UPPCS Prelims 2022 · GS Paper I: 'Jal Jeevan Mission' Scheme was declared in the Union Budget of which Financial Year…
'Jal Jeevan Mission' Scheme was declared in the Union Budget of which Financial Year ?
Answer (c) & explanation
Option (c), 2021-22, is the key. The Union Budget 2021-22, presented on 1 February 2021, announced the Jal Jeevan Mission (Urban), aiming at universal tap water in all 4,378 urban local bodies, about 2.86 crore household connections, with an outlay of about Rs 2.87 lakh crore over five years. That is what the key marks. But the original, rural Jal Jeevan Mission ('Har Ghar Jal') was announced in the Budget 2019-20 (b), in July 2019, and launched on 15 August 2019, so (b) is also defensible. Options (a) and (d) are wrong. Concept: the rural mission's deadline was extended to 2028, and over 15 crore rural homes now have tap connections.
The key's 2021-22 is JJM (Urban); the rural JJM came in 2019-20.
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