Jal Jeevan Mission is being implemented in partnership with States, to enable every
household in villages to have functional household tap connection by 2024. The rural drinking
water supply is a complex subject with various social, environmental and technical challenges
like geo-genic and anthropogenic water quality issues, long-termpotable water supply in harsh
edapho-climatic conditions and disaster-prone areas, measurement andmonitoring of water
service delivery, behaviour change management, cost-effective greywatertreatment and reuse
etc.Thus, given the challenges and the knowledge gaps being faced while implementing Jal
jeevan Mission with speed and scale along with the future of rural water security there is
pressing need for significant research and innovation in the water supply sector. Now, more
than ever, National Jal Jeevan Mission will be supporting, promoting and cultivating research
and innovation to solve the issue faced by water supply sector in rural areas. National Jal Jeevan
Mission is inviting proposals from young minds, researchers, academia, entrepreneurs, start-
ups working in this sector to provide cost-effective solutions and fill knowledge gaps.
Furthermore, The Department/ National mission/ SWSM will conduct action research and
concurrent evaluation studies for adopting evidence-based technical interventionto manage
rural water supply efficiently, effectively and economically. This R&D projects under Jal Jeevan
Mission will facilitate in building partnership with scientists and R&D institutions, innovators,
entrepreneurs and create useful knowledgethat will help in resolving various challenges in the
sector so as people lives can be improved further.
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