<span style="color: #222222;">Jal Shakti Ministry has reviewed the progress of Jal Jeevan Mission in Tamil Nadu. During the review, officials from Tamil Nadu presented the status of planning and implementation of the mission in the State before the National Jal Jeevan Mission through video conferencing yesterday. Jal Shakti Ministry has been working with the States and Union Territories to implement the Mission, which aims to improve the lives of rural people especially women and girls by reducing their drudgery. The ministry said funds are provided by the Central Government based on the output in terms of household tap connections provided and utilization of available funds. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Tamil Nadu is planning 100 per cent  tap water connections to all rural households by 2022-23. The State has around 126.89 lakh rural households, out of which 98.96 lakh households have not been provided with tap water connection. In 2020-21, the State is planning to enable 33.94 lakh households with tap water connections.</span><br />