Evaluation Study on Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission

Abstract

The national goal of achieving universal access of the mammoth rural population to adequate potable drinking water at a convenient location at all times is a daunting task. The major challenge is the availability of drinking water, both in term of adequacy and quality on a sustainable basis. The Government has undertaken various programs since independence to provide safe drinking water to the rural masses. Taking into account the magnitude of the possibilities, the Central Government, in an effort to deal the issues in a mission mode, launched in 1986, National Drinking Water Mission, later renamed as Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission (RGNDWM) in 1991.