<span style="color: #222222;">Secretary in Jal Shakti Ministry Pankaj Kumar has said that Budget outlay for the Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation increased to 9 thousand 22 crore rupees in Financial Year 2021-22 from 7 thousand 262 crore rupees of last year.<br />''<br />''Addressing the media in New Delhi, Mr Kumar said, an amount of &nbsp;330 crore rupees has been kept for Atal Bhujal Yojana (ATAL JAL) in this budget. He also informed that over 9 thousand 994 crore rupees has been allocated for Swachh Bharat Mission – Grameen (SBM-G) and 15th Finance Commission grants to Rural Local Bodies for sanitation is 13 thousand 470 crore rupees for 2021-22. He said, the budgetary allocation for Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) has increased significantly to about 50 thousand 11 crore rupees in 2021-22 along with 15th Finance Commission tied grants of 36 thousand 22 crore rupees available to water and sanitation in 2021-22.</span><br />
News On AIR | February 9, 2021 7:32 AM
Secretary of Ministry of Jal Shakti briefs media on budgetary allocations