About 43 per cent rural households have been provided with tap water connections till date under the Jal Jeevan Mission with 100 per cent homes in six states and Union Territories having tap water supply, according to official data. However, in seven states and UTs, less than 25 per cent households have tap water supply. These states and UTs are Assam (22 per cent), Rajasthan (20.89 per cent), Ladakh (16.32 per cent), Jharkhand (15.12 per cent), West Bengal (13.48 per cent), Chhattisgarh (13.17 per cent), and Uttar Pradesh (12.72 per cent). According to data shared by the Jal Shakti Ministry, out of 192,249,980 households, 83,103,880 households have been provided with tap water connections till date accounting for 43.23 per cent.

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