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Ensuring drinking water security in rural India

All rural households have access to piped water supply in adequate quantity with a metered tap connection providing safe drinking water, throughout the year, that meets prevalent national drinking water standards, leading to healthy and well nourished children and adults and improved livelihoods and education. Continuous uninterrupted water supply is an aspiration and efforts should be made to cover increasing numbers of habitations with 24x7 water supply. This document sets out a strategic plan for the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation in the rural drinking water sector for the period 2011 to 2022.

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