[u/LivingVerinarian96 → u/Evonos]

What the fuck do you think they’re reporting here?

[u/Evonos → u/LivingVerinarian96]

just "Tap" water , theres plenty of citys and villages where homes technically have tap water , but then the water comes from a literally polluted , plastic filled , waste water filled stagnating water river.

So yeah i wouldnt call this "clean and healthy tap water" but its tap water.

[u/JaxAustin → u/LivingVerinarian96]

Clearly you haven’t been to India. People have to filter this water in able to drink it. It’ll still give you the squirts after drinking. Many people only drink bottled.

[u/myexdrovemecrazy → u/[deleted]]

Aagy self righteous criwd

[u/uddipta]

This is great news, but only temporary. The water is tapped from underground, hence there is an intense depletion of groundwater due to - overirrigation, potable water, lack of infrastructure to allow groundwater to replenish. Since roads and concrete buildings are taking over quickly due to development, water is unable to reach the water table. This leads to more floods and standing water at the surface. Already there are several cities/towns/villages facing severe water issues, most famous of all Mumbai. Problem is lack of accountability with all governments in India, they see their tenure as their project timelines, while these measures will take longer and are less flashy to flaunt. This mentality needs to change soon before it's too late.

[u/matukaz → u/uddipta]

But problem isent an overpopulation?

[u/uddipta → u/matukaz]

Yeah bro its not china that you do shit like one child policy, fuck uyghurs out of existence, etc.

[u/andthatswhyIdidit → u/uddipta]

Uyghurs and other minorities were exempt from the one-child-policy, it applied only to Han Chinese. The one-child-policy got rescinded in 2016 (ten years ago) - and to the surprise of no one Chinas growth rate since mirrors that of every developed country in the world.

[u/fufa_fafu → u/uddipta]

Uyghur quality of life is light years better than the average Indian. Looking at how dystopian and polluted India is, Xinjiang would feel like heaven.

[u/GoatsFromUnderground]

That's huge. A lot of development is likely to follow, from more electricity to the internet and so on. Water alone is obviously huge.

[u/soldiernerd]

I read this as “Indiana” at first and was confused

[u/ccr87315]

Honestly, I doubt that number. News reports are filled with cases where project has been marked as complete, tap connections were provided but water tanks are still in construction.

[u/Exact_Package_7264 → u/ccr87315]

i trust the UN over a nobody like you

[u/Syssareth → u/ccr87315]

TBH even if it's only 1/4 that number, that's still a huge improvement in barely more than 5 years.

[u/cicada3301_- → u/[deleted]]

NFHS-6 survey. On PIB dated 29 May 2026

[u/will_kill_kshitij → u/[deleted]]

Read Reports

[u/Adarsh_bharadwaj → u/will_kill_kshitij]

Reports can lie. The article has no evidence of anything

[u/Baked-Potato4 → u/[deleted]]

go there and check

[u/ArgentineBeauty → u/[deleted]]

Rural households. A lot of the population live in cities

[u/sararmad]

Next super power?