UPPCS GS-VI

Bareilly drinking water scheme under AMRUT 2.0

Battle IAS UP current affairs title card: Bareilly drinking water scheme under AMRUT 2.0 (, 2 December 2025)

What happened

  • The Cabinet approved ₹26595.46 lakh for phase-1 of the Bareilly drinking water reorganisation scheme under AMRUT 2.0. [UP Cabinet]

Background

  • About 92 per cent of Bareilly’s population will be covered; about 9 lakh people will benefit. [UP Cabinet]

Why it matters

  • Piped water coverage in mid-sized cities is still incomplete; AMRUT 2.0 targets that gap.

How to use this in Mains

GS-VI urban water supply

  1. Piped water coverage in mid-sized cities is still incomplete; AMRUT 2.0 targets that gap.
Quotable data point

The Cabinet approved ₹26595.46 lakh for phase-1 of the Bareilly drinking water reorganisation scheme under AMRUT 2.0 [UP Cabinet].

UP Information Dept: Cabinet decisions, 2 December 2025 (Hindi PDF)

Exam angle

UPPCS

GS-VI: urban water supply.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPPCS

Bareilly's AMRUT 2.0 water scheme will cover about what share of city population?

Answer (c) & explanation

Source: as cited in this article.

Official source: UP Information Dept: Cabinet decisions, 2 December 2025 (Hindi PDF)

facts from cited sources only; numbers machine-checked against source text; faculty review pending